tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post7158979136795184929..comments2024-03-27T04:17:20.550-07:00Comments on The Real Blogger Status: Referer Spam Cannot Be Blocked, ImmediatelyNitecruzrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-82509512593740545362016-10-05T20:39:05.644-07:002016-10-05T20:39:05.644-07:00Hi Doug,
Thanks for the question.
Referer spam c...Hi Doug,<br /><br />Thanks for the question.<br /><br />Referer spam can and does come from the USA - and every other country. Right now, the most visible spam comes from Russia or Eastern Europe - but I've seen it from many 1st world countries too.<br />Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-44872060846703984282016-10-04T11:47:36.055-07:002016-10-04T11:47:36.055-07:00Hi Chuck,
Doug Greener here again. Hope you are d...Hi Chuck,<br />Doug Greener here again. Hope you are doing well. My question is: Can referer spam emanate from the U.S.? I have noticed the same regular spikes from the U.S. as I have gotten in the past from Russia. I thought Americans were the good guys. <br />Doug Doug Greenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315733437857752430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-9247197675106436872014-03-06T16:01:12.653-08:002014-03-06T16:01:12.653-08:00But the answer is simple. Why won't Google jus...But the answer is simple. Why won't Google just allow blog adminds to manage a *whitelist* proxy? A whitelist is a list of legitimate IPs from legitimate G20 countries and that would get rid of at least 90% of the spam bots out there from countries like Ukraine, Russia, China and India.WebNiggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00025384520919684353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-27731383162796109902013-11-04T10:47:02.318-08:002013-11-04T10:47:02.318-08:00Mur,
No service "blocks" the spam. Onl...Mur,<br /><br />No service "blocks" the spam. Only Stats is vulnerable to the spam - because only Stats extracts pageview counts <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2012/03/what-does-stats-provide-that-third.html" rel="nofollow">directly from the Blogger servers</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2012/03/what-does-stats-provide-that-third.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2012/03/what-does-stats-provide-that-third.html</a>Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-66236982710156821892013-10-27T11:47:53.004-07:002013-10-27T11:47:53.004-07:00Hmmm ... are you sure, google can't stop the s...Hmmm ... are you sure, google can't stop the spammer? How is it possible then, that these spam traffic sources not shown in google analytics?!<br /><br />Does google use another algorithms?Mur Votemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01869972750374173629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-64223984923368230322013-07-26T15:24:15.491-07:002013-07-26T15:24:15.491-07:00Mary,
In principle, I would agree with you.
Howe...Mary,<br /><br />In principle, I would agree with you.<br /><br />However, I suspect that, like <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/09/comment-moderation-is-team-effort.html" rel="nofollow">Comment Spam Moderation</a>, the Stats Referer Spam detection process is collaborative and heuristic.<br /><br />Referer Spam Detection will result much better, for everybody, with everybody rowing in synchronisation.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/09/comment-moderation-is-team-effort.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/09/comment-moderation-is-team-effort.html</a>Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-42408668658645410262013-07-25T20:47:42.784-07:002013-07-25T20:47:42.784-07:00In my opinion, the owner of a blog should be able ...In my opinion, the owner of a blog should be able to blacklist whatever site they choose, legitimate or not. The code should exist to enable this. You may claim it is not simple but I don't believe it. I used to write OS code for UNIX (systems programming), also did network and security for major universities. Most things are pretty simple if you know what you were doing.Mary Dimercurio Prasadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10588876568916094559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-37569770181464909772013-07-24T08:36:02.517-07:002013-07-24T08:36:02.517-07:00Sorry, Mary,
It's just not that simple.
