tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post112421729371291390..comments2024-03-28T04:30:11.046-05:00Comments on Unlocked Wordhoard: On the Two Month BlogoversaryDr. Richard Scott Nokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1124247461747072152005-08-16T21:57:00.000-05:002005-08-16T21:57:00.000-05:00Trackbacks are pointless, really, aside from a lov...Trackbacks are pointless, really, aside from a lovely spam target. I speak not just as an opinionated medievalist, but as a genuine <A HREF="http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/it" REL="nofollow">professional geek</A>. <BR/><BR/>Use either <A HREF="http://www.sitemeter.com" REL="nofollow">sitemeter</A> or <A HREF="http://statcounter.com" REL="nofollow">Statcounter</A>, free javascripts you paste in your Blogger template, to keep track of visitors and where they come from, and what they clicked on to get here, and such; these are substitutes for the more geeky referral logs or server stats you might use were you on your own server. Both are free, though the free version only tracks a limited number of users; I'm more fond of statcounter.com.<BR/><BR/>And you don't care about hits; hits simply mean a file was loaded into the browser; the text of a page is one hit and every single image counts as a separate hit. What you want are Unique Visitors; that's where all the geeky coolness comes from.<BR/><BR/>You might also sometimes go to google and google using the Advanced options, and then scroll down to the section Page-Specific Search; fill in the Links page with your URL, and you'll find pages that link to you.<BR/><BR/>*Sigh* At this rate, people will stop paying me for this stuff, and me with filing fees . . . ;)Lisa Spangenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916288400544629723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1124235175854956002005-08-16T18:32:00.000-05:002005-08-16T18:32:00.000-05:00I don't bother with trackbacks either. :) I was in...I don't bother with trackbacks either. :) I was inordinately proud of myself just for learning to write enough html (just barely) to liven up my sidebar.<BR/><BR/>I just go to technorati once in a while, and check out who has linked me. :) (Which has varying degrees of accuracy, but works okay for my purposes.)<BR/><BR/>Happy anniversary, Doc--we're glad to have you here! WordHoard has become one of my daily blogs to check, and my morning coffee is always more enjoyable for it.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1124230510929829842005-08-16T17:15:00.000-05:002005-08-16T17:15:00.000-05:00Congrats on the anniversary. It's a nice blog. D...Congrats on the anniversary. It's a nice blog. Don't feel bad about the "novice" stuff; you're a braver man than I, since I don't even bother with trackbacks!Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.com