Thursday, December 22, 2011

BLOGGERS, STOP REFERRAL SPAMMERS FROM RUINING YOUR STATISTICS

I'm stepping out from 'the wonderland' for a bit to tell you about something all SERIOUS BLOGGERS need to know. MOST OF YOUR STATISTICS ARE INFLATED...ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED. People known as REFERRAL SPAMMERS are responsible for this. They make it LOOK as if our blogs receive loads of hits. The return traffic generated by curious bloggers (and others) increases their statistics, resulting in improved page rankings FOR THEM. It helps them attract victims to the 'money making' schemes they pimp.

Look through your stats. Do you get large numbers of hits all at once? Do you get traffic from sites that DON'T EVEN have any possible back link to your site? WHEN YOU FIND REFERRAL SPAMMERS...AND YOU WILL...PLEASE LIST THEIR URL ON TWITTER AT #REFERRALSPAMMERS.

BIG TIME INTERNET PLAYERS CONSIDER THEM TO BE SIMPLY A NUISANCE. THEY CAUSE LITTLE PERMANENT HARM. THAT'S WHY SERVERS DON'T GO AFTER THEM. But most of us need accurate statistics to reflect the efficacy of our product, whether commercial, or artistic.

So if you value your work and don't want to waste time playing a 'real world' version of Dungeons & Dragons, list these exploiters at #REFERRALSPAMMERS. If you know HOW TO GET YOUR SERVER TO BLOCK THEM, so much the better.

MOST PEOPLE'S STATS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED.

We DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS.