A Question.......

11-02-2005, 21:07

On my website which I use for work purposes, I have a hit counter.
I have just checked it, something I usually do about once a fortnight, but to my dismay someone has linked to my website from a porn website which includes a porno type blog, I didn't realise until I clicked the link, anyway, in the blog a lot of people have replied in the blog about links to their site also, my question is, How do they do it ? anyone any ideas ? Could I block it or should I just ignore it

Hope the above makes sense.

11-02-2005, 21:13

is it a website using a hosted domain, or your NTL webspace, yesman ?

11-02-2005, 21:14

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Originally Posted by homealone

is it a website using a hosted domain, or your NTL webspace, yesman ?

Hosted Gaz

Raistlin · 11-02-2005, 21:19

Any chance of a link? Might help us to see how it was done.

11-02-2005, 21:21

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Originally Posted by yesman

Hosted Gaz

sorry to imply you would use NTL for business use, but you never know

- so it is down to how much access you have to managing the site via the control panel - is it i-web? - they have tools for hot link protection & IP block, for example

11-02-2005, 21:27

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Any chance of a link? Might help us to see how it was done.

PM on its way
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Originally Posted by homealone

sorry to imply you would use NTL for business use, but you never know

- so it is down to how much access you have to managing the site via the control panel - is it i-web? - they have tools for hot link protection & IP block, for example

No it is easyspace.com, I can't see any IP block within my control panel though
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I think I will take the site down for the moment

11-02-2005, 21:47

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Originally Posted by yesman

PM on its way
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No it is easyspace.com, I can't see any IP block within my control panel though
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I think I will take the site down for the moment

I just had a look & couldn't either, it looks like you will have to raise a support ticket.

i-webs control panel is more comprehensive, easyspace looks like they keep things 'easy' by not allowing access to the 'twiddly bits' - thats not to knock it, it, though, that approach is often all people want.

sorry I couldn't help you out any further, mate

11-02-2005, 21:58

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Originally Posted by homealone

I just had a look & couldn't either, it looks like you will have to raise a support ticket.

i-webs control panel is more comprehensive, easyspace looks like they keep things 'easy' by not allowing access to the 'twiddly bits' - thats not to knock it, it, though, that approach is often all people want.

sorry I couldn't help you out any further, mate

Thanks anyway Gaz.

A thought occured to me, is it possible that everyone who is complaining about the link might all be from the same Hit Counter provider ?

Frank · 11-02-2005, 22:05

I think you may be a victim of trackback or referrer spam.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/referer_spam/

11-02-2005, 22:06

It would seem I am not alone, I have just been to the hit counter site forum

http://my.statcounter.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3533