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How to prevent bot spam clicks on wordpress?

by ecomguy
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I just made some wordpress and woocommerce stores that sell amazon products.
I notice some sites get a TON of visitors out of nowhere, for no reason because I havent promoted them, so they are bot spam clicks.

I checked my amazon and say I got a huge ton of clicks from one of my sites. Well I dont want amazon shutting me off thining im sending them fake clicks.
Is there a way to stop this? Like a plugin that only allows a real human to click and not a bot?
Im happy to buy a plugin, I just dont want to get in trouble because of bot attck to my sites
#bot #clicks #prevent #spam #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author totalprocessing.net
    To click a link, it won't be possible to stop that. You could implement a form with captcha and redirect, but then you will alienate some people wouldl otherwise would click.

    What would amazon shut you down for fake clicks? Are they PPC?
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    • Profile picture of the author ecomguy
      Originally Posted by totalprocessing.net View Post

      To click a link, it won't be possible to stop that. You could implement a form with captcha and redirect, but then you will alienate some people wouldl otherwise would click.

      What would amazon shut you down for fake clicks? Are they PPC?
      theyre not ppc, but im new ot the system and dont want them to look at strange clicks from my account and think something were odd
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  • Profile picture of the author marguerite
    I doubt Amazon would shut you down for this. You could perhaps use something like Wordfence Security to figure out where these "bot" clicks are coming from and maybe you can just blog the IPs that they are using. It's a bit of a drastic solution but if you are sure these are spambots that might be a solution. Otherwise you can just wait it out and see if it stops...
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  • Profile picture of the author nmwf
    Originally Posted by ecomguy View Post

    Is there a way to stop this? Like a plugin that only allows a real human to click and not a bot?
    You can redirect bot-like traffic off your site in your .htaccess file. Here's a starting point: How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with .htaccess (thesitewizard.com)
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