{"id":147444,"date":"2025-03-21T09:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/analytics\/spam-filter-insertion-tool-simo-ahavas-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:44:59","slug":"spam-filter-insertion-tool-simo-ahavas-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=147444","title":{"rendered":"Spam Filter Insertion Tool | Simo Ahava’s blog"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Last weekend, I wrote a very simple web app that automatically creates a number of referral spam filters to tackle the problem that seems to have everybody all riled up.<\/p>\n

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For a nice recap of the situation, take a look at this post by Jeff Sauer<\/a>, or this article by Mike Sullivan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t an opinion piece, even though I\u2019ve got a great number of opinions about this issue. If you want to read some discussion surrounding this, take a look at this Google+ thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(UPDATE<\/strong>: I have taken down the demo tool. You can still download the source code below if you wish, but there are more robust ways<\/a> to block GA spam than creating an individual filter for each referral.)<\/p>\n

The tool is called the \u201cSpam Filter Insertion Tool\u201d, or SFIT for short (I dare you to start using that in your everyday lingo).<\/p>\n


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Download the source code<\/h2>\n

The real meat of the solution is in the GitHub repo<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can download the source code, install the application on your own web server, and use it for your own purposes.<\/p>\n

The application has access to the following features of the Google Analytics Management API<\/a>:<\/p>\n