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    Bad keywords sending traffic my site, but can't find the source. Advice?

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    • mandr612
      mandr612 last edited by

      If your using WordPress I believe there is a way to exclude keywords so your site doesn't show up for certain keywords.

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        19958 @KeriMorgret last edited by

        Thanks, Keri! I couldn't find anything via this method or good old fashioned search. It's a bit baffling that Analytics says it's coming from search when I can't find any results in search.

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          19958 @Mark_Ginsberg last edited by

          Thanks Mark and Daniel! I'll give it a go in OSE. I've been sticking to Analytics and GWT but it seems like it's time to branch out.

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            19958 @KeriMorgret last edited by

            Thanks, Keri! I did a fetch and the code looks fine. Still searching...

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            • Mark_Ginsberg
              Mark_Ginsberg @19958 last edited by

              Can you give us the URL of the site in question to take a peek ourselves - I'm know rather curious about what is going on here

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                • DanielMulderNL
                  DanielMulderNL last edited by

                  Does this query contain any site you might know?

                  Google serp

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                    19958 @DanielMulderNL last edited by

                    Unfortunately, no. Thank you for investigating though!

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                      • DanielMulderNL
                        DanielMulderNL @19958 last edited by

                        I got nothing :D... sorry..

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                        • DanielMulderNL
                          DanielMulderNL @19958 last edited by

                          Hate to quit but without any specifics it's not sensible to search more thorough and I would like to second the remark by Marks Ginsberg. But if you do I would love to take another look into it. Nothing like some could old investigating I always say.

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                            19958 last edited by

                            Thanks for all the advice and help! I'm still digging, but I noticed that our PPC ads are surfacing on pages that are on SERPs for those particular terms. It may be some kind of wonky Analytics tracking.

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                            • DanielMulderNL
                              DanielMulderNL last edited by

                              believe I found a hint

                              opensiteexplorer linking pages: limboland.net

                              | *.limboland.net/

                              | Top Linking Pages | Page Authority |
                              | http://business.limboland.net/factoring/delaware_llc/delaware_llc.html | 29 |

                              | 39 | 281 |

                              See http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/domains.html?page=2&scope=domain_to_domain&site=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delawareinc.com%2F&sort=domain_authority&target=domain

                              Anchor text linking to some page on https://www.delawareinc.com/

                              | your story heidi lowe gallery,1,6 |

                              Query Google if the phrase with myamar girls etc is indexed for the limbo land site:

                              myanmar girls site:http://limboland.net/

                              See the smoking gun? This site links to yours and uses the exact keywords and is a doubtful site at best.

                              I would disavow this entire website.

                              Hope this helps.

                              Gr Daniel

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