Greatest Journals?

Does anyone have a journal on Greatest Journals.com?

It seems that their site is down! You can't post new entries and they are even suggesting that you get a new journal hosting site?

Widgets, Gadgets Gone Awry!

Unfortunately even though there are some great widgets out there they all don't always work!

So I have had to add another counter to this blog because it doesn't seem like the counter that I have been using for so long now is working!

Sitemeter - A BIG Thumbs Down!

I see that Sitemeter has incorporated a new look! I couldn't get in to see my Sitemeter stats yesterday because there was a message announcing about Sitemeter's new look!

So I tried to view my Sitemeter stats today and couldn't even get in to my account! It kept saying that I was logging in wrong! So I kept trying this for about 4 more times and then I gave up!

So I thought to try using another browser and I did finally get in after 3 tries BUT with the new look also comes a new thing of the reports having to be generated before one can see their stats!

Maybe its because I'm just having a bad day. Or maybe because this is the first time that I am using Sitemeter's new look but I am highly disappointed!

9/25/08 Update!

I have to update this because I see that the Sitemeter website has gone back to their older format. It seems that they hadn't finished working out all the "kinks and that they were also getting a LOT of complaints about the newer format!

Word Verification?

It just goes to show you that you learn something new everyday!

There was the "word verification" that was a mandatory requirement of one of my client's blogs whenever they wanted to add a new post to their blog.

Although the word verification was a nuisance I just figured that it was there because of some option I put on when the blog was first started.

However now I find out that the reason why the captcha is there is because the blog is still considered to be a spam blog. (I figured as long as the new posts and changes to the blog were being shown that everything was alright). Blogger.com even posts a link just in case you want an answer to "Why do I have to use word verification?". So this particular time I decided to read and then that's when I found out that the blog was being considered as a spam blog!

So I submitted the information that the form asked for. Since I just submitted it today I think it will be a few days before I get a reply.

So for those who have been wondering about that word verification thing - hopefully this explains what it is all about and how you can get rid of it!

If you want to send a request to have your blog reviewed by a human set of eyes, you can fill out this form from Blogger.com!

I'm Being Criticized!

As I have posted before I participate in some of the Blogger.com help boards. I'm now being criticized for answering some of the older posts - say like 15 days old (and some older) that haven't had any replies to them.

I just don't understand this kind of reasoning. I mean if someone makes a post and no one replies to it doesn't that make it look like no one has taken the time to even look at it? If I can answer the post then I do - especially if I have something relevent to add. There have been times when I have answered an older post and someone has either emailed me or posted a comment to this blog either thanking me for answering their post or asking me for more information.

All of this started around the time that I started talking about their being a bypass for the bx error code problem and I came to find out that Blogger.com was not aware of there being such a procedure - so I didn't mention it again UNTIL someone brought it up on the boards!

So I'll just have to see how this kind of thing "pans" out!

I HATE These Kinds of Blogs!

Ever find a blog post that you find very interesting and you would like to add your comments - only to find out that you have to "join" or "register" just to be able to post a comment!

I also don't like blogs where you have to "click here" to read the entire blog post.

I do find these types of blogs very annoying!

Of course it is only my own personal opinion. People may have very good reasons for having these kinds of blogs.