A list of known referrer spam sources

Referrer/Referer (sic) Spammers -- a Who's Who of losers and scumbags

Ever wonder why you have sites listed as "referrers" in the log files of your web server even though those sites don't actually have links to your site? Simple. The answer is greed.

Since the early days of the web, people have been finding ways to manipulate search engines like Yahoo, Lycos and Google. The first people who were successful at this were the pornographers. They discovered that by loading their "keywords" met-tags with random english words they could get higher listings in the search engines. You would do a search for "pepperoni pizza" and end up getting 20 listings for porn sites. Higher listings means more traffic. More traffic means more money. Shortly after that trick reared its ugly head, the search engines began ignoring meta-tag keywords and, although they don't overtly admit it, they still do to this day.

So how do you get a higher listing in the search engines? The engine operators are very closed-mouth about this for one reason -- money. Why would they tell you how to move your ranking to the top of the list for free when they can charge you to move it there? About the only reference Google currently makes to their methodology is that they decide who and when to crawl based on how many other sites have links to your site. Supposedly this allows the Internet to rank itself. The more popular your site is with the Internet at large, the higher your ranking in the search results.

So if you can't get hundreds of people to list your site out of the goodness of their heart, how do you get your site URL under the nose of the search engine robots? Simple, you force your URL on unsuspecting administrators.

Simply, the losers who came up with this "Referer SPAM" scheme place their URL into the referer field of a robot and let it roam across the web. The log files of unsuspecting site administrators are now littered with the URL of the spamming sites. What good does that do? Well in the case of my site (and millions of others) it does absolutely no good. But some sites actually put copies of their logs on-line for others to view. Usually these are highly formatted with programs like Analog or AWSTATS. Several of the blog programs also show referrers right on the front page of the blog. The search engines stumble on these logs and the spammer's URLs get counted.

The solution to this problem will be left as an exercise to the student. However, for those that like to keep informed about these kinds of nefarious activities, we offer a short but positive list of those who have spammed us here. We welcome contributions from others, please send enough information that we can confirm the details.

Source Address            Referer Spammer
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64.182.124.212     mywbs.com
64.182.124.212     pacificair.com
66.178.190.231     spidervisit.com (hostitcheap.com)
205.236.189.32     bravespider.com (hostitcheap.com)
205.236.189.33     fastcrawl.com (hostitcheap.com)
205.236.189.31     asitesearch.com (hostitcheap.com)
205.236.189.35     aweblist.com (hostitcheap.com)
205.236.189.34     asitelist.com (hostitcheap.com)
205.236.189.36     bigweblist.com (hostitcheap.com)
205.236.189.37     catagoryhound.com (hostitcheap.com)
69.31.82.202       i-horny.com
64.235.219.73      w3md.net
64.235.219.73      cartedaffaire.net
205.209.177.70     xopy.com
67.166.104.224     timberfrog.com
204.209.140.66     finderfox.com
64.207.46.75       syntryx.com
207.248.240.119    harry-potter-fire.com
207.248.240.119    trans-union-review.com
207.248.240.119    pimp-my-ride-tuning.com
148.244.150.57     game2code.info
148.244.150.57     toyota-ford-truck.info
148.244.150.58     carpetcleaners2.info
148.244.150.58     cars-wheels-auto.info
148.244.150.57     car-q.info
148.244.150.58     computer-softwaree.info
148.244.150.57     auto-motorcycle-helmet.info
148.244.150.58     car-insurance-zone.com
148.244.150.58     health-insurance-2.com
148.244.150.58     barcodecs.com
148.244.150.58     mobuma.com
64.182.91.100      pokerlistings.ca
83.205.225.62      arkadia.com
67.124.148.101     FreeGame123.com
66.28.54.254       alledvd.de
66.28.54.254       euroautoteile.de
66.28.54.254       eurofahrrad.de
66.28.54.254       eurohoroskop.de
66.28.54.254       euroklingelton.de
66.28.54.254       flirtenjetztg.de
66.28.54.254       greatnotebook.de
66.28.54.254       happyhund.de
66.28.54.254       happykatze.de
66.28.54.254       happypferd.de
66.28.54.254       jetztjob.de
66.28.54.254       megagesundheit.de
66.28.54.254       megakosmetik.de
66.28.54.254       superkontaktlinsen.de
66.28.54.254       topdigitalfoto.de
66.28.54.254       wohnunghier.de
66.28.54.254       worldlastminute.de
66.28.54.254       xxlgarten.de
66.28.54.254       xxlgeschenk.de
66.28.54.254       xxlpfundeweg.de
66.28.54.254       xxlwellness.de
66.28.54.254       greatimmobilien.de
66.28.54.254       flohrlaw.com
66.28.54.254       exercise-i.com
66.28.54.254       ixkey.com
66.28.54.254       avatarprinting.com
66.28.54.254       bluewaveradio.com
66.28.54.254       feiyuantools.com
66.28.54.254       timekapsules.com
66.28.54.254       titletownbrewery.com
66.28.54.254       art-comp.com
66.28.54.254       artcoa.com
66.28.54.254       ashtarte.com
66.28.54.254       processedge.com
66.28.54.254       sawneedrug.com
204.188.105.194    ipayforhouses.com       
204.188.105.194    paperbagssite.com
204.188.105.194    paperbagsfyi.com
204.188.105.194    fyipaperbags.com
204.188.105.194    bagag.com
204.188.105.194    bestpaperbags.com 
204.188.105.194    my-post.com
204.188.105.194    ny-eye.com
204.188.105.194    binnb.com
204.188.105.194    beddingi.com
204.188.105.194    imixrecords.com
204.188.105.194    tellduilaw.com
204.188.105.194    tpty.com
204.188.105.194    favorsspace.com
70.87.208.34       discountnexus.com
70.87.208.34       besftbuy.com
70.87.208.34       bestbujy.com






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