Re:Ask HN: Rule of thumb for identfying fake web traffic
by gesman on Monday November 11, 2013 @04:39PM
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- Check user agent of each visit.
- Check IP address/Geo location of visitors. If suddenly India or Pakistan developed an unhealthy interest in your site pages - you'll know that it's all a bogus.
- Check Referrer of each visitor. This could hint you either where visitors are coming from or that these are bots - if suddenly no visitors have any referrers
- Check IP address/Geo location of visitors. If suddenly India or Pakistan developed an unhealthy interest in your site pages - you'll know that it's all a bogus.
- Check Referrer of each visitor. This could hint you either where visitors are coming from or that these are bots - if suddenly no visitors have any referrers