Thursday, August 21, 2014

Referrer spam update

Currently, on the popular posts here there is one for an ancient blog item "Oh Doctor, I'm In Trouble". It has risen to popularity because a referrer spam site has put it there. The one that is doing so is Halloween Witch 2014 blogspot. These referrers come and go and there isn't a lot that can be done about them. Even very mature blogs like this one suffer, though small, new blogs are way more likely to be affected. These referrers are harmless enough but are annoying. If a popular post appears that looks odd, then please don't click on it as that just keeps the referring going. I can't eliminate it though I can take off the popular posts list, which I have in the past for this very reason. Anyone operating a blog who sees information in their page view stats which looks suspicious, e.g. Halloween Witch or any other, should definitely not click on the link. Eventually it will go away, though the chances are another one will come around. The page view statistics are otherwise very genuine. Despite this old blog item having risen to temporary popularity, its overall contribution to page views is minute.

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