The blog has been seriously parasitised by these referrer spam creeps again, folks.They pick on an old post and then hammer it daily with ludicrous numbers of page views. When I delete that post, they just move onto another.I’ve tried several forums for a solution, but the consensus seems to be that nothing can be done – it’s annoying , but harmless. Well, that’s as may be, but I have always believed that there is no such thing as a free lunch, so these shitheads in Poland, Germany, and Ukraine must be getting something out of it. As if I wasn’t pissed-off enough.
So for all my new fans in Eastern Europe, the land that humour forgot – join in all together now………….
They did it to a post on the pieblog, but seem to have stopped pro-tem. Instead, I'm getting spam comments on old posts linking to various scams such as spoof virus protection and a scam about work at home that doesn't exist. can I say "twats" or not on here?
ReplyDelete"Work at home that doesn't exist". That's an interesting concept on several different levels.
DeleteAnd, yes, you can say "twats". As long as it's after the watershed.
They did it to me too. They deleted all my links. Since i changed my blog template which i assume will change the html script also, touch wood i have been clear. But its damned inconsiderate of these numpties to mess people about for no reason other than cause disruption. They need to get a job if they are so good at Fing people around with code. Hope you sort it asap.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alan. I'll try changing my template and see if it works for me.I'm not sure that they do it just for the sake of it- I feel they must be getting something financial out of it, but i haven't a clue how.
ReplyDeleteI gave up commenting on Chris Townsend's blog because he appears not to moderate comments. So now I get piles of spam in my email from his old blog posts. I mean about a dozen a day.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I get too much trouble at my own place as I moderate everything. This was because a Drunken Scouser very bravely used to leave abusive comments on my posts.
I'm looking forward to meeting him in May, when I can discuss this with him by the throat.
Musta missed that. I wondered about all the scouse references from you and The Sage of Crook
DeleteI don't think that it is coming in via comments, but then WTF do I know ?