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neiljames54
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Traffic coming from a strange source

Post by neiljames54 » Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:09 pm

I am showing traffic coming from this url,

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http://buttons-for-website.com/.
When I investigate this website it has code to install buttons on websites, I certainly have not installed any of these, or am i completely misunderstanding the whole concept
Last edited by mandville on Tue Nov 04, 2014 11:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: code to prevent backlinks
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Re: Traffic coming from a strange source

Post by sitesrus » Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:50 pm

So you're not using their javascript snippet anywhere on your website? Make sure there's no modules or plugins published using their site. However that would not explain why traffic is coming from their site to your site...

The site seems very simple and basic, not much going on there. But what's wrong if it is sending traffic your way? Helps your site.
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Re: Traffic coming from a strange source

Post by mandville » Tue Nov 04, 2014 11:24 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referer_spam possibly. very common
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Re: Traffic coming from a strange source

Post by pioneer_1 » Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:52 am

I agree, I had the same problem. These snippets can create problems and bandwidth useage for nothing. Not to mention with Panda 3.0 it really does nothing for your SEO. Your CONTENT is most important.
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