Referrer spam

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  andreamareike · Member · Nov 7, 2013 at 2:33 pm

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  Hi guys,

  I’ve been having problems with a referrer spam recently, so I’d like to report a URL for Askimet to filter: I’ve had http://go.videoentertainmnt.com in my referrers, which looks decidedly fishy.

  Thanks for your help!

  Andrea x

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

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  timethief · Member · Nov 8, 2013 at 1:22 am

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  Oops! You didn’t search first. Referrer spam issues are not usually discussed on public forums. Think about that because everyone who is on the internet can access this forum and that includes spammers.

  What Staff need is the URL and here’s the way to send it to them. Email support@wordpress.com

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  andreamareike · Member · Nov 8, 2013 at 7:40 am

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  I did search, actually. That’s how I got here:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/regarding-referrer-spam?replies=1

  “In the future, we plan to have an easy way for you to report Referrer Spam, much like you do with Comment Spam. For now, please contact us via http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/ and file a private request (if the option presents itself) to report any Referrer Spam that you see. Due to the volume of Referrer Spam reports, there is a strong possibility that we may not reply. Rest-assured, if you submit it, we’ll filter it.”

  Which is exactly what I did. It wasn’t my intention to post a public forum post — I’d have deleted it if I could. So my guess is that the content of that page changed since wp posted that entry; but then it’d have been easier to just tell folks to email staff right away. Anyway, sorry about this x