tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757467829799211015.post7364055369860842555..comments2023-11-20T05:23:29.844-05:00Comments on Spilled On The Kitchen Table: Wait! Don't Click That Link!! (Or Answer That Call!)Mary Sullivan Frasierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10796241299065062308noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757467829799211015.post-23494709678347534042013-06-25T04:14:49.651-04:002013-06-25T04:14:49.651-04:00You have a Wordpress blog, don't you? I'm ...You have a Wordpress blog, don't you? I'm not too familiar with them, but in Blogger blogs, the stats are located in the dashboard. Yours might be called analytics or something like that. If you do find them, it should give you an idea of who's visiting your blog and how often, etc. I don't make any money off of either of my blogs, so I don't need them for advertisers or anything like that, but I like to check just cuz I'm a nosey bugger. lol<br /><br />I usually check on 800notes or one of the others like it when I see a new number pop up on my caller ID. These jerks have found ways to get around the do not call laws so it's becoming useless to try to report them to the FCC or the AG's office. It's getting worse every day. Grrrr! Mary Sullivan Frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796241299065062308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757467829799211015.post-6170869750723138162013-06-24T15:17:28.498-04:002013-06-24T15:17:28.498-04:00This was an excellent post! Since I don't know...This was an excellent post! Since I don't know where my stats are, it's unlikely I'd click on any links - but now I know if I ever do learn that info, NOT to click on links I don't know! Thank goodness our phone blocks up to 30 phone numbers because those telemarketers.... grrr. I've had to go clean out older ones because I ran out of room once, but it's been quiet lately! I always check phone numbers against the www.800notes.com website, too to see who they are. Sometimes it's legit; mostly it's not.LBDDiarieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095130599361379113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757467829799211015.post-6096488879984676562013-06-16T10:42:18.599-04:002013-06-16T10:42:18.599-04:00Absolutely! For instance... On my food blog, I get...Absolutely! For instance... On my food blog, I get a ton of referral links from Pinterest. When I click those, they take me to the source (the pin itself), so I can get an idea of who's pinning what recipes/posts and when they're pinning them. It helps me to understand what's more popular, etc. and gives me an idea about what people might want to see more of. That's a good link. lol <br /><br />I've seen a lot of posts where bloggers have clicked on the bad links, purely out of curiosity (which is understandable) and then get bombarded with more spam. I did the same thing back when I first started blogging, so you know me... I went to the Blogger forums to see what the scoop was. <br /><br />Some of the bots now leave these pre-written comments and if you click on the link they include, it will create a track back link to your blog and more referral spam will follow it. I actually found a pretty good explanation on Wikipedia. I'll add it to the post after I finish this.<br /><br />In the past, they've basically been a nuisance, but lately they seem to be getting nasty and causing problems for bloggers. It's kinda like damned if you do, damned if you don't. I never used to use it, but I'm definitely leaving comment moderation on for the forseeable future, because who knows what kind of mayhem they'll be up to next?? 8~/Mary Sullivan Frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796241299065062308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757467829799211015.post-77140247355632353592013-06-16T00:29:15.969-04:002013-06-16T00:29:15.969-04:00You addressed a myriad of issues. If I understood...You addressed a myriad of issues. If I understood the first one correctly, the spam is showing up in your STATS and not COMMENTS. Ergo, the spammer is not actually leaving a comment so that you would know that there is spam. Instead, they are just visiting your page from what appears to be a credible site (like the one listed). So, if you monitor your traffic, and visit back via your stats page, you could be fooled into clicking on this site. Did I follow what you were saying?<br /><br />I understood the rest of what you posted. I haven't gotten any of those crazy calls, but I tend to hang up if there is ANY lag time in someone saying "hi." If you wait too long to say "hello" when you call my house, expect to be hung up on, because I am just going to assume it is a telemarketer. Ha! I've actually had real friends call back and say, "Why'd you hang up on me?"<br /><br />I always say, "You have to be quicker on the draw if you don't want me to hang up on you:)" <br /><br />I do agree about passing the word to everyone possible. Elderly people (and naive people) are very likely to be taken in by this scam. Potentially anyone having a bad day could fall prey to this one, I suppose. Forewarned is forearmed!!!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.com