[CS-FSLUG] Problem With Referring Site(s)
Don Parris
gnumathetes at gmail.com
Thu May 5 19:27:22 CDT 2005
On 5/5/05, Bob Brown <bebrown at gmail.com> wrote:
> Referers are easy to fake.
>
> Some people will search google for sites that have their stats or
> referers available. Some people do not secure theirs very well. THey
> then fake a referer to your site using something like cURL or just
> create a temporary link, click it, then remove the link.
> For some sites they do this to get another link to their site in a
> search engine, others are actually advertising to you.
> If the referer is for an SEO company they are hoping you will want
> their services when you see that they were "checking you out."
>
> Ignore them.
>
> Bob
>
Thanks for the input, Bob. I knew some of y'all would have some
insight on this.
Don
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