Comments on: 6 Simple Ways to Protect Your Website http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:44:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: » Protect Your Website From Hackers : UKGimp - UK Based SEO and Web Strategist » Blog Archive http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-41885 » Protect Your Website From Hackers : UKGimp - UK Based SEO and Web Strategist » Blog Archive Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:43:59 +0000 http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-41885 [...] really caught my eye. Normally I try to preach good practice in code sanitasation and generally protecting yourself when it come to Google but the Hacker Webzine have recently covered checking for update / hacked [...] […] really caught my eye. Normally I try to preach good practice in code sanitasation and generally protecting yourself when it come to Google but the Hacker Webzine have recently covered checking for update / hacked […]

]]> By: » What do you do when search revolution happens? : UKGimp » Blog Archive http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-8442 » What do you do when search revolution happens? : UKGimp » Blog Archive Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:43:19 +0000 http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-8442 [...] Revert to another industry – don’t knock it, you may need a fall back, this life is about safeguarding and looking for how you can protect yourself, if that’s not how you think, I worry for your existing clients! [...] […] Revert to another industry – don’t knock it, you may need a fall back, this life is about safeguarding and looking for how you can protect yourself, if that’s not how you think, I worry for your existing clients! […]

]]> By: Mattie http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-4754 Mattie Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:47:29 +0000 http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-4754 Very minor problems but surly effects your website. keep all these things in mind and make your domain error free. Very minor problems but surly effects your website. keep all these things in mind and make your domain error free.

]]> By: Goodies for the designer in you. » Ordinary Folk http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-2183 Goodies for the designer in you. » Ordinary Folk Wed, 30 May 2007 07:00:56 +0000 http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-2183 [...] Six Ways to Protect Your Website - Some of these things you may already know about and already be actively doing. If not it doesn’t hurt to implement them. It’s better to be safe than sorry, right? [...] […] Six Ways to Protect Your Website - Some of these things you may already know about and already be actively doing. If not it doesn’t hurt to implement them. It’s better to be safe than sorry, right? […]

]]> By: ukgimp http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-1471 ukgimp Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:23:46 +0000 http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-1471 Hello Mal Sorry you did not follow some or all of the post. Log spamming is finding usage statistics packages (eg webalizer) and leaving them open to be viewed and indexed by a search engine. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=dut&q=inurl%3Ausage_200702+Webalizer+Version+2.01&btnG=Search&meta= See how this shows lots of detailed usage stats for February. We look at that first one: edtech.teacherhosting.com Scroll down and look for "referrers". This is the websites that have referred a visitor. Now what some people do is fake these referrers so that they get a free link. Look at the titles of the referrers, quite adult. So not only do they get a link from your site, they also make lots of requests to your server. In these cases all over 1200. So a lot of waste of resource. This can be prevented in the most part by adding the htaccess or other password. Link juice, well that means that the search engines count it as a link. Effectively you are voting for these sites. Next time I will try and make it clearer and use less personal jargon :-) >>Your discourse seems to be preaching to the converted. OK, point taken. But in my defence a large proportion of people who are technically experienced miss these gaping holes. I was reviewing two major websites last week as part of client work and found nearly all these holes and some. These are BIG BIG names, well BIG :-) and that's what prompted me to write the article. >>Judge your audience. Who, exactly, are you writing for? Noted, thanks >>Thanks anyway and watch that link juice. Ohh yeah, will do, the great link juice epidemic (some say pandemic) of 2007 :-) Hello Mal

Sorry you did not follow some or all of the post.
Log spamming is finding usage statistics packages (eg webalizer) and leaving them open to be viewed and indexed by a search engine.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=dut&q=inurl%3Ausage_200702+Webalizer+Version+2.01&btnG=Search&meta=

See how this shows lots of detailed usage stats for February. We look at that first one:

edtech.teacherhosting.com

Scroll down and look for “referrers”. This is the websites that have referred a visitor. Now what some people do is fake these referrers so that they get a free link. Look at the titles of the referrers, quite adult. So not only do they get a link from your site, they also make lots of requests to your server. In these cases all over 1200. So a lot of waste of resource. This can be prevented in the most part by adding the htaccess or other password.

