Advocacy And Protection - Computer Abuse - Referrer Spam

• Added Bytes: Block Referrer Spam - Dave Child provides a blacklist of spamming sites which can be used in an .htaccess file on an Apache server to block referrer spam.
• AngryPets.com: ReverseDOS - A free tool by Michael Campbell to stop comment and referrer spam by serving up an access denied response to spammer's bots.
• Capn Design Archives: Referrer Spam is Out of Control - Weblog entry with a few coding suggestions and examples to thwart the spammers.
• MetaFilter - Referer Log Spam - Talks about companies like mastodonte.com and their business models of spamming referrer logs.
• Referrer Log Spamming - Brief description of the technique and the purpose, with some examples.
• Sam Ruby: Referrer Spam - Weblog entry discussing ongoing problems and solutions.
• ihelpyou.com: Why You Shouldn't Publish Your Web Logs - Forum thread explaining that you should not publish your website statistics online, because of referrer spam.
• Redemption in a Blog: Smarter Referrer Spam? - Blatant referrer spam may be evolving into more a subtle game. (April 06, 2004)
• Kasia in a Nutshell: Spamming through Referrer Logs - A weird referrer entry prompts some detective work and a log sanitization spree.