Comments on: How I ruthlessly referrer-spam everyone I know http://www.bybjorn.com/50/ bybjorn.com >> Bjørn Børresen - freelance web developer Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Spam or Clever Marketing? http://www.bybjorn.com/50/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Spam or Clever Marketing? Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:26:47 +0000 http://bie.no/blog/marketing/2006/09/how-i-ruthlessly-referrer-spam-everyone-i-know/#comment-111 <p>[...] Since the referrer is something controlled by your web browser, it is possible to wield some control over it. Many people block the information entirely in an attempt to maintain a level of privacy. Blocking a referrer can be done with easily with browser extensions or with the use of a firewall or proxy server. For me, a more interesting approach is to change the referrer to always be my web site (thanks to Bjorn for the idea). The idea being that a percentage of the owners of the web sites I visit will see my site as the referrer and choose to investigate. This can result in more visitors, feed subscribers, and maybe even links. [...]</p> [...] Since the referrer is something controlled by your web browser, it is possible to wield some control over it. Many people block the information entirely in an attempt to maintain a level of privacy. Blocking a referrer can be done with easily with browser extensions or with the use of a firewall or proxy server. For me, a more interesting approach is to change the referrer to always be my web site (thanks to Bjorn for the idea). The idea being that a percentage of the owners of the web sites I visit will see my site as the referrer and choose to investigate. This can result in more visitors, feed subscribers, and maybe even links. [...]

]]> By: Spam or Clever Marketing? http://www.bybjorn.com/50/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Spam or Clever Marketing? Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:36:20 +0000 http://bie.no/blog/marketing/2006/09/how-i-ruthlessly-referrer-spam-everyone-i-know/#comment-110 <p>[...] Since the referer is something controlled by your web browser, it is possible to wield some control over it. Many people block the information entirely in an attempt to maintain a level of privacy. Blocking a referer can be done with easily with browser extensions or with the use of a firewall or proxy server. For me, a more interesting approach is to change the referer to always be my web site (thanks to Bjorn for the idea). The idea being that a percentage of the owners of the web sites I visit will see my site as the referer and choose to investigate. This can result in more visitors, feed subscribers, and maybe even links. [...]</p> [...] Since the referer is something controlled by your web browser, it is possible to wield some control over it. Many people block the information entirely in an attempt to maintain a level of privacy. Blocking a referer can be done with easily with browser extensions or with the use of a firewall or proxy server. For me, a more interesting approach is to change the referer to always be my web site (thanks to Bjorn for the idea). The idea being that a percentage of the owners of the web sites I visit will see my site as the referer and choose to investigate. This can result in more visitors, feed subscribers, and maybe even links. [...]

]]> By: Bjørn http://www.bybjorn.com/50/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Bjørn Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:46:15 +0000 http://bie.no/blog/marketing/2006/09/how-i-ruthlessly-referrer-spam-everyone-i-know/#comment-109 <p>Dave: yes, I know. They usually attack sites which have the stats indexed in Google to increase their own PR (because of the link-back).</p> <p>I'd label that as spam.</p> Dave: yes, I know. They usually attack sites which have the stats indexed in Google to increase their own PR (because of the link-back).

I’d label that as spam.

]]> By: Dave Davis http://www.bybjorn.com/50/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Dave Davis Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:33:50 +0000 http://bie.no/blog/marketing/2006/09/how-i-ruthlessly-referrer-spam-everyone-i-know/#comment-108 <p>I thin referrer "Spam" in this context is, as you said, harmless. There is software out there that will "Ruthlessly" hit thousands of sites a few hundred times a day. THAT is really annoying as it skews your stats.</p> I thin referrer “Spam” in this context is, as you said, harmless. There is software out there that will “Ruthlessly” hit thousands of sites a few hundred times a day. THAT is really annoying as it skews your stats.

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