redirection question???

webman · 2004-02-20, 05:11 PM

Does anyone know about redirection?
I found a URL in my stats of a sponsor. This is not one of my URL's. The URL,when clicked is redirected. How did it get in there and how is it being redirected.

any ideas?
thanks
-webman

ChristyB · 2004-02-21, 10:30 AM

You need to clarify the event:

1. Was the sponsor url listed as a referrer or a 'page' in your domain?
2. Is it redirected TO or FROM the sponsor?
3. What's on the 'other side' of the redirection?
4. Do you use a freehost?
5. Do you have an .htaccess file set up?

webman · 2004-02-21, 10:45 AM

Let me see if I can Explain

1. It is in my refering stats of a sponsor
2. It is redirected to a NOT NICE web site
3 I don't use a free host, never have
4. I have htaccess setup on my domain only
5. The URL in my sponsor stats is an URL I have no affiliation to what so ever. I have never seen or heard of this URL until recently.

I don't know if that helps any but thanks
-webman

ChristyB · 2004-02-21, 11:02 AM

OK - let me check I understand clearly:

1. The url isn't anything to do with you or your domains.
2. You had a hit at your sponosr from that url.
3. The url now redirects to a 'nasty' site.

If the above are all true - unless you have had a complaint from the sponsor you may as well forget it...

There are many possibilities but - if the url is now redirecting to a
site which is not your sponsor then you should have no further worries.

Sometimes shitheads steal source code from sites and put pages up to attract search engine traffic, then redirect to their own sites (so they will get se hits) ...

I know a webmaster who had hundreds of thousands of hits to his sponsor - on his affiliate id - fom a domain containing fpas stolen from him... bloody idiotic site stealing bums didn't even have the sense to change the affiliate id - lol

Greenguy · 2004-02-21, 11:03 AM

How many hits did you get from it? If it's one, pass it off as an error & forget about it.

webman · 2004-02-21, 01:09 PM

O.K. Thanks,

Yes, 1,2,3, are all correct, and yes it is about one or two hits. I was concerned because of the fucked up site it redirects to.

-webman

2004-02-20, 05:11 PM	#1
webman Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: US Posts: 21	redirection question??? Does anyone know about redirection? I found a URL in my stats of a sponsor. This is not one of my URL's. The URL,when clicked is redirected. How did it get in there and how is it being redirected. any ideas? thanks -webman

2004-02-21, 10:30 AM	#2
ChristyB You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try' Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: South West UK Posts: 165	You need to clarify the event: 1. Was the sponsor url listed as a referrer or a 'page' in your domain? 2. Is it redirected TO or FROM the sponsor? 3. What's on the 'other side' of the redirection? 4. Do you use a freehost? 5. Do you have an .htaccess file set up? __________________ ChristyB I have a little spot I like to show to adult webmasters Feeling submissive? Submit your free sites to my directory

2004-02-21, 11:02 AM	#4
ChristyB You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try' Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: South West UK Posts: 165	OK - let me check I understand clearly: 1. The url isn't anything to do with you or your domains. 2. You had a hit at your sponosr from that url. 3. The url now redirects to a 'nasty' site. If the above are all true - unless you have had a complaint from the sponsor you may as well forget it... There are many possibilities but - if the url is now redirecting to a site which is not your sponsor then you should have no further worries. Sometimes shitheads steal source code from sites and put pages up to attract search engine traffic, then redirect to their own sites (so they will get se hits) ... I know a webmaster who had hundreds of thousands of hits to his sponsor - on his affiliate id - fom a domain containing fpas stolen from him... bloody idiotic site stealing bums didn't even have the sense to change the affiliate id - lol __________________ ChristyB I have a little spot I like to show to adult webmasters Feeling submissive? Submit your free sites to my directory

2004-02-21, 11:03 AM	#5
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2004-02-21, 10:45 AM	#3
webman Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: US Posts: 21	Let me see if I can Explain 1. It is in my refering stats of a sponsor 2. It is redirected to a NOT NICE web site 3 I don't use a free host, never have 4. I have htaccess setup on my domain only 5. The URL in my sponsor stats is an URL I have no affiliation to what so ever. I have never seen or heard of this URL until recently. I don't know if that helps any but thanks -webman

2004-02-21, 01:09 PM	#6
webman Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: US Posts: 21	O.K. Thanks, Yes, 1,2,3, are all correct, and yes it is about one or two hits. I was concerned because of the fucked up site it redirects to. -webman