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Information: Some websites collect data on visitors to their website. One bit of gathered data is the address of the website the visitors came from. This address can be faked, and referrer logs are increasingly being filled with "visits" from sites with innocent-loo
Referrer Spam Sites:
ihelpyouservices.com - Why you shouldn't publish your Web logs ihelpyouservices.com - Why you shouldn't publish your Web logs: Forum thread about why you should not publish your website statistics online. Namely, referrer spam. (Referrer Spam) http://www.ihelpyouservices.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9595
Referrer Log Spamming Referrer Log Spamming: Brief description of the technique and the purpose, with some examples. (Referrer Spam) http://www.komar.org/faq/scumbags/referrer-log-spamming/
Sam Ruby: Referrer Spam Sam Ruby: Referrer Spam: Blog entry discussing ongoing problems and solutions. (Referrer Spam) http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/1649.html
Wired: When the Spam Hits the Blogs Wired: When the Spam Hits the Blogs: Strange things are afoot in blogland. Owners of weblogs have recently noticed that their referral logs have become the newest target for spam. (Referrer Spam) http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56017,00.html
Idly.org: Porn Sites Hiding Behind Blogs Idly.org: Porn Sites Hiding Behind Blogs: Blog entry showing javascript trickery in trackback and comment links. (Referrer Spam) http://idly.org/2003/11/14/porn_sites_hiding_behind_blogs
Talk.org: John Kerry referrer spamming my blogs Talk.org: John Kerry referrer spamming my blogs: Blog entry showing how it's not just junk sites trying to get links. (Referrer Spam) http://talk.org/archives/000238.html
MetaFilter - Referer Log Spam MetaFilter - Referer Log Spam: Talks about companies like mastodonte.com and their business models of spamming referrer logs. (Referrer Spam) http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/21063
Capn Design Archives: Referrer Spam is Out of Control Capn Design Archives: Referrer Spam is Out of Control: Blog entry with a few coding suggestions and examples to thwart the spammers. (Referrer Spam) http://www.capndesign.com/archives/2004/07/referrer_spam_is_out_of_control.php
redemption in a blog - Smarter referrer spam? redemption in a blog - Smarter referrer spam?: Blatant referrer spam may be evolving into more a subtle game. (Referrer Spam) http://blog.codefront.net/archives/2004/04/06/smarter-referrer-spam
kasia in a nutshell: Spamming through referrer logs kasia in a nutshell: Spamming through referrer logs: A weird referrer entry prompts some detective work and a log sanitization spree. (Referrer Spam) http://www.unix-girl.com/blog/archives/000264.html
kuro5hin.org - Referrer log spam kuro5hin.org - Referrer log spam: An early article noting website visits from spammers. (Referrer Spam) http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/5/30/22341/3757