blocking referral spam

[sixf00t4]

anyone have any tried and successful methods to block referral spam besides .htaccess? it's becoming really cumbersome to keep editting .htaccess.

[emilyron72]

I'm using some good spam blocking tool / Softwares, but how you block using .htaccess.... is it that easy ?

[sixf00t4]

you're barking up the wrong tree.

.htaccess is a file you place on your webspace that contains rules for the webserver to act on, such as blocking sites, blocking access, redirecting, etc.

referral spam is when sites actually use their own site as a referer to yours, so they show up in your most recent referals list, usually on blogs or stats pages. most of these sites are for porn or medical/drug sites.

[Siliconjunkie]

http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/apac...referrer-spam/

[sixf00t4]

was that for him or for me?

[Siliconjunkie]

You

[sixf00t4]

you know i've seen that already. and he only tells on how to do it with .htaccess.

[Beemer]

I'm getting a blank white page from that link.