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Bot traffic, ghost spam and fake direct visits: how to keep analytics data clean

calendar_today August 24, 2026 person Hannah Kaufhold domain matomo

One morning, you open your analytics dashboard and see something every marketer hopes for: Traffic is up, not by a few percent, it has doubled overnight. For a moment, it feels like all your hard work has finally paid off. …

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