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  rowlandwithaw · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 9:40 am

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  I seem to have had a visit referred from fastest Growing Blogs -but when I go to that page there seems to be no reference to my blog. How can that happen?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 9:53 am

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  Yes it can, and those are typically spam referrals. Basically they want you to click on the referral link and visit their site. It’s one of their latest tactics.

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  rowlandwithaw · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 12:43 pm

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  but these are referrals from a WordPress page —-from WordPress effectively…..
  So are you,saying that WordPress are are sending me spam . . . .

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  airodyssey · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 1:02 pm

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  If you’d like to report spam referrers, send them to support@wordpress.com ; DO NOT publish their addresses here. More info:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/regarding-referrer-spam?replies=1

  If the referral says “WordPress.com”, that’s a different story:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer?replies=98#post-723980