Huge AWStats problem! Please help!

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by miksy123, Dec 13, 2010.

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    When I open AWStats and go to "Links from an external page (other web sites except search engines)" section, I see that a lot of traffic comes from non-existing websites! What's going on?

    Thanks!
     
    miksy123, Dec 13, 2010 IP
  2. vimal7370

    vimal7370 Greenhorn

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    Those are spoofed referrers.. Unfortunately, there is very little you can do about it..

    htaccess-guide.com/deny-visitors-by-referrer is one way to deal with it.. Hope it helps
     
    vimal7370, Dec 13, 2010 IP
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    miksy123 Peon

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    Thanks! This will help!
     
    miksy123, Dec 13, 2010 IP
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    dess71 Well-Known Member

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    Awstats has confused me too. I couldn't get exactly how many visitors have visited my site.
     
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    these referrers are probably from referrer spoofing bots. You would likely not see them if you used google analytics instead of awstats.
     
    atxsurf, Jan 15, 2011 IP
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    It is better to use 2 statistics software, so using both analytics and awstats will help you to find out the real situation (statics) by comparison.
     
    asdirc, Jan 16, 2011 IP