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- 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. - Capn Design Archives: Referrer Spam is Out of Control
Weblog entry with a few coding suggestions and examples to thwart the spammers. - 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. - MetaFilter - Referer Log Spam
Talks about companies like mastodonte.com and their business models of spamming referrer logs. - Referrer Log Spamming
Brief description of the technique and the purpose, with some examples. - Sam Ruby: Referrer Spam
Weblog entry discussing ongoing problems and solutions. - 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. (September 14, 2005) - Redemption in a Blog: Smarter Referrer Spam?
Blatant referrer spam may be evolving into more a subtle game. (April 6, 2004) - Kasia in a Nutshell: Spamming through Referrer Logs
A weird referrer entry prompts some detective work and a log sanitization spree. (October 13, 2003) - 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. (October 26, 2002) - kuro5hin.org - Referrer log spam
An early article noting website visits from spammers. (May 31, 2001)
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