How to stop referrer spam – e.g. best[dash]seo[dash]offer[dot]com ?

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  njleach · Member · May 24, 2015 at 11:50 pm

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  Hi,

  Every day I’m seeing referrer spam within the stats – e.g. from best[dash]seo[dash]offer[dot]com

  How can we stop/block referrer spam?

  Nick

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  kokkieh · Staff · May 25, 2015 at 8:18 am

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  Hi there. There’s no way to block referrers, as there’s no way to prevent other sites from linking to yours. However, on the stats page you can mark those referrers as spam. Then they won’t show up in your stats anymore. Be careful to only mark the ones you want marked as spam, as there’s no way to undo it once you mark someone as spam. https://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/#marking-spam-referrers

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  njleach · Member · May 25, 2015 at 10:32 am

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  Thanks kokkieh – marking the referrers as spam will achieve what i’m hoping to! :)

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  kokkieh · Staff · May 25, 2015 at 10:36 am

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  Glad I could help :)

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