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Some of the referrer SPAM is also being disguised using URL shortening services such as: http://tiny.cc, http://bit.ly, http://ow.ly, etc. -- so don't be fooled by the shortened URL's.

As timethief has posted to other similar threads on this topic, don't include referrer SPAM URL's in any of these threads or click on them. It give these spammers exactly what they want: extra traffic to their bogus sites. Simply report them to staff.

Staff have created a filtering system. They have requested that we do not click the spam refferer links because that is what the spammers want us to do. They have also requested that we do not post any referrer information into forum threads, but instead that we report all spam reffer links directly to them. If you have not reported the links directly to Staff please do that now. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

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I would encourage everyone to verify this information for themselves and then complain to the hosting service. Don’t click on the links themselves. I type them in manually into a hardened Linux system that leaves no trace, and thus no financial benefit for the spammer.

Referrer spam bots act indiscriminately, just like comment spam bots, and many are often left by legitimate visitors who are unknowingly using malicious browser add-ons.

In short, the bots will never know if we're hiding the stats.

At this time, we're actively filtering out whatever we can find ourselves, so please report any referrer spam that you see via http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/