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Unwanted Referrers

         

hostlead

11:47 am on Aug 15, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hello,
if you go to
[snip]
and scroll down to referrers you will see I am getting traffic from adult sites. I also don't have any pictures he is hotlinking.
I don't understand....this is happening since 2 weeks. All the adult sites seem to be from the same guy/group.

p.s. if you click the links you won't see adult stuff..it will link you to a "I am over/under 21 page" without pictures and popups.
please help me :)

HL

[edited by: heini at 12:15 pm (utc) on Aug. 15, 2003]
[edit reason] no urls / thank you [/edit]

ukgimp

11:59 am on Aug 15, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I suggets you lose the link rapid before it gets removed for you. :)

It is against the terms of service

ukgimp

12:00 pm on Aug 15, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



password protect your stats. They are much more likely to be spammed if you leave them open

trillianjedi

12:07 pm on Aug 15, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



password protect your stats.

Seconded!

TJ

topr8

12:37 pm on Aug 15, 2003 (gmt 0)

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what is happening is that some kind of bot is hitting your site which logs a certain site as the referer.

the reason they are doing this is that your stats are open and therefore they are trying to gain link popularity for their own site, it is nothing to do with hotlinking pictures.

* sorry if i've given away anybody's secret method of gaining pr!

trillianjedi

12:59 pm on Aug 15, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



sorry if i've given away anybody's secret method of gaining pr!

I don't think so - this is one of those subjects that pops up on here at least once a month.

The b*ggers should be stopped anyway - it's a waste of bandwidth.

You should never *ever* (for a variety of reasons, not just this one) have your stats open to access by the public.

TJ

hostlead

1:03 pm on Aug 15, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



thx for the explanation.
I will htaccess it.

HL