Major referrer spam attack

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 17, 2003). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Looks like there’s a major referrer spam attack going on at the moment. The sites in question look like real weblogs but aren’t — instead, many of them have similar (or the same) content, comment and trackback links just link back to the home page, they have a hidden graphic that leads to porn sites, and many (if not all) of them are stealing their designs from other weblogs. Ignore (or block, if you can) any and all referrer links you might see in your logs from:

http://www.a-b-l-o-g.com/
http://www.akksess.com/
http://www.bongohome.com/
http://jennifersblog.com/
http://kwlablog.com/
http://www.malixya.com/
http://mikesplace.com/
http://www.saulem.com/
http://www.teoras.com/
http://www.websearchde.com/
http://www.websearchus.com/
http://www.worldnewslog.com/
http://www.wr18.com/

More information on this at A Preponderance of Evidence, MetaFilter, idly.org, milov.nl, and probably more.

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