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[Don Parris]

On 5/5/05, Bob Brown <bebrown at gmail.com> wrote:
> Referers are easy to fake.
> 
> Some people will search google for sites that have their stats or
> referers available. Some people do not secure theirs very well. THey
> then fake a referer to your site using something like cURL or just
> create a temporary link, click it, then remove the link.
> For some sites they do this to get another link to their site in a
> search engine, others are actually advertising to you.
> If the referer is for an SEO company they are hoping you will want
> their services when you see that they were "checking you out."
> 
> Ignore them.
> 
> Bob
> 
Thanks for the input, Bob.  I knew some of y'all would have some
insight on this.

Don
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