Besides Vampirestat, etc., the latest possible spam is called Top Blog Stories.com
There are others showing up that I don't recognize, such as 7 Secret Search , kamangra 100 blog .
At first, I thought these were good, recognizing my great writing ability:)
Then, I learned the hard way that these are spam. I clicked on the link, and thus opened the door to more spam. I learned NEVER to click directly on an unknown referring site link.
Hot to Handle Referrer Spam in Referring Website and URLs
To check out a referrer site, we can run a search, such as "what is top blog stories. com"
Then look through the search results for some answers. Usually, we don't even need to click a link, as the search results summaries will give you the information you need.
As online writers, we must be aware that not only are there harmful spammy sites that look like "referring" sites, but also running a search question can lead to fake and spammy "reference" sites that are set up to spam us again.
Though I am a novice-intermediate to online writing, I've learned to develop a sense about "fishy" sites, just as I learned about "fishy" email. If it doesn't look right, don't click. If we are unsure, take the precaution of running a search "What is _______."
Additional Information:
"This is called referer spam. Nobody is actually viewing your blog from these sites - and nobody knows about these links but you, since only you can see your Stats logs. There are no actual links to your blog, from these websites - nor is your blog content being read, from anybody's computer. Neither your blog's page rank nor reputation is affected, one way or the other, by referer spam."
"If you must click on unknown links while in an office environment [or any environment] , at least disable/fake the referrer information you're sending, so they don't see where you are coming from (your stats page). And disable loading images ('cached only' instead) and javascript on all unknown sites, maybe even css too."
Info on spam r-e-f-e-r-e-r.com