&quo...Sorry, Mary,<br /><br />It's just not that simple.<br /><br />"VampireStat" is not the only referer spam target - and every target of referer spam should not be blacklisted.<br /><br />Some referer spam targets are legitimate blogs and websites, which have actual readers, and which <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2013/04/blog-owners-marking-stats-log-entries.html" rel="nofollow">generate actual referer traffic</a>.<br /><br />If the Stats referer link is to be useful, it has to be useful to all genuine blogs and websites - including <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/10/nitecruzrnet-hits-big-time.html" rel="nofollow">some which are maliciously targeted by referer spam</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2013/04/blog-owners-marking-stats-log-entries.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2013/04/blog-owners-marking-stats-log-entries.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/10/nitecruzrnet-hits-big-time.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/10/nitecruzrnet-hits-big-time.html</a>Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-88374252874811843822013-07-23T20:23:52.335-07:002013-07-23T20:23:52.335-07:00If the information is contained in the message (i....If the information is contained in the message (i.e. "vampirestat") the messages could be ignored. I'm guessing they just don't want to write code for this or keep track of these sites for something as trivial as statistics.Mary Dimercurio Prasadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10588876568916094559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-4180395842103404082013-04-13T13:55:08.404-07:002013-04-13T13:55:08.404-07:00Orana,
Referer spam, like "nice blog" s...Orana,<br /><br />Referer spam, like <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2013/03/if-you-comment-on-blogs-extensively-you.html" rel="nofollow">"nice blog" spam</a>, is a con job. It took me <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/03/why-we-should-all-moderate-comments.html" rel="nofollow">4 years</a> to figure out what "nice blog" spam actually is.<br /><br />Everybody gets conned, eventually. You're not the first person to click on a link, and get an eyeful of something nasty. Let's just hope that what you peeked at only <b>looked</b> nasty.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2013/03/if-you-comment-on-blogs-extensively-you.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2013/03/if-you-comment-on-blogs-extensively-you.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/03/why-we-should-all-moderate-comments.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/03/why-we-should-all-moderate-comments.html</a>Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-24267631842841665972013-04-13T00:07:17.631-07:002013-04-13T00:07:17.631-07:00Feeling a bit like a moron yes....but thanks for t...Feeling a bit like a moron yes....but thanks for the clearup.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08557405229693474407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-71335581151214130722013-02-14T08:00:12.093-08:002013-02-14T08:00:12.093-08:00Thanks! I've been getting a lot of russian por...Thanks! I've been getting a lot of russian porn sites listed as referring sites to my blog. I had no idea that this could be faked or spam as you call it. I also used to get tons of spam comments with links to shady sites but since I turned on word verification they have stopped. Sure wish I could do the same for the referring sites but as you stated I guess they can't be blocked. At least now I know not to click all those .ru links.bestmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10199907891305544798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-10754172894636381192012-10-24T07:32:05.484-07:002012-10-24T07:32:05.484-07:00Thank you for the explanation. It puts my mind at ...Thank you for the explanation. It puts my mind at ease.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06096070926224113882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-65901757034551681362012-07-30T15:44:16.974-07:002012-07-30T15:44:16.974-07:00Nancy,
The "AT @ T . ro" hijack is a pr...Nancy,<br /><br />The "AT @ T . ro" hijack is a problem that we've been watching, for a couple months.<br /><br />It takes a bit of technical skills to diagnose the problem, in each individual blog. If you can post in <a href="http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!categories/blogger/something-is-broken" rel="nofollow">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>, we can help you with this problem.Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-2897678019600373372012-07-30T09:30:16.341-07:002012-07-30T09:30:16.341-07:00I'm not so worried about the stats being flawe...I'm not so worried about the stats being flawed. I'm getting a pop up window from AT@T.ro <br><br><br /><br />the window looks something like this: <br><br />WAIT BEFORE YOU GO!! CLICK THE *Stay on this page* BUTTON RIGHT NOW...<br><br>I HAVE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL FOR YOU!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13854643815376606185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-21457491030949488292012-04-20T21:37:37.135-07:002012-04-20T21:37:37.135-07:00Is there a way to block another site from hyper li...Is there a way to block another site from hyper linking to your blog? I have had someone on a fetishist site list a link to my blog...creepy. I have temporarily changed the name of my blog and made a stub blog but can't figure out how to keep my followers in the loop, don't want to redirect the creeps too. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Old URL adventuresinbraces.blogspot.com new URL adventuresinbracesjawsurgery.blogspot.combracedmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01385125284965927129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-19286269488341601992012-04-17T10:58:24.259-07:002012-04-17T10:58:24.259-07:00Glad to be 1 of several visitants on this awful si...Glad to be 1 of several visitants on this awful site : DKeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776317324840112493noreply@blogger.com