False blog stats

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  loveinwaiting · Member · Nov 7, 2011 at 5:52 pm

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  My stats have doubled in the number of daily hits over the last week or so. Those numbers are not reflected in the referrer section. Am I being hit by spam/bots? If so, how do I eliminate this problem. I do not want to mislead myself or others about the number of views at my blog.
  Blog url: http://loveinwaiting.wordpress.com/

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  designsimply · Member · Nov 7, 2011 at 9:05 pm

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  Referrer records are only present when a person clicks a link to your site from another website. Visitors from emails, most search engines, and direct visitors (those who type your URL) do not carry referrer records. Also, some browsers and security software have the option to block referrer records.