When you revamp the site or add new functions, can you please consider a way to remove spam visitors

• 

  tyzackh · Member · Apr 29, 2015 at 1:33 am

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  See subject line above

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

• 

  tyzackh · Member · Apr 29, 2015 at 1:34 am

  • Copy link

  The subject line says it all

• 

  siobhyb · Member · Apr 29, 2015 at 1:24 pm

  • Copy link

  Hi there!

  When you revamp the site or add new functions, can you please consider a way to remove spam visitors

  Can you let me know where you’re seeing the spam visitors?

  If you’re seeing them in the Referrers section of your stats, then there is a way to mark them as spam at present:

  Jetpack Stats

  If you meant something else, then just let me know. I’ll be happy to look into this further.

• 

  tyzackh · Member · May 1, 2015 at 3:00 am

  • Copy link

  Hi

  On the Stats page under referrers it indicates there are x number of spam referrers. I have been assuming (perhaps I am wrong) that these numbers are still counted as visitors. For example each day I note at least one spam referrer and if there is only one visitor it is usually from Brazil. I don't, to my knowledge have a Brazilian follower and therefore I have been assuming this is a spammer. I guess what I am trying to do is to weed out the spammers from the stats; that is, I don't want to see them represented here.

  Cheers, Helen

  Helen Tyzack PhD10 Veronica StBellerive Tas Australia 7018H 03 6245 0429 / 0459 022 883tyzackh
  http://www.walkingthederwent.com

• 

  siobhyb · Member · May 2, 2015 at 12:42 pm

  • Copy link

  Hi Helen.

  Got you! I like the idea, however, my initial thought is that it would be very hard, if not impossible, for our system to detect what visitors are ‘spam’ and which aren’t. I’m going to pass this onto our data team to see what they think.

  Thanks.

• 

  tyzackh · Member · May 26, 2015 at 1:35 am

  • Copy link

  Thanks for your response. I realise it would be a matter of programming a connection between the part of WordPress which extracts spam comments and separates them out from legitimate comments, and the clicks of visitors. A bit of a mind twister that but I suspect a bored and highly motivated programmer might find this a great challenge. Best wishes.