bla197.prod.google.com:4040/admin_flags

[2WIRE]

I found this on my referral logs, any idea what it means, or what it implies. I'm certain my sites are up to par as far as following the TOS.

http://bla197.prod.google.com:4040/admin_flags

[ActiveFarming]

I never seen that before... Interesting url though. Let us know if you notice any other changes.

[forkqueue]

Hmm.. never seen anything like that before.

Referrers are easy enough to fake though..

[ActiveFarming]

Speaking of which, how does someone fake a referal? I've been noticing a lot of them in my logs recently.

[rehash]

Originally Posted by 2WIRE

I found this on my referral logs, any idea what it means, or what it implies. I'm certain my sites are up to par as far as following the TOS.

http://bla197.prod.google.com:4040/admin_flags

99% it's a fake

[BuildHome]

Originally Posted by 2WIRE

I found this on my referral logs, any idea what it means, or what it implies. I'm certain my sites are up to par as far as following the TOS.

http://bla197.prod.google.com:4040/admin_flags

404 error page.

[discoverclips]

yeah referrer is easy to fake
write something in php with sockets and you can change the referrer to something totally weird

[danzor]

most likely its on an internal network, set up specifically for google employees, and not accessible for any old person on the internet.

[2WIRE]

I found out what it was, nice theories everyone. It doesn't have to do with Google Adsense like I Initially thought. It is relating to my blogs at blogger, hence the admin_flags meaning the flag button on the blogger bar. I'm not sure why people would flag some of my blogs though, no spam and no objectionable content. I confirmed that it is from blogger though because that referral comes from this one IP which I checked other logs for that IP and I get similar admin stuff from .pyra files. These are dynamic web apps created by a company called pyra which inititally created google's Blogger. Bla197 is the admin, there were other admins as well. And that page is an intranet page or a web app that is only availible within a private network like google.

Get me more info on faking the referrers as well, just curious how it is done.