If you’ve noticed you’re getting lots of odd traffic from
websites such as adsensewatchdog.com, vampirestat.com or 7secretsearch.com then
you’re not alone.
And if like most you visited those sites to see what was
going on and found nothing other than spammy ads, then you’re probably even
more confused.
These are spam websites that send fake traffic to
websites across the globe in order to lure traffic to their spam websites,
knowing that website owners will visit the sites in order to track down just
where the traffic is coming from.
The fake traffic is in the form of automated programs,
similar to the robotic crawlers used by search engines such as Google to index
webpages. This means the traffic you get from these sites are not real people,
and thus is practically useless traffic.
But people visiting these sites may very well click on
the spammy adverts that the websites display, which make money for website
owners. More nefarious websites can even attempt to install malware onto a visitor’s
computer.
So the best advice is to avoid visiting these sites all
together. They are not affiliated with any big companies, and search engines
generally ignore these sites altogether.
Stay safe out there!
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