Tag Spam Definition
This type of spam is almost useless nowadays but when combined with other types of spam it has some effects which makes it a top priority on our list of spams to hunt.
Wikipedia has a great article about tags and tag spam entitled Tag (Meta Data)
Tagging systems open to the public are also open to tag spam, in which people apply an excessive number of tags or unrelated tags to an item (such as a YouTube video) in order to attract viewers. This abuse can be mitigated using human or statistical identification of spam items.[19] The number of tags allowed may also be limited to reduce spam.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Referrer Spam Definition
Referrer Spam Definition
Referral Spam definition is covered by Wikipedia very well and is no doubt a very bad thing for website owners and webmasters. Anyone lookin gto review as to what i tis and ho wit is done should reada below or click over on the Wikipedia link entitled Referrer spam for more information.
Referrer spam (also known as log spam or referrer bombing[1]) is a kind of spamdexing (spamming aimed at search engines). The technique involves making repeated web site requests using a fake referrer url that points to the site the spammer wishes to advertise.[2] Sites that publicize their access logs, including referrer statistics, will then end up linking to the spammer's site, which will in turn be indexed by the search engines as they crawl the access logs.
This benefits the spammer because of the free link, and also gives the spammer's site improved search engine ranking due to link-counting algorithms that search engines use.
Referral Spam definition is covered by Wikipedia very well and is no doubt a very bad thing for website owners and webmasters. Anyone lookin gto review as to what i tis and ho wit is done should reada below or click over on the Wikipedia link entitled Referrer spam for more information.
Referrer spam (also known as log spam or referrer bombing[1]) is a kind of spamdexing (spamming aimed at search engines). The technique involves making repeated web site requests using a fake referrer url that points to the site the spammer wishes to advertise.[2] Sites that publicize their access logs, including referrer statistics, will then end up linking to the spammer's site, which will in turn be indexed by the search engines as they crawl the access logs.
This benefits the spammer because of the free link, and also gives the spammer's site improved search engine ranking due to link-counting algorithms that search engines use.
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