Google Analytics is telling me to Vote Trump - What is going on over there?

[ClaytonJ]

An Australian start up we act for has Vote Trump appearing in Google Analytics. Is that happening for anyone else. It is very strange.

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[Alick300]

Hi Clayton,

It is a spam. I would suggest you to ignore it, sharing similar post from Google analytics community.

https://www.en.advertisercommunity.com/t5/Google-Analytics-Referral-Spam/Spam-in-Language-Section/td-p/857070

Hope this helps.

Thanks

[VeroBrain]

Hi Clayton,

I have the same issue here. Analytics snapshot.
Besides to ignore, it due to it is wrongfully targeted.
I will report to WordPress and Google.

Basically, bots create a hyperlink to any of the pages of a website - usually the root domain - containing UTM-tags. Therefore, it is serious in those terms; my WordPress was targeted.

What I can say, not pleased at all. It is a dangerous lack of security in WordPress.

Mª Verónica B.

[Carloseo]

Hi Clayton as @Alick mentions this is spam, however, I don't recommend you to ignore it. You should take care of it otherwise, the spam will keep coming and coming with different names and forms.

Veronica, there are no real backlinks, it doesn't have anything to do with Wordpress, and neither bots, at least for this type of spam. It all happens within Google Analytics, so you have to deal with it from there with filters.

It may take a bit of time to set the filters, but it will save lots of headaches. You will find more details about this issue and step by step instructions on how to create these filters on this post.

Who is behind the "Secret.ɢoogle.com ... Vote for Trump spam" and how to get rid of it

Hope it helps,

Carlos