This morning, we're seeing a number of questions in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.
The bad guys, who have been serving various waves of referer spam against the many Blogger blogs, have recently included "nitecruzr.net" in their lists of websites, falsely advertised by their attacks.
I've been using this blog to talk about spam, in general - and about referer spam, in particular - for years. This week, the people who operate the referer spam networks are targeting me, in a Joe Job attack, using Stats logs to confuse Blogger blog owners.
In crime novels, it's called a "frame up". In networking, what they are doing is vaguely similar to a "smurf attack", using the various Blogger blog owners, in an attempt to overwhelm the forums.
What fascinates me is how referer spam works - which in turn is why it can't be blocked. And the several purposes of referer spam - which is why it will be with us, forever.
I guess I should be flattered. Let's try to keep it in perspective, though - and keep working on your blog.
Why are my Stats displays showingand more interestinglyNo stats yet, check back later.yet again?
"blogging.nitecruzr.net" is showing multiple hits in my Stats log!And none of this is really surprising, personally.
The bad guys, who have been serving various waves of referer spam against the many Blogger blogs, have recently included "nitecruzr.net" in their lists of websites, falsely advertised by their attacks.
I've been using this blog to talk about spam, in general - and about referer spam, in particular - for years. This week, the people who operate the referer spam networks are targeting me, in a Joe Job attack, using Stats logs to confuse Blogger blog owners.
In crime novels, it's called a "frame up". In networking, what they are doing is vaguely similar to a "smurf attack", using the various Blogger blog owners, in an attempt to overwhelm the forums.
What fascinates me is how referer spam works - which in turn is why it can't be blocked. And the several purposes of referer spam - which is why it will be with us, forever.
I guess I should be flattered. Let's try to keep it in perspective, though - and keep working on your blog.
Comments
It`s not so bad, anyway: By checking who is visiting my blog, I found your site which is quite intersting for bloggers (always look on the bright side of life).
Kind regards
Morgenländer
But Blogger does not. It is more than happy to include every last one of them. So I already have a 3500 views difference between Blogger total views and the real Hitstats views. How on earth can Hitstats be smarter than Google??
1)http://shineads.net/shads/ad_vid.aspx?pubid=martyxmas
780
2) http://googlecorrection.com
585
3) http://www.googlecorrection.com
516
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7) http://blogging.nitecruzr.net
190
All these in just the last couple of weeks, earlier I had no issues at all. I have adsense ads in this blog. Do I have to worry that Google might think I'm cheating my views in some way? I know how to block someone from viewing my ads but I don't know if it's possible to block specific sites from refering you (I'll check out your blog, you may already have mentioned this)
blessings...♥
WV=nocker...thought that was kind of funny ;)