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Dealing with spam comments

Posted on September 17, 2009 | Comments Off on Dealing with spam comments

I used to get these all the time until I changed my comment system, which eliminated the spam but also did in several longtime commenters who suddenly couldn’t figure out the new system. Bill Peschel had a better, well, simpler, idea. It probably won’t work and it takes more time than I’d want to devote, but it’s a hoot.

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Your comments

Posted on July 19, 2009 | Comments Off on Your comments

I’ve discovered that you have to log in twice to get through the Typepad comment system here before it will recognize you. The first time it rejects you. Persist. You will get in on the second try. I have no idea why this is so. I considered moving the blog to WordPress with Scott Chaffin’s help, but decided I had better things to do than fiddle with a whole new system.

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Keyword drivers

Posted on June 30, 2009 | Comments Off on Keyword drivers

One of the five following keyword phrases likely brought you here, according to search analytics at compete dot com:

* Texas fry pans

* Pictures of thunderheads

* Rabbit coloring sheets

* Love is a wild assault

* Dr. Perper’s head

Well, I can vouch for the popularity of the last two, which, indeed, correspond to onetime posts. I also recall a picture of a thunderhead from space. But fry pans? Rabbit coloring sheets? Ahem. No, I think not.

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Strange search engine requests

Posted on March 30, 2009 | Comments Off on Strange search engine requests

Or, maybe, I should say, strange search engine results that bring the uncounted millions here.

Mercenary fighter in jeans. Why would these words lead to a picture of George Washington? Beats me.

How to make Texas Alamo out of paper. Hmm. Well, this is somewhat closer to what I had.

Mysterious rocks of the batholic. Now we’re getting closer to the truth. So-called.

Do people drown in Canyon Lake? Uh, don’t they drown everywhere?

Saloon northern Ontario. No, but you might be able to see it from here.

Saudi road sky eye. I qualified for two of the four. Not too shabby.

Importance of the flag raising in Iowa Jima. This was my fault, sending Iowa to the Pacific. Still.

Comic man falling from sky. I suppose it is comic, if you’re in Hamas or Hezbollah.

Jack by the great horn spoon. Very curious, indeed.

The lovely Roberta Vasquez. This is a standing joke here and there by shameless traffic seekers.

I could go on forever. But that’s more than enough for now.

Inspiration by Dustbury, who remembers to do it a lot more often than me.

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TypePad, what a joke

Posted on March 30, 2009 | Comments Off on TypePad, what a joke

It’s on the fritz again. Can’t reply to comments or make any of my own. You probably can’t make any, either. Will it be sorted out? In due time, I’m sure. Oh, the suspense.

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Search traffic

Posted on January 25, 2009 | Comments Off on Search traffic

Sad but true. For all I imagine the reasons might be, just five queries drive most of my search traffic, according to Compete Analytics:

* Texas Longhorn Pumpkin Carving at 26.97 percent. Probably this one.

* French invasion of Mexico at 23.34 percent. Yes, I remember this.

* Portable spittoons with 21.45 percent. I remember now.

* Pictures of John McCain as an aviator for 15.93 percent. I remember it, but I can’t find it.

* Air Force pilot eject over Rockies winter survival at 12.15 percent. Huh?

I didn’t remember posting anything on the last one. Indeed, I never did. But I did post several times on the air force, eject, the Rockies, winter and survival.

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TypePad vs TypeKey

Posted on November 24, 2008 | Comments Off on TypePad vs TypeKey

Another software quackware company change, another fouled up registration system. TypePad says I can use my old TypeKey registration i.d. and password. But it’s a lie. I cannot. Thus I can’t even get into my own comment system here. If you’re wondering why I haven’t replied to your comment, that’s why. Stay tuned.

UPDATE:  Still waiting, hours after my email request for "guidance," to get a response from the bozos. Finally heard back, but all they wanted was the error message content. Sent it off and… Still waiting.

MORE:  Two days later, on Wednesday, MovableType informs that: "The TypePad Connect team is working on a resolution for this in the application but I don’t yet have a timeline for that. We apologize for the issue." Still waiting…

AND: By Friday, the word was to wait a few days more: "We plan to have a resolution for this next week…" But by evening, it was fixed. Whew.

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