Nikita the Spider wrote:
> 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

Oops. I reckon I did 'em a favour by posting those links!

Thank you for the info.