Unusual 'Referring URL' appearing in my Statcounter data

by mistyone

Posted: 15 years ago 4 replies

I have been noticing in my Statcounter stats for my websites some unusual 'Referring URL' sites.

They have at the top when you click through on them "Todays Top Site my5Statcounter" or "my8Statcounter" and so on.

I don't know whether to be concerned or not so any opinions would be appreciated

BUYACUPRIL DOT INFO This one was the very first one I noticed and now these others are showing up.
SUNSHINEALLEY DOT INFO
BESOMEONE DOT INFO

#appearing #data #referring #statcounter #unusual #url

Bruce Hearder 15 years ago

Hi mistyone,

I would stress about it. It is basically people trying to get a link from your site, as some sites show the top referers.

Just ignore them! There's nothing you can do about it anyway..

Take care

Bruce
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- mistyone 15 years ago
  
  Hi Bruce
  
  Thanks for your thoughts on it.
  
  It has only just started to happen and so if I needed to nip it in the bud then I thought it would be better sooner, rather than later
  
  Also you said you thought I should stress about it!!! lol
  
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  bgmacaw 15 years ago
  
  It's referrer spam being generated by a BH script, probably a new one that was just released a few months ago. The goal is to get you to go to the site looking to see if a link to your site is there (it's not) and while you're there click on a CPA offer or the like. The script spoofs the referrer information to look like someone visited your site from that site but this isn't what actually happened.
  
  You can try to block the sites using htaccess but since they use proxies it's like whack-a-mole. Just ignore them.
  
  Also, edit your original post to disable the links to those sites. They're considered bad neighborhood sites and you shouldn't link to them from here.
  
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  mistyone 15 years ago
  
  Thanks bgmacaw for your very informative response.
  
  I have edited the post as per your advice. I can understand your reasons for advising me not to link to bad neighbourhoods from here.
  
  I wish I could send some bad stuff back to them!!
  
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