So I got pretty concerned today. I was changing my list of friends and trying to update them so I could see when they last posted instead of wasting time fishing through their blogs just to find out they haven’t posted in FOREVER =). I discovered that my friends with private blogs (or maybe it's some other setting) won't let me add them to that list. Anyways, it got me thinking about security (which I constantly think about anyway). I have gone back and forth for a very long time about making my blog private and always decide not to because of the hassle of it all for me and my friends. I'm usually a very paranoid person when it come to the safety of my family, but I am learning slowly that it is not a good life to always live in fear. Certain things yes, but for the most part I am trying really hard not to worry so much and just be careful without being so paranoid. This is why of course I never give details and try to stay pretty vague.
Basically today I almost added a tracker (I guess that's what you call it). Where it tracks who has visited your blog. I would think that most people who add that do it for safety reasons because they want to know who's been reading their information. Well I was disturbed to find that the one I almost added for the very reason of security actually broadcasts your information out there and encourages random people to visit your blog!!!! ........What?!!!!....... Yeah that's what I thought! The one I'm talking about is http://feedjit.com/ they actually list your last post and rank it to relevance, popularity, and location (using their own formula) and drive people to your site. So I typed in my home town and I actually saw some of my friend’s latest posts on there advertised to the whole world to see, even found people I didn't know had a blog. Can you say SCARY?!!!!!! I almost added this tracker thingy without even reading about it and now I am Soooooo glad I didn’t. So if you get enticed to add some cool thing to track who is viewing your blog, don't use that one!!!!! And please read up on it first, because some don't have your security in mind.
That's all, just be careful! =)
6 comments:
That is freaky! Can you see my blog? I've had mine private for awhile for safety reasons.
We use www.sitemeter.com for our tracker. You can make it public for all to see whose been on your blog or private so only you can see. Hope that helps!
I dont mind if strangers read mine as I want the world to conform to my point of view and philosophy. Also...I dare anyone to mess with my family. They would be calling down THE STORM upon themselves!
Thanks for the info, I had no idea that that was out there.:0)
I use www.sitemeter.com and www.statcounter.com. They are both pretty good sites. My friend added those two to hers to see where blog hits were coming from. But you can also make your blog so that only those who have the address can get on, or they can only access it through other blogs.
I had the tracker too and removed it about a month ago. I didn't like it was public either.
You can put settings on your blog to keep it from being "crawled" by search engines. I don't remember exactly how.. somewhere in the settings.
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