View Full Version : What???? Strange referer!!
kjonix
07-24-2007, 04:15 PM
Today stats for brandpoint.no show 1 referer from <nolink>www.all-rape-photos.com<nolink>
I have never, NEVER, had something todo with this site or any similar sites...
Why?? :confused:
evilgreenmonkey
07-24-2007, 05:56 PM
This is called referrer spam. A bot is sent to your site with a spam site in its referrer header. This is then logged in your stats software. As some stats software are public, the URLs get indexed and counted as an inbound link. As long as your web statistics require a login to gain access, you will not be effected by this and should simply ignore the URLs.
RedFly
07-25-2007, 02:01 AM
Kjonix, Evil is right. You will notice this a lot more as your site gets more popular. It's a pain in the ass but an unfortunate fact. You can use custom filters in Google Analytics if needed to clean up your dirty clickstream data.