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We need to clean up our Google Analytics 4 property because spam traffic is ruining our conversion data. What are the current best practices to filter bots out?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
We need to clean up our Google Analytics 4 property because spam traffic is ruining our conversion data. What are the current best practices to filter bots out?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google Analytics 4 bot traffic filtering best practices unwanted referrals internal traffic developer documentation 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
site:support.google.com/analytics GA4 bot traffic known bots spiders data filters unwanted referrals developer trafficGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
site:developers.google.com/analytics GA4 Measurement Protocol spam secret API secret bot trafficGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Google Analytics 4 bot traffic filtering best practices unwanted referrals internal traffic developer documentation 2026 Google ↗
site:support.google.com/analytics GA4 bot traffic known bots spiders data filters unwanted referrals developer traffic Google ↗
site:developers.google.com/analytics GA4 Measurement Protocol spam secret API secret bot traffic Google ↗
- Known bot-traffic exclusion · support.google.com
- Data filters · support.google.com
- Filter out internal traffic · support.google.com
- Filter out developer traffic · support.google.com
- Identify unwanted referrals · support.google.com
- Send Measurement Protocol events to Google Analytics | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Measurement Protocol reference | Google Analytics | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google Analytics 4 bot traffic filtering best practices unwanted referrals internal traffic developer documentation 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
site:support.google.com/analytics GA4 bot traffic known bots spiders data filters unwanted referrals developer traffic OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
site:developers.google.com/analytics GA4 Measurement Protocol spam secret API secret bot traffic OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |