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» AngryPets.com: ReverseDOS - A free tool by Michael Campbell to stop comment and referrer spam by serving up an access denied response to spammer's bots.

» Capn Design Archives: Referrer Spam is Out of Control - Weblog entry with a few coding suggestions and examples to thwart the spammers.

» ihelpyou.com: Why You Shouldn't Publish Your Web Logs - Forum thread explaining that you should not publish your website statistics online, because of referrer spam.

» MetaFilter - Referer Log Spam - Talks about companies like mastodonte.com and their business models of spamming referrer logs.

» Referrer Log Spamming - Brief description of the technique and the purpose, with some examples.

» Sam Ruby: Referrer Spam - Weblog entry discussing ongoing problems and solutions.

» ILoveJackDaniels.com: Block Referrer Spam - Dave Child provides a blacklist of spamming sites which can be used in an .htaccess file on an Apache server to block referrer spam. (September 14, 2005)

» Redemption in a Blog: Smarter Referrer Spam? - Blatant referrer spam may be evolving into more a subtle game. (April 6, 2004)

» Kasia in a Nutshell: Spamming through Referrer Logs - A weird referrer entry prompts some detective work and a log sanitization spree. (October 13, 2003)

» Wired: When the Spam Hits the Blogs - Strange things are afoot in blogland. Owners of weblogs have recently noticed that their referral logs have become the newest target for spam. (October 26, 2002)

» kuro5hin.org - Referrer log spam - An early article noting website visits from spammers. (May 31, 2001)

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