AngryPets.com: ReverseDOS
A free tool by Michael Campbell to stop comment and referrer spam by serving up an access denied response to spammer's bots.
http://angrypets.com/tools/rdos/
ILoveJackDaniels.com: Block Referrer Spam
Dave Child provides a blacklist of spamming sites which can be used in an .htaccess file on an Apache server to block referrer spam.
http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/spam/block-referrer-spam/
MetaFilter - Referer Log Spam
Talks about companies like mastodonte.com and their business models of spamming referrer logs.
http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/21063
Referrer Log Spamming
Brief description of the technique and the purpose, with some examples.
http://www.komar.org/faq/scumbags/referrer-log-spamming/
Sam Ruby: Referrer Spam
Blog entry discussing ongoing problems and solutions.
http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/1649.html
Wired: When the Spam Hits the Blogs
Strange things are afoot in blogland. Owners of weblogs have recently noticed that their referral logs have become the newest target for spam.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56017,00.html
ihelpyou.com: Why You Shouldn't Publish Your Web Logs
Forum thread explaining that you should not publish your website statistics online, because of referrer spam.
http://www.ihelpyou.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9595
kuro5hin.org - Referrer log spam
An early article noting website visits from spammers.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/5/30/22341/3757