tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post113886415295483370..comments2023-05-31T14:16:36.022+03:00Comments on Otto's Random Thoughts: State of the Blog AddressJ. Otto Pohlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457089758142264049noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-1141605507871518692006-03-06T03:38:00.000+03:002006-03-06T03:38:00.000+03:00Actually, the blog profile counter isn't as discri...Actually, the blog profile counter isn't as discriminating as all that. I haven't seen a lot of evidence of 'bots running up the score, but it counts up every time someone views the profile, even if they've viewed it before. Could be a few folks who keep losing your e-mail address....Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-1139153404800793132006-02-05T18:30:00.000+03:002006-02-05T18:30:00.000+03:00Kristin: A year ago I spent a week in Estonia begg...Kristin: A year ago I spent a week in Estonia begging everybody I knew in Tartu and Tallinn for a job. I would love to work at the university in Tartu. But, there was nothing open.J. Otto Pohlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457089758142264049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-1139144707522448152006-02-05T16:05:00.000+03:002006-02-05T16:05:00.000+03:00I'm sure you could find a job here, Otto. C'mon ov...I'm sure you could find a job here, Otto. C'mon over! :PKRISTINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00857601651307360942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-1138948527453954942006-02-03T09:35:00.000+03:002006-02-03T09:35:00.000+03:00Chris: Bots? So the number of humans that have rea...Chris: Bots? So the number of humans that have read my blog probably is only about 100? How many are spies? To quote Jackson Brown, "I want to know who the men in the shadows are."J. Otto Pohlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457089758142264049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-1138929980605858162006-02-03T04:26:00.000+03:002006-02-03T04:26:00.000+03:00A lot of these so-called visits are bots that cons...A lot of these so-called visits are bots that constantly search and categorize the internet. For example, Google, Technorati, Yahoo, and many others will visit your blog on a regular basis and those show up as visitors.<BR/><BR/>As for spooks, well, we can't talk about that under such open circumstances.Chris O'Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07601574365088403140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-1138894288416775152006-02-02T18:31:00.000+03:002006-02-02T18:31:00.000+03:00i drop in reasonably regularly.i didn't know about...i drop in reasonably regularly.<BR/><BR/>i didn't know about that ranking thing on technorati till you mentioned it either<BR/><BR/>thanksmichael the tubthumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230098214053507184noreply@blogger.com