Free Backlinks trick

Nice share. Shame if you have multiple websites on a server though. Still a few ideas there. Thanks.

yea true that but you could do this also on a per domain basis i guess, never tried but maybe with an apache module or something.. :D
 
Hi..
Thanks for this.
For the newbies could you speLl this out in a little more detail?
For instance is this something I can do from an .htaccess file, Or do I need to go deeper
Cheers
Mike
 
If they blindly save the server value without sanitizing it, why not just put in a meta tag redirect back to your site? It'd be more useful than a backlink from a genre of sites that I doubt would give you much of a boost.

Code:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.example.com">
 
how? how? how? !!!!! :cool:
i'll have a look how this could be accomplished when i have some free time to play around more with this ;)
 
Hi..
Thanks for this.
For the newbies could you speLl this out in a little more detail?
For instance is this something I can do from an .htaccess file, Or do I need to go deeper
Cheers
Mike

no you need to change the webserver configuration. for example with apache install modsecurity and add the line in its configuration file that i posted in the OP :)
 
If they blindly save the server value without sanitizing it, why not just put in a meta tag redirect back to your site? It'd be more useful than a backlink from a genre of sites that I doubt would give you much of a boost.

Code:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.example.com">

exactly thats why i said you can also run script code, you could just add a js redirect or like you posted a meta refresh. just be creative ;)

edit: wait a sec meta refresh won't work since that would have to be injected into the header of the html document, while this will be added inside the body tags..
 
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how? how? how? !!!!! :cool:

so i just had a quick look and it seems mod security can't set it on a virtualhost basis, but apache can if its working in proxy mode (i.e. if you have a reverse proxy) you can add this:

Code:
[FONT=Helvetica Neue]Header set Server "<a href='http://my.tld'>whatever</a>"
[/FONT]

to the vhost config and it will be displayed on a per domain basis :)
 
Could this be used with Web 2.0s? Seems like a neat trick for indexing your first and second tier backlinks.
 
nah its not really for indexing, though it would work, you'd have to constantly change the server signature to a new link. its more like for extra backlinks to 1 site.
 
Great information. Wondering what kind of other exploits this opens up. Who knows if the links are worth anything, but of course the opportunities for nefarious actions abound given the hole this creates.
 
yea the point of this is not to get mass backlinks, it should give ppl an idea that there are also other ways to get links.. and like you said of course you can do more than just add a link ;)
 
auw damn.i really wanted to use this method to diversify my anchors without creating any web 2.0/article submision etc...The problem is i dont even understand how to do!!!wth??
 
Thanks
also I think there is many ways to make links that may easier and more effective
 
of course, but thats not the point here :P
 
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