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Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by macdesign, Aug 11, 2005.

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    I keep getting hits from http://www.partypoker.com/ into one of my blogs - something does not seem right, and I think they are trying to autopost spam comments. Theirs site is spammy and creates multiple popups and wants to download software.

    I did some searches and found these

    http://www.texashousing.org/txlihis/discussit/lihtcforum/Messages/Credit-10yearsbutsubjectt.html

    http://www.freesheetmusicplus.com/messages/msg1035196122237.htm

    which seem to contain garbage comments originating from them.

    Any ideas on dealing with it?
     
    macdesign, Aug 11, 2005 IP
  2. Smyrl

    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    J. D. seems to be expert on this. Block through .htaccess. Some block based on URL, some based on poison words like Viagra, poker, ... If all spammers are coming from same IP block IP but typically they just start spamming from another.

    Good luck with the spam battle.

    Shannon
     
    Smyrl, Aug 11, 2005 IP
  3. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    You sure it's not "just" referrer spam?
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 11, 2005 IP
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    crew Peon

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    Yeah, I've been getting alot of poker related referrer spam in the past couple of weeks too.
     
    crew, Aug 11, 2005 IP
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    lorien1973 Notable Member

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    I got those pill site submitting comments to my directory all the time. Its gotten so bad, that I'm about ready to turn off the comment features on the site.
     
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    J.D. Peon

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    Shannon's right. Search DP for referrer spam and you'll find tons of posts on how to deal with them.

    J.D.
     
    J.D., Aug 11, 2005 IP