Ways to make money from being hotlinked - GoFuckYourself.com

$5 submissions · 01-04-2004, 06:41 PM

My grandfather always told me that behind every problem is an opportunity.

Hotlinking is a problem. It sucks down bandwidth and may slow down your legit pages' load time leading to problems with TGP submissions and other issues.

What are ways that you see in extracting lemonade from this lemon of a problem?

Possible ideas I've read before

If an image is hotlinked have it appear as a default hotlinked gif image -- preferably an image that has your ad and url

Any other ways?

If they are deeplinking, pop up hell with offshoreclicks or other CPM providers would be good.

Any other ideas?

who · 01-04-2004, 06:42 PM

Rename the file and change the old one to *******.

$5 submissions · 01-04-2004, 06:43 PM

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Originally posted by .?.
Rename the file and change the old one to *******.

Does ******* pay $35 a signup? Trials?

Weppel · 01-04-2004, 07:09 PM

Well, there isn't much money to be made really from hotlinking.

If you put up a banner, it will still cost you bandwidth, and won't make you any sales at all (too much trouble to open a new browser windows and type the url of your site).

Better just to block it, and get on with life if you ask me

funkmaster · 01-04-2004, 07:15 PM

... change apache settings, so html will get serverd on any hotlinked image, this way you can pop consoles ... or run exploits ... or whatever ... no need to thank me, I know that I am perfect !!

$5 submissions · 01-04-2004, 07:16 PM

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Originally posted by funkmaster
... change apache settings, so html will get serverd on any hotlinked image, this way you can pop consoles ... or run exploits ... or whatever ... no need to thank me, I know that I am perfect !!

Can you expand on this. Maybe share the settings?

$5 submissions · 01-04-2004, 07:17 PM

People getting hits from fusker and phatforumz may beg to differ.

Quote:

Originally posted by Weppel
Well, there isn't much money to be made really from hotlinking.

If you put up a banner, it will still cost you bandwidth, and won't make you any sales at all (too much trouble to open a new browser windows and type the url of your site).

Better just to block it, and get on with life if you ask me

funkmaster · 01-04-2004, 07:50 PM

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Originally posted by $5 submissions

Can you expand on this. Maybe share the settings?

no, because it's complete bullshit and won't work anyway.

BlackCrayon · 01-04-2004, 08:01 PM

will someone hotlinking images give you better rankings in google? i've wondered this.

timboss · 01-04-2004, 08:04 PM

I agree with another poster, change filenames and directories.

put up a 404 redirect for files that no longer exist.

xxxoutsourcing · 01-04-2004, 09:00 PM

Can you not re-write .htaccess for who is holinking by URL so that if a certain URL hotlinks you can pop up a
.htpasswd password protected area dialog box, after that you can bring then to an AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED page for which you can custom re-write and put your sponsors on.

Just a thought, i'm sure it's possible.

cluck · 01-04-2004, 09:02 PM

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Originally posted by BlackCrayon
will someone hotlinking images give you better rankings in google? i've wondered this.

I'm not sure if google will index .jpg files. If it did, you could always just change your server settings to display .jpg as text/html and put an optimized page on there, or just one to feed PR to other pages.

$5 submissions · 01-04-2004, 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by xxxoutsourcing
Can you not re-write .htaccess for who is holinking by URL so that if a certain URL hotlinks you can pop up a
.htpasswd password protected area dialog box, after that you can bring then to an AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED page for which you can custom re-write and put your sponsors on.

Just a thought, i'm sure it's possible.

I'd like to know as well.

cluck · 01-04-2004, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xxxoutsourcing
Can you not re-write .htaccess for who is holinking by URL so that if a certain URL hotlinks you can pop up a
.htpasswd password protected area dialog box, after that you can bring then to an AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED page for which you can custom re-write and put your sponsors on.

Just a thought, i'm sure it's possible.

That is a damn good idea. I honestly would never have thought of that in a million years.

- AFN - · 01-05-2004, 05:51 PM

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Originally posted by $5 submissions
My grandfather always told me that behind every problem is an opportunity.

That's a good philosophy to have. Mine is NEVER QUIT/NEVER SURRENDER.

SoundMan · 01-05-2004, 05:53 PM

just loop 50 dialers on the hotlinker..

Weber · 01-05-2004, 05:59 PM

Just use .htaccess to show your ads

- AFN - · 01-05-2004, 08:28 PM

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Originally posted by Weber
Just use .htaccess to show your ads

Can you share the code? or url?

Mr. Marks · 01-07-2004, 12:58 AM

How about posting the code here?

Vitasoy · 01-07-2004, 01:03 AM

I'd like to know aswell.

chuk · 01-07-2004, 01:09 AM

This page: http://www.htmlbasix.com/disablehotlinking.shtml will generate the .htaccess code, including a rewrite for redirecting hotlinkers to a page of your choice.

xxxoutsourcing · 01-07-2004, 01:13 AM

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Originally posted by $5 submissions

I'd like to know as well.

I think i can do it i just need some time to play about.
Hit me up on ICQ man and if i can a chance i'll send ya the info how i did it, i'm sure it's pretty easy.

xxxoutsourcing · 01-07-2004, 01:14 AM

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Originally posted by cluck

That is a damn good idea. I honestly would never have thought of that in a million years.

He he, Thank you

smproduction · 01-07-2004, 03:06 AM

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My grandfather always told me that behind every problem is an opportunity.

What a wise man
The xxxoutsourcing seems to be a decent solution

div3x · 01-07-2004, 06:06 AM

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Originally posted by funkmaster
... change apache settings, so html will get serverd on any hotlinked image, this way you can pop consoles ... or run exploits ... or whatever ... no need to thank me, I know that I am perfect !!

i agree
once i fucked up with the antihotlinker and i was redirecting on my galeries, i got some bans before i noticed the prob

so stay still, just block it ;)

Libertine · 01-07-2004, 06:40 AM

Just make your hotlink image an IE-crasher

$5 submissions · 01-08-2004, 06:43 PM

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Originally posted by punkworld
Just make your hotlink image an IE-crasher

Hmmmmm maybe there's more $$$ in something else entirely.

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Weppel Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,190	Well, there isn't much money to be made really from hotlinking. If you put up a banner, it will still cost you bandwidth, and won't make you any sales at all (too much trouble to open a new browser windows and type the url of your site). Better just to block it, and get on with life if you ask me

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chuk Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: WI Posts: 682	This page: http://www.htmlbasix.com/disablehotlinking.shtml will generate the .htaccess code, including a rewrite for redirecting hotlinkers to a page of your choice.

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