Who is Kate Bosworth …

And why is my website getting spammed with MSN image searches for her.

I’ve never heard of Kate Bosworth, but starting last night my Stat Counter starting spiking with image requests for Kate Bosworth. Hits are coming from all over the world but the majority are coming from Quebec.

I’ve had over 150 since last night and hits are piling in every minute. This is scary as I have bandwidth limitations and my whole site could go down.

I’m also getting hits for Katie Holmes and Kate Beckinsale. So the trick is Kate. But I don’t have any Kates in my website. The hits are all landing on my June archive. I’ve changed the timestamp on all June posts to May but the hits are still coming in.

Anyone have a suggestion? What can I do to stop it?

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7 Responses to “Who is Kate Bosworth …”

Dick Says:
September 13th, 2007 at 7:01 am

I would contact your service provider, that or redirect the spam to Bill Gates and let him deal with it.
P.S. I have no idea who any of these Kate people are, but I’ll guess that they pose nude.

Beth Says:
September 13th, 2007 at 9:18 am

Is there a Kate mentioned in any of your comments from June? I sometimes get hits for phrases in the comments.

gifted typist Says:
September 13th, 2007 at 9:32 am

Beth, thanks, I’ll check but I’m not sure how you stop the hits.

gifted typist Says:
September 13th, 2007 at 11:52 am

Beth, you might have found the culprit. In my June archive there was a post with several image links to Kate Moss the model. I get quite a few hits for Kate Moss too.

I’ve removed the post but I don’t know if that will stop the bogus hits.

zed Says:
September 14th, 2007 at 10:05 am

Hi GT. If you removed the post, in theory the hits should stop. Good luck with that! So annoying!

Gifted Typist Says:
September 14th, 2007 at 10:31 am

Zed, I removed it yesterday and presto, the hits dried right up! Thank you.

Beth, you are a white dove sent from heaven. Can I give you my first-born. No, really, I mean it.

Dick, it tried to divert to Bill Gates, but alas he has spam blockers all over his sit.

Colleen Gareau Says:
September 16th, 2007 at 4:37 am

Hey, if you’re looking for children to offer up in payment, I have one to donate…

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