Link juice, well that means that the search engines count it as a link. Effectively you are voting for these sites.

Next time I will try and make it clearer and use less personal jargon :-)

>>Your discourse seems to be preaching to the converted.

OK, point taken. But in my defence a large proportion of people who are technically experienced miss these gaping holes. I was reviewing two major websites last week as part of client work and found nearly all these holes and some. These are BIG BIG names, well BIG :-) and that’s what prompted me to write the article.

>>Judge your audience. Who, exactly, are you writing for?

Noted, thanks

>>Thanks anyway and watch that link juice.

Ohh yeah, will do, the great link juice epidemic (some say pandemic) of 2007 :-)

]]> By: Protect your website… | ChillyCool Web Digger http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-1454 Protect your website… | ChillyCool Web Digger Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:41:03 +0000 http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-1454 [...] …from duplicate content and black hat tricks.  UKGimp offers 6 Simple Ways to Protect Your Website, an article on some techie tricks that help ensure your site won’t be doing anything to anger the search engine gods.  Some of these tips and tricks are more technical than others.  Most of us know you need to use htaccess to make sure only the “www” or non-”www” version of your site is getting indexed.  Personally, I didn’t realize that some hosts configure their servers to return 200 errors instead of 404 errors, which can cause problems. [...] […] …from duplicate content and black hat tricks.  UKGimp offers 6 Simple Ways to Protect Your Website, an article on some techie tricks that help ensure your site won’t be doing anything to anger the search engine gods.  Some of these tips and tricks are more technical than others.  Most of us know you need to use htaccess to make sure only the “www” or non-”www” version of your site is getting indexed.  Personally, I didn’t realize that some hosts configure their servers to return 200 errors instead of 404 errors, which can cause problems. […]

]]> By: Malcolm Duff http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-1412 Malcolm Duff Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:22:05 +0000 http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-1412 Admirable attempt, and I thank you for it. However, if I knew what you were talking about I would have already implemented it, and if, as is the case here, I didn't know what you were talking about then I cannot use the information. For example -- "you get log spammed to hell as some of these links can give link juice" If I was familiar with these terms; "log spammed" and "link juice" then I think I would be on top of whatever problems they cause, which you do not specify. Your discourse seems to be preaching to the converted. Judge your audience. Who, exactly, are you writing for? Thanks anyway and watch that link juice. Mal Admirable attempt, and I thank you for it.

However, if I knew what you were talking about I would have already implemented it, and if, as is the case here, I didn’t know what you were talking about then I cannot use the information.

For example — “you get log spammed to hell as some of these links can give link juice”

If I was familiar with these terms; “log spammed” and “link juice” then I think I would be on top of whatever problems they cause, which you do not specify.

Your discourse seems to be preaching to the converted.

Judge your audience. Who, exactly, are you writing for?

Thanks anyway and watch that link juice.

Mal

]]> By: Filipe Melo http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-1363 Filipe Melo Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:29:28 +0000 http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-1363 Hi, thank you for these simples 6 ways. They are quite useful and I've used them myself. Best regards, Filipe. Hi,

thank you for these simples 6 ways. They are quite useful and I’ve used them myself.

Best regards,
Filipe.

]]> By: Things You May Have Missed 3-11-2008 http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-1328 Things You May Have Missed 3-11-2008 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:54:41 +0000 http://www.ukgimp.co.uk/2007/03/09/6-simple-ways-to-protect-your-website/#comment-1328 [...] Tech stuff is boring and not as sexy as linkbait but still important so check » 6 Simple Ways to Protect Your Website : UKGimp out [...] […] Tech stuff is boring and not as sexy as linkbait but still important so check » 6 Simple Ways to Protect Your Website : UKGimp out […]

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