SomeUser

When visitors is referred to your site from a search engine, they are definitely looking for something specific – often they just roughly check the page they land on and then closes the window if what they are looking for isn’t there. Why not help them by showing them related posts to their search on your blog? This plugin lets you do that, works with a long list of search engines!
<h3>Details on functions</h3>
<pre><code>ls_getinfo('isref')
</code></pre>
Returning true if the referrer is a supported search engine – used as a conditional tag
<pre><code>ls_getinfo('terms')
</code></pre>
Outputs the search terms
<pre><code>ls_getinfo('referrer')
</code></pre>
Outputs a link to the referring search engine
<pre><code>ls_related()
</code></pre>
Outputs the list of related posts. This can be customized by passing variables to it. ls_related(‘limit’, ‘length’, ‘before title’, ‘after title’, ‘before post’, ‘after post’, ‘show password protected posts’, ‘show post excerpts’).
<pre><code>ls_search_engines()
</code></pre>
Outputs links to other search engines results. This can be customized by passing variables to it. ls_search_engines(‘before_title’, ‘after_title’).
In the code example in the FAQ, it outputs 5 related posts, 10 words per excerpt (if excerpts are enabled), list item start before title, list item close after post title, no content before and after posts, doesn’t show password protected posts and doesn’t show excerpts.

Landing sites

When visitors is referred to your site from a search engine, the plugin is showing them related posts to their search on your blog.

supersoju

codestic

Block Referer Spam aims at blocking all (or most) websites that use Referer Spam to promote their – often somewhat dodgy – website content. This is accomplished by bots that simulate human behavior. They do this so well, that they even show up in Google Analytics. This plugin does not require any special configuration after installation. Once active and auto-update is enabled, you will barely see any of those nasty spammers any more.
From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referer_spam" rel="nofollow ugc">Wikipedia</a>:
<pre><code>Referrer spam (also known as log spam or referrer
bombing) is a kind of spamdexing (spamming aimed
at search engines). The technique involves making
repeated web site requests using a fake referer URL
to the site the spammer wishes to advertise. Sites that
publish their access logs, including referer statistics,
will then inadvertently link back to the spammer's site.
These links will be indexed by search engines
as they crawl the access logs.

This benefits the spammer because the free link improves
the spammer site's search engine ranking owing
to link-counting algorithms that search engines use.
</code></pre>
Features
<ul>
<li>Automatic or manual updates of referer spam list</li>
<li>Option of adding custom referer spam hosts</li>
<li>Two methods of blocking: mod_rewrite or WordPress based</li>
</ul>
Pro Features
Pro plans start at only $2/mo. Visit <a href="https://blockreferspam.com" rel="nofollow ugc">BlockReferSpam.com</a> for more information.
<ul>
<li>Automatic syncing your of custom block lists across all of your sites</li>
<li>Additional curated block lists</li>
</ul>
Examples Blocked
<ul>
<li>semalt</li>
<li>buttons-for-website</li>
<li>floating-share-buttons</li>
<li>4webmaster</li>
<li>ilovevitaly</li>
<li>… and many more!</li>
</ul>
If you think you found a bug in Referer Spam Blocker, please contact us! Further, if you want to contribute, feel free!
Anything else, please get in touch!
support / supersoju.com
Cover photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@lukasbudimaier" rel="nofollow ugc">Lukas Budimaier</a>

Block Referer Spam

Blocks referer/referral spam from accessing your site and cleans up your Google Analytics in the process!

Landing sites vs Block Referer Spam