Help with weird Link to blog

  • Hello

    I self host my WP blogs via Godaddy, today in my admin area I saw a ? next to a IP which was not a real IP, and the referral URL they used to access the page they did was my addy with the following attached:

    /wp-admin/h%20ttp:/www.usbtoserial.net
    I called Godaddy and they said there was no way to discover who this was or what they did while in my admni area or whether they were truly in the admin area, suggested I come and ask you. Has anyone else seen this activity? I have been getting a lot of hits lately from China, and for my blog ( which is selling beaded jewelry ) that is totally weird as it is.
    I hope someone can help ??
    thank you

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    It’s a very crude and common form of referral spam. Visiting bots spoof the referrer as such which is meant to catch you attention. By virtue of your own curious nature, you are then expected to ultimately generate ad revenue for the spammer by “investigating” their site.

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