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HTTP Referrer, I hardly knew yee...

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In the referrer logs for this entry:

https://blogs.msdn.com/kclemson/posts/129544.aspx

I have this:

https://my.webmd.com/content/article/71/81295.htm?lastselectedguid={5fe84e90-bc77-4056-a91c-9531713ca348}

Which doesn't make sense. Webmd isn't the kind of place where you're likely to be logged in and have your 'custom links' on the sidebar or whatnot, as I have seen elsewhere... And it's not referrer SPAM either, unless webmd is really getting desperate for hits.

Can anyone clue me in?

Comments

  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2004
    I know what you mean... I get at least two or three of these a week from the International Atomic Energy Agency random webpages... Again, not a likely source of referrer spam...

    Weird...
  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2004
    Couldn't this simply be the result of someone being on that page, and then typing in a new URL (yours)?
  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2004
    Keith - no, in that case the browser doesn't send the referrer (that would be a big privacy problem if it did). Plus, this referrer was to the URL of an article, not exactly something you'd type in =)
  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2004
    Here are some of my weirder referrers in the last week:

    www.av.com
    http://bolt.com.br
    http://www.ukradeno.cz
    http://www.php-soft.com

    I've had referrals from microsoft.com before even. You just get weird stuff. I don't know why or how, but each of the above is sending at least 300 visitors a week to me (apparently).
  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2004
    Some browsers allow you to spoof the HTTP_REFERER.
    ( http://multizilla.mozdev.org/features/quickprefs.html ) - Slow loading page - scroll down to Referrer Spoofing

    There are also other programs that allow you to do this too.(http://www.proxomitron.info/45/help/HTTP%20Header%20Filters.html).

    Probably somebody just experimenting.
  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    June 18, 2004
    i haven't empirically tested this, but i think there may be some strange behavior when you use "sidebar" style IE add-ins for search... the browser kinda-sorta-may-not-always-predictably treat the sidebar as a "new" window, and may use the location of your main window as the referer for a link you clicked on in the sidebar.

    I guess a reasonable question is, What useragent came along with that request? is this even an IE user?
  • Anonymous
    June 18, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    June 22, 2004
    The atomic energy referrer is actually a well-known mail address harvesting spider. If you're displaying unprotected email addresses at all on the pages where you see those hits, then those addresses are now in the hands of at least one spammer (but more likey hundreds).