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11 Sites in 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.

http://angrypets.com/tools/rdos/
Capn Design Archives: Referrer Spam is Out of Control

Weblog entry with a few coding suggestions and examples to thwart the spammers.

http://www.capndesign.com/archives/2004/07/referrer_spam_is_out_of_control.php
ILoveJackDaniels.com: 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.

http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/spam/block-referrer-spam/
Kasia in a Nutshell: Spamming through Referrer Logs

A weird referrer entry prompts some detective work and a log sanitization spree.

http://www.unix-girl.com/blog/archives/000264.html
MetaFilter - Referer Log Spam

Talks about companies like mastodonte.com and their business models of spamming referrer logs.

http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/21063
Redemption in a Blog: Smarter Referrer Spam?

Blatant referrer spam may be evolving into more a subtle game.

http://blog.codefront.net/2004/04/06/smarter-referrer-spam/
Referrer Log Spamming

Brief description of the technique and the purpose, with some examples.

http://www.komar.org/faq/scumbags/referrer-log-spamming/
Sam Ruby: Referrer Spam

Weblog entry discussing ongoing problems and solutions.

http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/1649.html
Wired: When the Spam Hits the Blogs

Strange things are afoot in blogland. Owners of weblogs have recently noticed that their referral logs have become the newest target for spam.

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56017,00.html
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.

http://www.ihelpyou.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9595
kuro5hin.org - Referrer log spam

An early article noting website visits from spammers.

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/5/30/22341/3757