buttons-for-website.com

Thank you to all who have contributed to this subject. I found it very helpful. I have written a blog post (http://www.webimagedesigns.com/buttons-for-website-semalt-spambot-referral-traffic/) where I review exactly what you need in your .htaccess file to block both the buttons-for-website.com and the semalt.semalt.com SpamBot referral sites. I also tell you where to find your .htaccess file. In the blog comments please let me know if this works for you or if there is issues. I would like this to be a helpful resource.

Judy

Edit: I mistakenly thought I had used this plugin, and blamed it on the Semalt/buttons-for-website spam I’m getting. I was incorrect. It has nothing to do with this plugin.

I have 2 blogs, neither of which has used this, and both receive this referral spam.

I have been trying to block the buttons-for-website using this code from motivmedia

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*backgroundpictures\.net/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*embedle\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*extener\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*fbfreegifts\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*feedouble\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*feedouble\.net/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*joinandplay\.me/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*joingames\.org/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*kambasoft\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*musicprojectfoundation\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*myprintscreen\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*openfrost\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*openmediasoft\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*savetubevideo\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*semalt\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*softomix\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*softomix\.net/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*softomix\.ru/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*soundfrost\.org/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*srecorder\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*vapmedia\.org/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*videofrost\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*videofrost\.net/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*youtubedownload\.org/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*zazagames\.org/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*buttons\-for\-website\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*darodar\.com/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*7makemoneyonline\.com/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]
</IfModule>

but so far, I am still getting referrals from this spambot on my blog, http://www.condogers.com

any help would be greatly appreciated.

I wonder if this referral isn’t something like semalt.com and their referral traffic which is 100% spam IMO. I see these kind of referrals and they always have some prompt for using their content or services, very much like semalt.com

The one other than this buttons URL I see is best-seo-offer.com and best-seo-solution.com with a myriad of other obscure domains which all seem to self promote something…

Spam SMH

I did notice the bounce rate for these referrals are 0.00% so at least it isn’t counting against that…

Hi,

Is this valid for the plugin?

.*?free-social-buttons.com
.*?Get-Free-Traffic-Now.com
.*?free-social-buttons.com
.*?darodar.com

I keep getting crap like this getting through:

www1.free-social-buttons.com

…when using just:

free-social-buttons.com

so I’m wondering if I need to use some wildcards? Its a bit weird though, as the line is:

$line = '/'.$line.'/';

…so I would have thought free-social-buttons.com would work fine?

TIA

Andy