Applying a filter in Google Analytics - how to verify?

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I'm trying to follow the instructions here in order to to get rid of referral/keyword spam: https://www.ohow.co/ultimate-guide-to-removing-irrelevant-traffic-in-google-analytics/

This is what I have for the Include in hostname

sqlpracticeproblems\.com|gumroad\.com

In the "apply filter to views", I do have the "all website data" in the selected box.

However, the interface seems to have changed since the instructions were written. I never see the "filter verification" section, and when I look in my reports, specifically Audience\Technology\Network\Hostname, I still see the "not set" host name.

Any thoughts?

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's more related to reporting. Please post to Webmasters instead, where non-coding related questions may be more suited. — nyuen

UKDataGeek UKDataGeek · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-29T23:51:53

This article is a bit out of date. I just use the inbuilt filtering which is pretty good.

Go to Admin -> View Settings and select the option to filter bot traffic and press save.

Applying a filter in Google Analytics - how to verify?

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