I couldn’t really figure out a way to title this post without using the word “spamming” in the title, but here you go.
This morning I experimented with a grey hat method of getting links and traffic. The basic premise is changing your referrer to always show a link you want instead of the page you’re actually coming from.
Then when a website owner views their logs/stats, they see your link. Generally you want this link to be something important like your site or a money making site.
Here is my secret tip. Set up your referrer that targets a specific demographic, then start browsing those sites. Click all the links in the comments, the blogroll, the in-post links, etc.
I don’t know how well it will work, but I set up a specific test page and will keep you posted! If it works, I’ll give you the exact method I used and the tools to make it work.
Actually I saw this in my logs. The refer site was a sex site so I wanted to know who was linking to me, but of course there was no link, they had rejigged the refer link.
This is definitely borderline.
Cheers
Hi Brandon any update on using tis method. What did you discover, how well did it work? I’d be interested to find out.