Comments on: PALEO-NAVEL GAZING http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/paleo-navel_gazing/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:39:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: CGHill http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/paleo-navel_gazing/comment-page-1/#comment-3009 CGHill Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2399#comment-3009 On the other hand, I actually <i>have</i> made some money at Epinions - not a lot, around $100 or so. Still, that's revenue with little expense, while the blog produces expense with (so far) no revenue. On the other hand, I actually have made some money at Epinions - not a lot, around $100 or so. Still, that's revenue with little expense, while the blog produces expense with (so far) no revenue.

]]> By: joy http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/paleo-navel_gazing/comment-page-1/#comment-3010 joy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2399#comment-3010 I'm going to be snarky for a sec and suggest the following...for those who are great writers but know nothing about the Web, it might be worth your time to hook up with a person (or better yet a hosting service) that knows what to look out for in terms of web site maintenance. For Andrea's problem, yeah, she should switch hosts, but she should also look for a provider who'll help her identify what's going on in her logs. I mean, any good provider will WANT to cut down on unnecessary traffic. I hate to say this, but it's a case of she not knowing what questions to ask and then getting burned. Also, I just wanted to point out that her commenters, although well meaning, aren't really helping her and some are giving her totally erroneous information. (i.e. the quepasa bot is a bot for quepasa.com, a spanish language search engine). I'm going to be snarky for a sec and suggest the following...for those who are great writers but know nothing about the Web, it might be worth your time to hook up with a person (or better yet a hosting service) that knows what to look out for in terms of web site maintenance.

For Andrea's problem, yeah, she should switch hosts, but she should also look for a provider who'll help her identify what's going on in her logs. I mean, any good provider will WANT to cut down on unnecessary traffic. I hate to say this, but it's a case of she not knowing what questions to ask and then getting burned.

Also, I just wanted to point out that her commenters, although well meaning, aren't really helping her and some are giving her totally erroneous information. (i.e. the quepasa bot is a bot for quepasa.com, a spanish language search engine).

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/paleo-navel_gazing/comment-page-1/#comment-3011 James Joyner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2399#comment-3011 Joy: I agree. Unfortunately, getting started isn't that hard but one runs into tech problems once getting into the more sophisticated blogging packages and/or adding plug-ins and the like. And most of the blogosphere are poli-sci, history, econ types. Joy: I agree. Unfortunately, getting started isn't that hard but one runs into tech problems once getting into the more sophisticated blogging packages and/or adding plug-ins and the like. And most of the blogosphere are poli-sci, history, econ types.

]]> By: Andrea Harris http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/paleo-navel_gazing/comment-page-1/#comment-3012 Andrea Harris Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2399#comment-3012 Hey, man, thanks for the mention. And to Joy: I didn't notice your comments on my site telling me just what was wrong with my other commenters' advice. You know, I am a real person, you can talk to me. I have already found out what Quepasa is; I looked it up all my own self -- but it would be nice to know what all the other things I should watch out for. Or do I have to be accepted into the club first? To address the rest of my supposed ignorance, Cornerhost is a reputable hosting service; I didn't just pick it randomly, I had noticed some other blogs with heavy traffic (sgtstryker.com, janegalt.net -- and one of the writers on janegalt.net used to have his own webspace on the service and recommended it to me). At that time the bandwidth allowed by my plan was more than adequate for my needs. I thought it was also more than adequate for Tim Blair's needs; he's been getting hit heavily by search spiders, spambots, and the like, and I haven't ruled out some sort of denial-of-service attempt as well. Contrary to popular opinion, I'm not a dummkopf. I don't feel like I've been burned, I had the feeling I'd have to make a move soon. I just wasn't expecting <i>this</i> soon, but there you are, these things happen. True, I don't have any certification in any of that arcane Intarwebbe stuff, and you won't see me blathering on about RSS feeds and Echo and gtarzippidydoodah all that much on my blog, but I am not a confused little girl sitting in the wreckage of her html either. Now if you'll all excuse me, I have to move my site. --- Hey, man, thanks for the mention. And to Joy: I didn't notice your comments on my site telling me just what was wrong with my other commenters' advice. You know, I am a real person, you can talk to me. I have already found out what Quepasa is; I looked it up all my own self -- but it would be nice to know what all the other things I should watch out for. Or do I have to be accepted into the club first?

To address the rest of my supposed ignorance, Cornerhost is a reputable hosting service; I didn't just pick it randomly, I had noticed some other blogs with heavy traffic (sgtstryker.com, janegalt.net -- and one of the writers on janegalt.net used to have his own webspace on the service and recommended it to me). At that time the bandwidth allowed by my plan was more than adequate for my needs. I thought it was also more than adequate for Tim Blair's needs; he's been getting hit heavily by search spiders, spambots, and the like, and I haven't ruled out some sort of denial-of-service attempt as well. Contrary to popular opinion, I'm not a dummkopf. I don't feel like I've been burned, I had the feeling I'd have to make a move soon. I just wasn't expecting this soon, but there you are, these things happen.

True, I don't have any certification in any of that arcane Intarwebbe stuff, and you won't see me blathering on about RSS feeds and Echo and gtarzippidydoodah all that much on my blog, but I am not a confused little girl sitting in the wreckage of her html either.

Now if you'll all excuse me, I have to move my site.

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