www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML

***Brian Turner*** · 10-09-2004, 04:08 PM

Anyone seeing "adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML" in their logs is being "referrer spammed". Essentially, the people launch a spider to your site a number of times to get it in your referrer logs.

That way, if your logs/stats are public accessible (such as in the Ensim control panel) then your stats can be spidered, and the referrer spammer gets free backlinks.

The topic was addressed before here:
http://www.britecorp.co.uk/articles/...ing-website/6/

A particular nasty aspect here is that if you click through your stats, not only are you immediately set up with a shop trying to sell you "webmaster tools", but you are also providing a referrer link to your own stats - so if your stats are publically accessible, then you are inviting even more referrer spamming of your site.

The people responsible for it are the ones behind "webdevboard" and "devaddict.com" and according to reports at DigitalPoint Forums here, the IP to block is:

80.202.228.62

Annoying bustards.

RWA · 10-09-2004, 08:13 PM

Thanks for IP Brian, the first IP to be added to my ban list.

I'm assuming this would be applicable to forums, seeing as it is some form of bot?

***Brian Turner*** · 10-09-2004, 10:16 PM

Not sure what it hits precisely - but found it in plenty enough stats. IT apparently changes user agent so it's otherwise a sod to ban. The guy behind it is a complete prat, really.

revsorg · 10-09-2004, 11:02 PM

Are these the people that when you went to their forum you had to sign up to view the threads, and then you discover that there is no thread referencing your site, it was their spider?

***Brian Turner*** · 11-09-2004, 09:24 AM

Yep - that's the one indeed - that would've been the webdevboard they made you join.

revsorg · 11-09-2004, 11:45 AM

I reported them to Google Adwords saying that they were generating Adwords traffic by spamming logfiles. Their adverts mysteriously disappeared.

***Brian Turner*** · 11-09-2004, 01:16 PM

You killed their income? No wonder they opened Admin Shop, then.

***Brian Turner*** · 28-09-2004, 10:48 PM

They've added another URL to their referrer spammer list:

adminshop.com/OUR_FRIENDS.html

Pretty darn sad, actually.

clasione · 23-01-2005, 07:14 AM

Admin shop has got my IP ADDRESS on the botom of thier site....

What the F**K

any suggestions to what the hell I should do?

clasione · 23-01-2005, 08:08 AM

forget it - spammers have some weird trick that generates link on visit..

followed my logs....

10-09-2004, 04:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,719	www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML Anyone seeing "adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML" in their logs is being "referrer spammed". Essentially, the people launch a spider to your site a number of times to get it in your referrer logs. That way, if your logs/stats are public accessible (such as in the Ensim control panel) then your stats can be spidered, and the referrer spammer gets free backlinks. The topic was addressed before here: http://www.britecorp.co.uk/articles/...ing-website/6/ A particular nasty aspect here is that if you click through your stats, not only are you immediately set up with a shop trying to sell you "webmaster tools", but you are also providing a referrer link to your own stats - so if your stats are publically accessible, then you are inviting even more referrer spamming of your site. The people responsible for it are the ones behind "webdevboard" and "devaddict.com" and according to reports at DigitalPoint Forums here, the IP to block is: 80.202.228.62 Annoying bustards. __________________ SEO specialist

10-09-2004, 08:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
RWA Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 278	Re: www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML Thanks for IP Brian, the first IP to be added to my ban list. I'm assuming this would be applicable to forums, seeing as it is some form of bot? Last edited by RWA; 10-09-2004 at 08:15 PM.

10-09-2004, 10:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,719	Re: www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML Not sure what it hits precisely - but found it in plenty enough stats. IT apparently changes user agent so it's otherwise a sod to ban. The guy behind it is a complete prat, really. __________________ SEO specialist

10-09-2004, 11:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
revsorg Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Leigh on Sea, Essex, England Posts: 317	Re: www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML Are these the people that when you went to their forum you had to sign up to view the threads, and then you discover that there is no thread referencing your site, it was their spider? __________________ Revs.org \| Ecru

11-09-2004, 09:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,719	Re: www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML Yep - that's the one indeed - that would've been the webdevboard they made you join. __________________ SEO specialist

11-09-2004, 11:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
revsorg Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Leigh on Sea, Essex, England Posts: 317	Re: www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML I reported them to Google Adwords saying that they were generating Adwords traffic by spamming logfiles. Their adverts mysteriously disappeared. __________________ Revs.org \| Ecru

11-09-2004, 01:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,719	Re: www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML You killed their income? No wonder they opened Admin Shop, then. __________________ SEO specialist

28-09-2004, 10:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,719	Re: www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML They've added another URL to their referrer spammer list: adminshop.com/OUR_FRIENDS.html Pretty darn sad, actually. __________________ SEO specialist

23-01-2005, 07:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
clasione Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2	Re: www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML Admin shop has got my IP ADDRESS on the botom of thier site.... What the F**K any suggestions to what the hell I should do?

23-01-2005, 08:08 AM	#10 (permalink)
clasione Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2	Re: www.adminshop.com/FRIEND_REVIEWS.HTML forget it - spammers have some weird trick that generates link on visit.. followed my logs....

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