Weird Referrer Results

[Connie Child]

Hi All,

Hope someone can offer some thoughts on these results.

The following addresses are returning as referrals on NON paid search terms:
[<snip>.com...]
[<snip>.net...]
[<snip>.com...]
[<snip>.com...]

These are definently NOT the kinds of places I would think anyone would be searching for my rather niche terms (software development related)

And - the [<snip>.com...] represents 50% of the referrals - the rest represent another 48%... it's nuts.

Overall - Google still drives OVERWHELMING traffic - but for a few key terms - these other directories are driving.

Looks fishy to me. What do you guys think?

(Yes - we have been working with an SEO firm)

--C

[edited by: physics at 6:11 pm (utc) on Oct. 12, 2005]
[edit reason] No specific URLs please. See TOS. [/edit]

[physics]

Hi Connie_Child and welcome to WebmasterWorld.com!

It looks like referrer spam. If you have exposed web stats then people will hit your site with artifical traffic to boost their search engine rankings. Look in the tracking and logging forum here for more info.
This probably has nothing to do with your SEO company.

[Connie Child]

Will do.

Thanks!