A couple of days ago I was fiddling around in the
mechanics of this blog and happened to notice that on the 9th I’d
had 456 visitors.
This was an unlikely bonanza, considering that my usual viewer number is barely in the double digits. I was curious where all these people had come from.
This was an unlikely bonanza, considering that my usual viewer number is barely in the double digits. I was curious where all these people had come from.
Checking the ‘traffic
sources’, I clicked on the first address provided. My eyes instantly resembled
saucers. In the nano-second I was there many, many naked body parts appeared.
At least I know that my reflexes are in good form because I instinctively un-clicked
at warp speed.
I guess along the “any
publicity is good publicity” way of thinking, I should be happy at this increase in numbers, but
that wasn’t quite the reader demographic I expected when this all started.
Of course, the fact that the visits all occurred at
12:30 a.m. might have also been a clue.
Yeah, I've had that kind of thing happen too. I think it's called click bait -- we're supposed to follow those "visitors" back to their original source (as you did), thus drumming up business for someone's web site. I'm not sure it's harmful -- just annoying.
ReplyDeleteDarn. I haven't seen any stray body parts lately.
ReplyDeleteI can send you the url if you'd like, anvilcloud. It will open your pores, trust me.
DeleteMarty, I get one or two or 17 of those on an ongoing basis. Most of them are porn, and I'd not trust any of those sites to not be viruses. My biggest annoyance is what I call the 'Russian visitors." You can get upwards of several hundred 'visits' in a week. Usually from russia, or china, or even Japan. Some people see them as legitimate traffic, I see them as annoying.
Eventually they roll down the list and fall off at the bottom. And complaining to Blogger gets you total silence.
One thing that did help: if you have fallen for the Blogger bait of making yourself available for search engines, that's where much of this stuff comes from. If you don't allow search engines to wander through your stuff, you don't get nearly the porn and spam traffic.
The only thing that search engines provide are ways for customers to find you, if you have a blogger business. Other than that, it doesn't do a thing.
They visit me too. Often. I briefly took the bait. Once. I do wonder why they choose sites very different from their own.
ReplyDeleteMercy! I'm glad you were able to unclick so quickly. :-)
ReplyDeleteI delete most spam in the comments, but have not checked those who just visit.
ReplyDeleteI've quit looking at those pages. I no longer want to know.I can't imagine anything would happen to cause the FBI to knock on my door.
ReplyDeleteThat was a nasty surprise.
ReplyDeleteI never bother with checking any of the stats involved. I do get into the comments page and delete the spammers and that's the only blog housekeeping I bother with.
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