Targeting Spam > Using IPTables to Block Referer Spam

[SteamedPenguin - Not Your Usual Meal] While I know that referrer spam is a fact of life for anybody hosting a website, I hate seeing my logs filled with crap. Being proactive about this log-jacking is hard, but I like doing something about it anyway.

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phoenix search engine marketing news[phoenix search engine marketing news] MSN/Live Ponies Up About The Referrer Spam :: Social Marketing News: Tags: blogger free hosting cylon page rank. Please be sure to visit our new Social Blog Network, as well as our Social Bookmark Site.

Michael Phelps' Webloghttp://mjphelps.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/the-google-secret-revealed/ [Michael Phelps' Weblog] The Google “Secret” Revealed: In 2005, the Google corporation made public their “secret formula” for ranking search engines in the way of a US Patent. This meant that no other company could use their formula without Google’s express permission - A bold, yet extremely smart move, as this would help solidify the Google Group as a key player, and the leading search engine company.

Alex Jones[Alex Jones] Recent Links: January 26 to January 29: “What we have here is an excellent method for preventing a great deal of blog spam. With a few strategic lines placed in your htaccess file, you can prevent spambots from dropping spam bombs by denying access to all requests that do not originate from your domain.”

Christian Schenkhttp://www.christianschenk.org/blog/two-nasty-ways-to-promote-your-blog/ [Christian Schenk] Two nasty ways to promote your blog: This way the request will generate an entry in the referrer or keyphrase listing of the statistics tool running on the target site. This are the two nasty ways to promote your website: send requests with the referrer set to the address of your website or to some Google search that led you to the target site.

D3scenehttp://www.d3scene.com/forum/marketing/11089-strength-power-yahoo-web-hosting.html [D3scene] Strength And Power Of Yahoo Web Hosting: The Yahoo web hosting services provide more than 200 email addresses for your business and you can rest assured that they give you more storage than you will ever need. SpamGuard keeps those nasty spam emails away from your business so that you and your employees can stay focused on work and not have to worry about computer security and spam.

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Share Free All - http://www.soft911.uni.cc/http://www.soft911.uni.cc/2008/01/dlink-1300-mods-for-vbulletin.html [Share Free All - http://www.soft911.uni.cc/] DLINK-1300 Mods for vBulletin: e-steki Referrer Statistics e-steki User ModLog v1.1.3 - An alternative to moderation AutoPM Exclude Forums From external.php Exclude stats from specific subforums on specific forums (eg index) Extended Reputation Display .

dreamhost Discussion Board[dreamhost Discussion Board] have I been hacked?: Anyways, you may need someone with the technical expertise in web development to take a look under the hood of your site. Well at least I wish I could to find out what the exploit is because there is no guarantee that simply deleting all code and re-installing would prevent this from happening again.

Davidhttp://dblume.livejournal.com/84753.html [David] My Compromised Blog: I checked the last few logins, but they were all mine this month. (And my host clears the log every month.) I have to monitor the situation closely.

Untitledhttp://theuniversitykid.com/how-the-hell-do-i-create-a-half-decent-blog/ [Untitled] How The Hell Do I Create A Half-Decent Blog?: Forums - you don’t know just how much traffic forums can send you - Digital Point is my largest referrer with around 1,500 visits - were I not a member, I would never have received those (and would probably be a couple dollars short, but I’ll talk about that later ). If you post informative stuff, forums can be a gold mine - remember, they allow you to display links in your signature (which show up as backlinks to your website) as well as in your Recent Blog Feed - post up informative titles and you will get visitors.

Chalk is Cheaphttp://chalkischeap.co.za/2008/01/29/wordpress-plugins/ [Chalk is Cheap] WordPress plugins”¦: There are times when we need to keep unwelcome guests out of our blogs.  This plugin offers an easy way of blocking users by IP, IP range, host name and referrer URL.

Sri lanka told the House that the abduction was carried out by an armed group that operates with the protection of the armed forces of Sri Lanka which.[Sri lanka told the House that the abduction was carried out by an armed group that operates with the protection of the armed forces of Sri Lanka which.] Zelenka at GigaOm has an Blogroll take on the idea of using ...: A new partnership between Go Daddy web hosting and Google Webmaster Tools gives Go Daddy customers easy access to the features available within Google Webmaster Tools. Past Time For MSN To Pony Up To The Real Truth About Referrer Spam.

www.doomsters.net[www.doomsters.net] Chat :: RE: The Spam Thread: A KMail folder of spam messages.From the beginning of the internet, sending of junk e-mail has been prohibited,[6] and enforced by ISP's Terms of Service (TOS) and by peer pressure. It is simply not possible for a thousand users to read a thousand messages a day, or today for a million users to read a million messages a day.[7] As the internet has grown, ISP's have no longer been able to police the sending of UBE and have turned to government for relief, which has failed to materialize, particularly in the US, which aborted tough state laws with a promiscuous federal law, the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.

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