: Right method for filtering bots on Google Analytics More often than not, when I check the traffic source on my google analytics page, I find some malicious referrals to my website. Some examples:

@Berumen354

Additionally Google Analytics also provide first layer exclusion from Bot and Spiders Visits.

Go to Admin >> Account >>Property >>View >>View All settings and You can see filter options

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@Pope3001725

your step is right, on filter pattern use this to remove those junks referral

.*((darodar|priceg|semalt|buttons-for-website|makemoneyonline|blackhatworth|hulfingtonpost|bestwebsitesawards|o-o-6-o-o|simple-share-buttons).com)|(econom.co)|(ilovevitaly(.co(m)?))|(ilovevitaly(.ru))|(humanorightswatch(.org)).*


for chinese-amezon.com, create new filter and use this

.*chinese-amezon.com.*

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@Odierno851

There are several things you could do, which all come from this article: www.analyticsedge.com/2014/12/removing-referral-spam-google-analytics/ (I have no affiliation with this site.)

The fastest way is to create a "valid hostname filter". This a filter that is configured to accept traffic from only valid domains that you specify. The advantage of this is that it is fast and easy to configure. The disadvantage is that you need to maintain this list. The way it works is that only traffic from whitelisted sites will be recorded, so you need to make sure that your list is up to date (more details in that link).

But to answer your question regarding the format of the filter, the filter name can be anything. It should be configured to be just "chinese-amezon.com" for the source. The "referral" is the medium.

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