False inflation in traffic
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Hi-
We are seeing an inflation in our traffic via Webgain in Germany.
- Our team in Germany does not use Webgains
- Our team in the US does not participate in any affiliate networks/programs
Any ideas on why we would be seeing this inflation in just one region?
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I ran this query:
site:webgains.de k2
and it had 85 results (mostly blogs). Odds on something on the blog was popular and caused the spike.
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