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alex, it will appear on google eventually, but theres a bit of a time lag between new sites and their googlarization, and ILE has, incredibly, only been going for about 3 weeks!

― gareth, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I'm resurrecting this topic to talk about a specific issue I have. Every once in a blue moon I get sick of talking to my roommate, so I check my stats online. I never get disturbed by pornographic hits. I do find disturbing people who find my site, however, searching for "dogs in chef hats", "battlebot jay leno" (!?!?!?!?!), or "parker posey's waist". I mean, for fuck's sake, what? Who is looking for these things?

The most disturbing search I get - and I get it often - is people searching for ME SPECIFICALLY. I.e. a google search for Ally Kearney. Am I right to be really freaked out by that? For the record, I believe my mom found my website, being as she figured out that I didn't quit smoking, got a new tattoo, and I got an internal search for "mom" (that was the kicker), and I believe she found it searching specifically for me. I also think someone I work with has done it to look at my webcam. I mean, what's going on there? Does anyone else with a page get an inordinant amount of hits for their own name? I mean, I'm talking like one out of every 10 hits I get is someone searching on my name. WTF?

― Ally, Tuesday, 10 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

"battlebot jay leno" = Jay Leno was on that Comedy Central show, _Battlebots_. People build robots that fight each other in an enclosed ring / obstacle course. (Not as cool as it sounds.) He had his own bot. It had a big "chin".

As far as being "found out" on the web - I would think that the free exchange of information that typifies the Internet would preclude a sense of secrecy, in terms of how much of yourself you reveal. If you're on the web, chances are someone's going to find you, whether it's your mom, a skeevy co-worker, or someone looking for more of your writings. Curiosity is a strange li'l impulse.

― David Raposa, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I guess it's a little too late for me to mention that I have an anti-blog page. Well, sort of. Needs updating, though, starting with Dan's blog.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Ned, it seems to me that you've forgotten In Review. Such a shame to forget such a fine blog as In Review. Such a shame.

― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

As I said, needs updating. Now hush. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

hey ned, what about 1471 & surface vs depth??

heh heh...

― gareth, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I have finally updated my blog, if anyone's interested. Today: Tories, US missile defence system, the cartoon network.

― DG, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one month passes...

I started a blog. I've reviewed every album I've got this year on it. the address is:

the days go by like broken records

― jel, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Hey! I just redesigned my thing! Click here if you've the frame capabilities. If not, tough snootchies.

James, I'm not sure WHY you paid US$30+ for the new Built to Spill, but you're obviously a man of great intelligence and integrity, since you love the Philistines Jr., so I'll let that slide.

― David Raposa, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

It was a spur of the moment thing dave!...

My link seems a little strange...that should be seaplane.blogspot.com

please work!

― jel, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I've been updating lately you all know.

― Ally, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Damn it, Ally, you're a fine writer and what-not, blah blah asskiss blah, but would it kill you to NOT host your site on a provider that makes 15 windows pop up on my goddamn screen?

― David Raposa, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

No, not at all. It'd possibly improve my life, actually. I'm too lazy to do it.

― Ally, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

PLEASE NOTE I HAVE FINALLY DONE IT AND CHANGED MY PAGE ADDRESS. CLICK HERE IF YOU CARE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO CARE.

― Ally, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

jel, i have that Frederick Schikowiski album too, and i'm not hugely taken with it either. and you get the 19 bus, i'm a 19 bus type dude as well.

― gareth, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one month passes...

On the off chance that someone's interested (blogs? that's so LAST WEEK) check it out.

― turner, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Blame it on Josh

― mark s, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Yay! Congrats to Mark S. on such a good blog.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

hey! i have a blog. (okay, not a "blog" per se. close enough. wankers.) it's not as good as any of yours though. (esp. mark's which may be the only blog i've ever read which actually talked about you know, stuff.) it is here!:

i are embarassed!

