In article <5cia11F308pfoU1@mid.individual.net>, JD <user@example.net>
wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I look after the website of a local AIDS charity. This includes
> collecting the access logs and putting the info into a database for a
> simple stats page I put together. lately, the web logs have been showing
> hits like these:
>
> +---------------------+------------------------------------+
> | time | referer |
> +---------------------+------------------------------------+
> | 2006-11-21 04:38:40 | http://www.example.com/ |

<snip!>

> The above URLs go to those horrible generic-looking sites with tons of
> commercial links and no signs of life. None of the sites appears to have
> a link to my site.
>
> Can anybody explain what is going on here? Is this any form of
> legitimate activity or should I filter it out of the stats?

Just another niche that the cretins have evolved to exploit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referer_spam

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