Hello, I dunno if this is CGI-related at all, but here's my problem: I run a search engine and directory of websites. Recently I added a 'Top Ten' page based on number of hits. Now certain webmasters are cheating their way up the page by adding popups to their sites therefore falsely increasing their popularity. It works in a way that each site in my search engine has its own unique ID (e.g. http://www.mysite.com/r/redirect.cgi?ID=900). When that link is visited, it adds 'hits' to their respective sites. I plan to punish these sites severely, by blocking any hits from their sites to mine. I search all over the net but couldn't find any definitive solution. I read something about .htaccess but that was only for banning certain IP's, which I also plan to implement. Please help! Thank you.