tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post888514869050896980..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: Making A Mark - popular posts in 2008Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-74841909504492712482008-12-31T22:59:00.000+00:002008-12-31T22:59:00.000+00:00Katherine - Thanks for the info.You are way more p...Katherine - Thanks for the info.<BR/><BR/>You are way more proactive than I am. I think I maybe don't have the passion for it. I check my stats maybe twice a month if I remember. I'd rather twitter. Ha. <BR/><BR/>And you already know my thoughts on your truncated posts - it's why I let a pile of your posts build up before reading - I apparently am also too lazy to click! But in the end I know it's worth it so once a week or so I'll do it.<BR/><BR/>You and Colin (auspiciousdragon - photographer) are the only 2 people in my reader that publish truncated posts. Everyone else that did this got deleted. It's a privileged that comes only with quality. :)<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year.Lisa Callhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757517309377110626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-56559285264834083612008-12-31T21:36:00.000+00:002008-12-31T21:36:00.000+00:00I'm so glad others would also like to know how to ...I'm so glad others would also like to know how to find our most popular posts - I have no idea. Please, it would be great to know.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year, Katherine and many, many thanks for another year of fantastic posts. See you in 2009!!!Robyn Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663604160297996421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-26935663082573758962008-12-31T20:43:00.000+00:002008-12-31T20:43:00.000+00:00I would very much appreciate a "how to install goo...I would very much appreciate a "how to install google analytics" to Blogger.<BR/>I read through the instrucitons, but feel real timid with messing about with the template being very new at this.<BR/>I am very comfortable with gadgets though.Terry Krysakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492022849460652960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-86606777065158064752008-12-31T15:02:00.000+00:002008-12-31T15:02:00.000+00:00I am sorry to say I only get about half of what yo...I am sorry to say I only get about half of what you all are writing about. When I return from out of town I intend to revisit all this and put my mind to it, clearly it is important. (I am the one who still can't figure out multiple remote controls.) Happy New Year, Katherine (and everyone else.) Enjoy your blog immensely.TSL https://www.blogger.com/profile/07497254205408895928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-81796429879008120092008-12-31T13:53:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:53:00.000+00:00Jennifer - vote noted! ;)I use comment moderation ...Jennifer - vote noted! ;)<BR/><BR/>I use comment moderation with the verification switched on - and that deals with virtually all comment spammers. The ones that get through are largely people behaving in an ignorant way rather than the mechanised operations<BR/><BR/>In relation to spam blogs, I have written about this - it'll listed be in my Blogging for Artists site.<BR/><BR/>The trick is to watch out for Google Adwords on the spam blog - and you report it straight to Google Adwords - citing the URL of your original blog post and where your copyright notice is. Plus you use the Google webmaster tool to report the URL of the spam blog. That should cancel the Adwords contract and take the blog out of Google's index - end of spam blog.<BR/><BR/>I've done that a few times now.....and will continue to do it (for the benefit of any and all spammers out there!)<BR/><BR/>Reporting them to Google ad words hits them where it hurts as the purpose of all spam blogs is to make money.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-55642229631427151122008-12-31T13:39:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:39:00.000+00:00P.S. Here's a vote for a tutorial on tracking popu...P.S. Here's a vote for a tutorial on tracking popular posts via Google Analytics! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-16013832145903063982008-12-31T13:37:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:37:00.000+00:00Katherine,Can you speak more to your tried and tru...Katherine,<BR/>Can you speak more to your tried and trusted routine for reporting spammers? Or maybe you have written about this somewhere in your archives? What I've found is a remarkable lack of responsiveness when reporting spam commenters to their originating hosts, especially those in the RIPE network. In addition to spam comments there are the horrid "splogs" (spam blogs) that will basically syndicate others' blog posts to populate fake blogs for the purpose of generating revenue from ads. Wordpress blogs (like mine) seem especially prone to them. Any way, this is a bit off topic to the content of your post! The sideline topic just caught my eye here because I've had a real problem with the whole blog spamming thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-41543749465861077312008-12-31T13:30:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:30:00.000+00:00You use Google Analytics. I didn't know how to do...You use Google Analytics. I didn't know how to do it before this morning - and it's not that difficult to work out<BR/><BR/>however - if you can't, just leave a comment below and if enough people don't understand how to do that, then I'll do a simple step-by-step explanation of how to do it.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-26686315894447745202008-12-31T13:27:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:27:00.000+00:00I've never really looked at this element of my blo...I've never really looked at this element of my blog and I suppose I should. Like all other aspects of review, knowing what is most popular helps guide you into the future.<BR/><BR/>Great post! Now how do I track what is most popular??Jeanette Jobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935974758134419990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-43182935393819073702008-12-31T13:18:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:18:00.000+00:00Plus I also forgot to say what was the main contri...Plus I also forgot to say what was the main contribution to the reduction of spam!!! DUH!<BR/><BR/>I always publish a truncated form of the post - never the full post. It turned out to be the most effective thing I could do to limit spam.<BR/><BR/>The spam dropped right off as soon as I did this. <BR/><BR/>Plus since everybody who reads my blog knows I write long posts it seemed to me it was much kinder to publish a truncated form anyway!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-57917664704648579952008-12-31T13:05:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:05:00.000+00:00Plus I forgot to say - I can more or less correlat...Plus I forgot to say - I can more or less correlate the traffic I get on my squidoo information sites with the traffic I get on this blog. What's very popular there is also popular here - and vice versa.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-59372939489335386322008-12-31T13:03:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:03:00.000+00:00Hi Lisa - I keep a fairly close eye on where hits ...Hi Lisa - I keep a fairly close eye on where hits are coming from using my stats packages. Anything out of the ordinary and I'm on to it straight away<BR/><BR/>I'm generally taking an approach which is aimed at deterring spammers - and it seems to work.<BR/> - I've got a tried and trusted routine now for reporting spam sites which seems to work. <BR/>- I continue to moderate all comments and always check out all new people who comment.<BR/>- Plus I've got Google Alerts set up for various keywords references to the blog and that usually does the trick when it comes to picking up on spam fast.<BR/><BR/>Virtually all the threads which get lots of traffic have fairly obvious reasons why they are popular. I've left out a couple of posts which seem to get far more traffic than I think they should - however no matter how hard I try I still can't track their traffic back to spam sites!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-80141331783496643002008-12-31T12:53:00.000+00:002008-12-31T12:53:00.000+00:00One of my problems with old posts are the spammers...One of my problems with old posts are the spammers. Hard to sort out the real traffic from the spam. I have one post in particular that gets huge spam hits - so I'm never quite sure about the others. <BR/><BR/>Have you noticed this or had this problem?Lisa Callhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757517309377110626noreply@blogger.com