1. Advertising
    y u no do it?

    Advertising (learn more)

    Advertise virtually anything here, with CPM banner ads, CPM email ads and CPC contextual links. You can target relevant areas of the site and show ads based on geographical location of the user if you wish.

    Starts at just $1 per CPM or $0.10 per CPC.

Could someone explain what this referrrer is

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by web-rover, Oct 3, 2005.

0
  1. #1
    web-rover, Oct 3, 2005 IP
  2. entrepreneur7

    entrepreneur7 Peon

    Messages:
    52
    Likes Received:
    7
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #2
    Not sure, but I managed to grab the URL from the referring page in case someone else can figure it out.

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>protopic Online Now!</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
    <meta name="robots" content="index,follow">
    <meta name="description" content="protopic - US Licensed Pharmacies&Physicians">
    </head>
    <body>
    <form name="x9x" method="post" action="http://www.cheap-drugs-pills.net/protopic.php"></form><script language='javascript'>document.forms['x9x'].submit();</script>
    <h1>protopic Drug Descriptions & Online drugstore</h1><br><br>
    Purchase protopic. Online Now! Next day delivery, No Scams!<br>
    <a href="http://www.drugs.com/protopic.html">protopic</a><br>

    <a href="http://www.cheap-drugs-pills.net/protopic.php">Buy protopic</a><br>
    <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/protopic">protopic at Wikipedia</a><br>
    <p>
    protopic
    protopic ointment
    protopic cancer
    protopic and
    protopic vitiligo
    protopic 0
    and protopic
    protopic cream
    elidel protopic
    protopic 0 1
    protopic elidel
    protopic 0.1
    protopic fda
    protopic tacrolimus
    vitiligo protopic
    elidel and protopic
    protopic and cancer
    of protopic
    protopic warning
    protopic for
    fda protopic
    protopic psoriasis
    protopic 0 03
    protopic salbe
    </p>
    </body>
    </html>
     
    entrepreneur7, Oct 3, 2005 IP
  3. web-rover

    web-rover Peon

    Messages:
    1,341
    Likes Received:
    45
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #3
    I'm just not sure how our link is involved in that?
     
    web-rover, Oct 3, 2005 IP
  4. Sy Borg

    Sy Borg Peon

    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #4
    Probably, this is the sophisticated advertising via fake referrers targeted to site owners who will, like you, follow strange referrers in their logs. Not sure, but if it is, it aparently works :))
     
    Sy Borg, Oct 5, 2005 IP
  5. Smyrl

    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

    Messages:
    13,740
    Likes Received:
    1,702
    Best Answers:
    78
    Trophy Points:
    510
    #5
    Yes inquiring minds want to know but some of us would not buy from such a site.

    If brick and mortar store personel is obnoxious, I will go somewhere else and pay more rather than patronize them.

    Shannon
     
    Smyrl, Oct 5, 2005 IP
  6. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

    Messages:
    13,157
    Likes Received:
    1,366
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    360
    #6
    Log spam. :mad:

    And you just linked to them, web-rover. :rolleyes:
     
    Crazy_Rob, Oct 5, 2005 IP
  7. webmistress

    webmistress Guest

    Messages:
    485
    Likes Received:
    36
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #7
    It's just a form of log spamming which drives curious webmasters to visit. Don't worry bout those and definitely don't visit or post those "sH-I-T-S" cuz you're making those spammers efforts worthwhile.
     
    webmistress, Oct 5, 2005 IP
  8. GuyFromChicago

    GuyFromChicago Permanent Peon

    Messages:
    6,728
    Likes Received:
    528
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #8
    And you just quoted the live links...:eek: :)
     
    GuyFromChicago, Oct 6, 2005 IP
    webmistress likes this.
  9. webmistress

    webmistress Guest

    Messages:
    485
    Likes Received:
    36
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #9
    Shit, what a stupid ass i can be sometimes :eek:
     
    webmistress, Oct 6, 2005 IP
    GuyFromChicago and Crazy_Rob like this.
  10. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

    Messages:
    13,157
    Likes Received:
    1,366
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    360
    #10
    I changed them if you guys don't mind. ;)
     
    Crazy_Rob, Oct 6, 2005 IP
    web-rover likes this.
  11. web-rover

    web-rover Peon

    Messages:
    1,341
    Likes Received:
    45
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #11
    sorry abotu that guys. Was never my intention...was just curious.

    thanks for changing it....
     
    web-rover, Oct 10, 2005 IP
  12. Halz

    Halz Peon

    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #12
    Yes joia.com are listed as spammers on chongqed.org (see http://spammers.chongqed.org/wikispammer/joia.com) because they have been wiki spamming just recently, but here you have a case of what's called referrer spam.

    No real harm in visiting the links out of curiousity. Obviously dont spend any money on the website (that would be really stupid)

    The way these inconsiderate spamming assholes actually benefit is with search engine rankings. They put that spam link there to boost their google rank, so you should make sure any spammy links are removed from your website as quick as possible, to avoid them benefitting in this way.
     
    Halz, Oct 11, 2005 IP
  13. Sy Borg

    Sy Borg Peon

    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #13
    They are unlikely to benefit from SE ranking, cause their links lie safely in logs inaccessible to search engines. Even published on stats pages they usually inaccessible to SEs, cause stats pages are dynamic by nature, and often password protected. I think they mainly benefit from webmaster's curiousity.
     
    Sy Borg, Oct 11, 2005 IP
  14. Sy Borg

    Sy Borg Peon

    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #14
    Oh, yes, spamming wiki is another matter.
     
    Sy Borg, Oct 11, 2005 IP
  15. baseballcube

    baseballcube Peon

    Messages:
    107
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #15
    I get tehse all the time in my referers log as well. They always make sure to have more than one instance so if you rank your top referers, they show up.

    If its not related to the site content, probably best to ignore them and not make them any money by jumping over to them.
     
    baseballcube, Oct 17, 2005 IP