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		shostack on Feb 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Google Analytics Setup I Use on Every Site I B... Isn't that a relatively easy thing for a spammer to change? Also, I'm seeing some valid traffic coming in with that language (conversions and everything).

snowwrestler on Feb 13, 2017 [–]

Most won't bother

shostack on Feb 13, 2017 | [–]

Sure, but even still, if I'm seeing valid traffic with this, then on its own it isn't sufficient to use as a filter.

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