How do I Block Bot Traffic?
On January 31, Google Analytics accounts were hit with a large spike classified as a “landing page” (coming from Google) from one of these four referrals: /bottraffic.live /trafficbot.life /bot-traffic.xyz /bot-traffic.icu
In your Google Analytics property, navigate to Reports → Engagement → Landing page, and you may see an uptick in traffic based on the bottraffic/trafficbot anomaly.
If you receive a lot of traffic, type
.*trafficbot.*|.*traffic-bot.*|.*bot-traffic.*|.*bottraffic.*
into the search box’s regex to find this bot traffic.
Although most Google Analytics properties have bot filtering enabled, spam is a constant challenge for web analytics platforms.
Temporary Solution
If you need to review data in January–February 2021, filter your reports to exclude bot traffic using the pattern below:.*trafficbot.*|.*traffic-bot.*|.*bot-traffic.*|.*bottraffic.*
Long-Term Solution
Keep fighting Google Analytics spam by asking your development team to block these request URIs or use your CDN or .htaccess file to exclude them.
Add .*trafficbot.*|.*traffic-bot.*|.*bot-traffic.*|.*bottraffic.*to your exclusion rules (include all periods).Must include a backslash for individual bot entries where required.
To find your bot traffic
Use the regex pattern in reports or explorations to identify suspicious traffic sources and landing pages.