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External site redirecting to my site. Is it worth blocking?

         

bigvibes

7:44 am on Sep 24, 2025 (gmt 0)

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There's a site I've never heard of redirecting to my site. It accounts for only a few page views. I could block it via https but then if I implement blocks I've heard that it could block legitimate uses of redirects like dynamic CDN, ecommerce, etc. so I'm wondering if this is much of a problem in terms of site security and SEO?

not2easy

11:49 am on Sep 24, 2025 (gmt 0)

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Where are you seeing their activity? If you want to block them it does not need to block any other traffic, but that depends on your environment and blocking methods.

lucy24

4:06 pm on Sep 24, 2025 (gmt 0)

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Clarify, please. How do you know that certain specific requests are arriving via a redirect from some specific other site? You would need to know this in order to identify the ones that should be blocked.

tangor

12:14 am on Sep 25, 2025 (gmt 0)

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Curious ... What benefit would the OTHER site get in REDIRECTING to your site? Can't see how that improves THEIR ranking...

Am I missing something?