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#1 2006-04-10 18:18:39
- els
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What are these non-existent referrers in my logs?
From time to time referring links show up in my logs, that return a page with ‘Server not found’ when clicked. They always seem to land on my about page. Today it was www.soplyaniksom.com/links.html, but mostly it looks like just some random characters and numbers with .com/links.html. Does anyone know what this can be?
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Re: What are these non-existent referrers in my logs?
spam. I get them too. Find their ip address and block them with htaccess
Here’s the code
<code>order Allow,Deny
Deny from 80.227.56.46
Deny from 211.40.153.4
…etc
Allow from all</code>
Last edited by colak (2006-04-10 18:36:49)
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#3 2006-04-10 19:01:04
- Andrew
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Re: What are these non-existent referrers in my logs?
It’s called referrer spam. IP blocking is futile at best.
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#4 2006-04-10 20:22:43
- els
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Re: What are these non-existent referrers in my logs?
Thank you, and yes, I know how to block IP’s. But how is this referrer spam supposed to work if the site isn’t found?
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