unknown referrers

beyondanomie · Member · Aug 9, 2010 at 10:50 pm
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Thanks for the info in this thread. I figured it must be spam (I get about 5-10 of these a day), but wasn’t sure. Nice to be sure it is; hope the staff find a way to stop it soon.
martiw · Member · Sep 1, 2010 at 1:34 am
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Just sent five links to staff. Sigh!
chinastarshop · Member · Sep 1, 2010 at 8:53 am
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how to post a article???
raincoaster · Member · Sep 1, 2010 at 9:17 am
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Please don’t hijack threads with completely unrelated issues.

Read this thread:

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/7-things-to-know-before-posting-in-wordpresscom-forums?replies=1

Also, it says the blog linked to your name has been archived or suspended for a violation of the terms of service. You won’t be able to make any posts until that is straightened out.
waltzingaustralia · Member · Sep 19, 2010 at 5:32 pm
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I think that if they just blocked the words loan, insurance, and sex, it would get rid of 90 percent of the “spammy” referrers — at least of the one’s I’m seeing.
mdj85 · Member · Sep 23, 2010 at 2:23 pm
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I get referers like Alfa Inventions, but can’t block them. Some of the referers on my blog are real, it’s just the other ones I don’t want, because then I’m certain that spammers use those referers to spam my comments. I have a spam cue so I’m not overly concerned, it’s just that getting rid of false referals to my blog would make it less cluttered.
dublinmag · Member · Sep 29, 2010 at 10:00 am
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I’ve been getting a few of these from insurance companies-should I report the links to wordpress staff? (They’re not really a nuisance at the moment, but I was wondering why they were referring to my blog?)
davidderrick · Member · Sep 29, 2010 at 11:08 am
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Could there be a column of boxes to check so one can mark a referral as spam? Akismet does an amazingly good job with comment spam – couldn’t they step in here as well?
shoreacres · Member · Oct 4, 2010 at 12:49 pm
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@mjtroygd ~ You can remove your blog from the Alpha Inventions rotation. There’s information on the home page, or you can google a phrase like “remove alpha inventions” and there’s a relevant link near the top of the page.

I’m of a divided mind about AI. The other side of the spammy coin is that some of my most faithful readers came to me through that service, and I do get comments from folks who say they found me there. So, there are some real people lurking around.

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