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Is somebody doing this?

by affiliated survivor
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First: This is only an idea and I do not have a technical solution how to do this yet.

I got the idea when checking my logfiles. Some visitors have certain websites shown as referrer. When I click on the referrer url I arrive at a website, but on this website there is no link to my site. How can this url have referred my site without a link?

Could this be some blackhat method to generate traffic. Visit as many sites as possible and when people check their logfiles they will visit your site. One will probably have to visit very much sites to get a decent amount of traffic that way. So this has to be automized. And than there is the question how to let your site appear as referrer without having a link (thousands of links) on your site?

But can it be done? Since all people with websites checking their logfiles are webmasters, a squeeze page with an interesting offer for webmasters could make a profit.
  • Profile picture of the author ExRat
    Hi,

    Could this be some blackhat method to generate traffic
    Yup. Referrer spam.
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  • Profile picture of the author dddougal
    Id imagine it works quite well really.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brad Gosse
    This has been done for years.
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  • Profile picture of the author elenash
    quite sneeky I must say... I've been wondering about for years now. good revelation, I always thought it was something from my PPC campaigns but couldn't figure out what it was exactly
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  • Profile picture of the author hbkh55
    Is it really possible to refer a site without a link? I don't think of it.
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  • Profile picture of the author immarketer
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    • Profile picture of the author ExRat
      Hi,

      Is it really possible to refer a site without a link? I don't think of it.
      The links are only temporary.
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  • Profile picture of the author affiliated survivor
    You could make the links invisible. Same colour as the background. Paste in a large number, click on them, erase them and start with the next load. But this would mean you have to do it by hand. May be some people know a better and quicker way. But I think as long as you do it by hand you are not violating any laws. Same as with email spam.
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  • Profile picture of the author jeremiasmunn
    Yes that is an black method people use to make some "quick traffic", however don't worry, it's harmless and they don't do much money because the traffic is untarget.
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