― jess, Friday, 12 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

(I haf to talk abt "y'know, stuff" becoz unlike the rest of you hot wickle space- hoppers and bed-cadets i have no innerlife to speak of)

(nevertheless thank you nicole and jess)

― mark s, Friday, 12 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I wuv Mark's blog.

― DG, Friday, 12 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

whats a blog?

― chris, Friday, 12 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

blog = beef log

(or, if you must, summer sausage.)

― jess, Friday, 12 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I haven't had time to do what I wanted with my blog, since I got laid off recently. I've been more focused on creating new portfolio pieces, but I'll get back to it at some point.

― Nude Spock, Friday, 12 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

er: up-thread ally mentions checking stats re blog-visitors... is this done via some kewl interweb device you build into yr own html or whatever? and if so how and where do i get one oh youngsters with the net-skillz and the get-her hatz...

(basically i want to know when chomsky's been lurking)

― mark s, Friday, 12 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Sitemeter.com is the place to go, Mark. Freaky Trigger tested AND approved. I don't know if such things will work w/ Pitas, though. (Your site is a Pita, right?)

― David Raposa, Friday, 12 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

It does work with pitas. You just have to paste the bit of javascript they give you into your pitas template. This is how i know hair enthusiasts are so keen on my (currently resting) weblog.

― Nick, Friday, 12 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Pumpkin Publog is back.

― Tom, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

hooray

― chris, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

in case y'all didn't see the notice on nylpm and if you all don't loathe me now, my music blog is back and it is here:

rebellious jukebox

(even if tom's too good to link to it from nylpm directly...) ;)

― jess, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

let's try this again...

rebllious jukebox

― jess, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Ooh! I have a blog too. It's called Starry vs the Baddies. I'm thinking of changing domain names if anyones got any ideas. I live with the Arsemonkey. Incidentally, I know why your link to Toms site doesn't work. I will fix it for you. The "usual" password, is he?

― Sarah, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Yes. This site is done by Tom who has never posted here. But he is a twat. In the best possible sense. Um.

― Sarah, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Eyes That Can See in the Dark is mine.

― Phil, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

PUMPKIN PUBLOG IS BACK

― Josh, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

my site is not a blog but i wanted to bump this up to new answers anyway.

also feria RULES at least their chocolate cherry does. plus their gloves are the bestest on the market.

― maura, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Maura's website is a discretionary blog with standards too high for us other bloggers to consider achieving. As they say in the bidness, it "picks its spots".

― David Raposa, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

but dave it is NOT A BLOG! it is also not a diary, or a domain, or a piece of grey matter. it is just a web site, with some links, although not too many off-site ones.

― maura, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Maura, you didn't get the memo? EVERY website is now a "blog". It's part of some elaborate marketing scheme - I don't get it, but whatever. Yes, even this site is now a "blog".

― David Raposa, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

It's a frequently updated personal web site heh. If it was a blog then Maura would update it every three hours with what she can see out of her window. The problem being that I think Maura doing this would be ace.

― Tom, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

three weeks pass...

What does it mean when someone from a Major News Corporation that has a newspaper in your area looks at your web site? Maybe they're just looking for plagiarism or something.

― Kerry, Thursday, 29 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

OR: everyone else fucks off at work too.

― Josh, Thursday, 29 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Visit my blog or sharky gets it:

http://www.crutons.com

― David Crusoe, Sunday, 2 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

two months pass...

Hear me wanking on about Evan Dando, as if you'd want to, and other things at my new blog. Note: these are the first words I've ever written.

My blog.

― powertonevolume, Sunday, 17 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Go on, please?

Can someone please read something (exc. that Astral Weeks post as its not finished) and say something even if it is abusive.

Purty please?

― powertonevolume, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

There’s Too Much Love, though (the song Nick Dastoor described as the typical B&S sound that they’ve been driving toward)

I did? Cripes - the things I say..

― N., Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Oops, forgot about that. Thanks for reading though. Am now laughing gently.

― powertonevolume, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Yeh, I'm sure you did in a post to sinister reviewing the merits of fishyclap.

― powertonevolume, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

― rabbit, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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