Anyone else getting suspicious referrers?
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For my last two or three new posts, I’ve noticed my page visits have been inflated by referrers from odd URLs that seem like spam to me. The most recent:
http://kekasihgelapku.co.cc/blog/15-useful-wordpress-tips-to-make-your-theme-even-better.php
Normally I wouldn’t complain about getting hits, but I would prefer it to be hits from people actually reading my blog. These seem like spammers to me. Has this happened to anyone else? And is there a way to stop it?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Yes. I’ve noticed the same thing happening with my last few posts. It’s the same URL you have posted. I was “Googling” that URL when I found your post here in the forum. Hopefully someone at WordPress can do something about it.
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Yes, Staff are acting on this. This situation is merely an annoyance. It does not affect your blog’s standing with Google in any way.
Staff have created a filtering system. They have requested that we do not click the spam refferer links because that is what the spammers want us to do. They have also requested that we do not post any referrer information into forum threads, but instead that we report all spam refferer links directly to them. Thanks for doing that.
NOTICE TO ANY MEMBER READING THIS THREAD
Please do not post any information here at all. If you have not reported the links directly to Staff please do that now. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/ -
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@danielmontgomery
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@solaflex
Yes, Staff are acting on this. This situation is merely an annoyance. It does not affect your blog’s standing with Google in any way.Staff have created a filtering system. They have requested that we do not click the spam refferer links because that is what the spammers want us to do. They have also requested that we do not post any referrer information into forum threads, but instead that we report all spam refferer links directly to them. Thanks for doing that.
NOTICE TO ANY MEMBER READING THIS THREAD
Please do not post any information here at all. If you have not reported the links directly to Staff please do that now. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/ -
yes, that would be me! the exact same referrer which is how i found this forum. it links directly to a fiction story I wrote, so I was getting suspicious of why my story was suddenly so popular. glad i looked it up! thanks!
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You’re welcome. Please do not post any information here at all. If you have not reported the links directly to Staff please do that now. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/
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Thank you for your response. I actually did a forum search for this topic before I posted, but couldn’t find one. I will report any future links directly to the WordPress support link your provided.
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Hi Daniel,
Hmmm that weird because when you click the “referrers” tag in the sidebar you find a slew of threads on the issue. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/referrers Best wishes with your blog. :) -
NOTICE TO ANY MEMBER READING THIS THREAD
Please do not post any information here at all. If you have not reported the links directly to Staff please do that now. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/
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