Unlikely referrers

Axonite · Post by **Axonite** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 12:39 pm

Occasionally I've had referrers appear on my site statistics that didn't really have a link to Station V3 - or at least none that I could see. Sometimes it's a site that could possibly have a link (but doesn't), and sometimes it's something very unlikely.

From last month, and falling into the 'very unlikely' category: http://www.johnkerry.com

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 1:03 pm

The strangest one I got this month was from the "weather report" page at a local TV station's site:

http://www.komotv.com/weather/planner.asp

I figure one of my "real life" fans must have triggered it somehow while browsing.

Soap Soaperson · Post by **Soap Soaperson** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 3:09 pm

HA HA HA.

John Kerry. That's great.

AndrewTaylor · Post by **AndrewTaylor** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 3:25 pm

I got a strange one:

http://p203.ezboard.com/ftruechristiansunitefrm1

I can't find the link to my page anywhere, and they're bloody scary. They're offensively christian Bish supporters who think that the Bible is leteral and Ronald Regan was the greatest president ever. They need help, and fast, but I just need away from them.

Also, this:

http://www.pointless-referrer-spamming- ... -real.com/

Ruxen · Post by **Ruxen** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 5:29 pm

http://igor/
I don't know why but that place has been giving me referrals for the past two months, it's not a proper domain and I can't seem to find out anything else about it.

XXXX:+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I also got that...thing as a referrer on my old comic in it's second month. Don't know what it is but for some reason I think it's perverted.

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:50 pm

Try this one:

http://costarica-ecotourism.com/hotel%2 ... l%20cr.htm

Costa. Rica. Eco-tourism?!??!

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:53 pm

Not entirely out of the park - but still a little bit out in left field - was a referral I got from the Graphic Smash main page.

Also, my heart skipped a beat when I saw a referral from Comixpedia, until I realized it was only because of my listing with The Webcomics List.

Past that, I haven't really gotten that many odd ones. *sniffle*

Maxim Kovalenko · Post by **Maxim Kovalenko** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:43 am

I've had a few of the Igor listings as well...plus a listing from avantbrowser.com that I'm trying to figure out.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:27 am

http://www.smokingpalace.com/forums.

I don't know why. Mary smokes, but....... damn.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:05 am

ruxen wrote: XXXX:+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I also got that...thing as a referrer on my old comic in it's second month. Don't know what it is but for some reason I think it's perverted.

I think that's just a browser/firewall set to paranoid "Hide the http refferer because I can not allow the owner of the page I'm linking to them form my secret haxxoring headquaters, nyuck nyuck nyuck."
And they probably can't see your images.

And I keep getting visits from forums.zonnet.nl, I tried searching that place a couple of times, but found nothing. My guess is some people have slightly screwed up browsers and when they type in the addres while browsing a page, then the said page appears as the refferer. Or something.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:40 am

This happens every once in while. It's due to browsers not sending correct data.

I mean, look at this referral from last month:

1 0.00% http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/

If Crtl Alt Del really plugged me, people must've been really skipping the rants if only one of them clicked the link.

Zhan_Dvega · Post by **Zhan_Dvega** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:55 am

ruxen wrote:http://igor/
I don't know why but that place has been giving me referrals for the past two months, it's not a proper domain and I can't seem to find out anything else about it.

XXXX:+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I also got that...thing as a referrer on my old comic in it's second month. Don't know what it is but for some reason I think it's perverted. :oops:

Hurr, I get those too...

I also got one from somethingawful.com once... Just one...

JexKerome · Post by **JexKerome** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:06 am

I get those XXXX: things too. The weirdest referrals, though, come from Google from all over the world: Korea, Hong Kong, Canada, the UK, France... it's extra odd when you find out it's just one such link per month, but it's done EVERY month. As if a single korean, chinese, canuck, british and french guy search for something, my link pops up, they go "what's this?" and click, and go "AggH it's that comic again". And then they do it all over again next month.

Axonite · Post by **Axonite** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 6:52 am

I've had the XXXX: a couple times... sometimes I'll have a couple of them with a different number of pluses after them.

Tetsuo75 · Post by **Tetsuo75** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:36 am

axonite wrote:I've had the XXXX: a couple times... sometimes I'll have a couple of them with a different number of pluses after them.

I think those are blocked referrers ... like when they go through an anonymous proxy ....

I have had quite a few hits coming from a "breast expansion" forum... ahem... one of my comic's fan was telling people to check out my character's "upper region"....

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:53 am

I just found out that somebody is using Sandy as her(?) Live Journal avatar (not once but three different versions!). I would never have even noticed if she hadn't linked me in one entry.

I've gotten referrals from jpegs before, not a link from a page with a jpeg mind. The referral was from the image.

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:53 am

I had one once from like an Arizona sports page. But I got like 43 hits from it yet couldn't find a single link anywhere.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:28 am

I get reffers from digital War. I can't possibly understand why.

Ida · Post by **Ida** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:31 am

AndrewTaylor wrote: http://p203.ezboard.com/ftruechristiansunitefrm1

This is one of the most scary things I've ever seen!

Ignorant as I am, though, I actually took a closer look at one of the threads, only to find some Asatru person proclaiming "Hil and s

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:04 pm

No I'm pretty sure everyone there believed every word they were saying.