Block referrer spam with htaccess

Referrer spam is a technique involves making repeated web site requests using a fake referer URL to the site the spammer wishes to advertise. Now a days I am getting to much referrer spam on 99webtools that causes inaccurate stats at Google analytics. You can also find some of these referrer in your analytic. Here is the list of referrer that spamming 99webtools.

floating-share-buttons.com
4webmasters.org
trafficmonetizer.org
erot.co
yourserverisdown.com
event-tracking.com
traffic2money.com
buttons-for-website.com
success-seo.com
free-social-buttons.com
Get-Free-Traffic-Now.com
e-buyeasy.com
videos-for-your-business.com
callgirlservices.in

To block referrer spam add following code in your .htaccess file

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} floating-share-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} 4webmasters.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} trafficmonetizer.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} erot.co [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} yourserverisdown.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} event-tracking.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} traffic2money.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} buttons-for-website.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} success-seo.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} free-social-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} Get-Free-Traffic-Now.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} e-buyeasy.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} videos-for-your-business.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} callgirlservices.in [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]

To get full list of referrer involving in spam See this https://github.com/piwik/referrer-spam-blacklist


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