Thursday, August 5, 2010

A little freaked out...

I am concerned about the traffic coming across my blog. I have a daily counter and today says 39. Should I go private? I have no idea who is looking in on our family and it's a little scary. Any thoughts? or "I read this..." so I can know who you are. Thanks

21 comments:

Unknown said...

We have a counter on the side of ours that tells where people came from, what pictures they looked at and how they left. It is pretty nice. Going private you loose probably 90% of your traffic. Good luck!

Krista said...

Yeah, you need to sign up on this: http://www.statcounter.com/ so you can see where people are coming from. Once I got freaked out because of tons of new traffic, but then I realized through that web service that people were googling "damask pillows" and my blog was coming up because I blogged about someone on etsy who was selling them. So there might be a legitimate reason. Good luck!

Ty & Em said...

Tami I pretty much stalk you!! he he I love your blog!! I love when you update it!! It is a very scary out there!! That is why mine is private!!

JK said...

I am one of the anonymous readers! Your cousin, Jessica Kendrick

Emily said...

Tami- I read your blog. I totally understand you being freaked out. I have my blog private, and I still never use our last name or my kids real first names. I have seen SO many news stories about the many ways people can use information from blogs to get into peoples lives. Sick!!

Alison said...

Hey Tami! I read your blog all the time. But I've been considering making our blog private too. I think I'll do it.

Holly said...

I'll still read your blog even if it is private. =)

Josh and Gina said...

There's a way that you can make your blog un-searchable thru sites like Google or Bing. It's somewhere in the settings. I can show you while you guys are here, if you'd like. While I'm not sure if it actually works, when I google myself or Josh, our blog doesn't come up. However, when your name is googled, your blog does...

Anonymous said...

Tami,
I look in on you guys. It's fun to keep up on all my old Tricks buddies. It is pretty scary out there, but just make sure to be careful with what you post and if you are really concerned about your family's safety then take your blog private. The only thing I don't like about private blogs is that they're harder to peek in on.

Kristen

Kaisa Bailey said...

I check you guys out every few weeks (:
I went private, it makes me feel better but I don't keep up on it as well and after the initial invitations I'm not very good at inviting more readers. Hopefully that helps!

T.M. said...

hey I check you guys out too!

OramHouse said...

I read when you pop up on someone else's blog roll who I was reading (does that even make sense, haha) I am private because of not wanting to put my kids pictures out in public (my husband used to be a correctional officer at a mostly sex offender prison so we are super sensitive to that)- Kaci

kspjute said...

It never hurts to know who could possibly be looking at your blog.

The Vuki Family said...

I'm blog stalking you and just love all of your updates! Cute Family Tam and Dan! Take care!
--Tiff Fish Vuki

Cassidy and AE Harris said...

I read your blog. Your family is so dang cute!

Shirley said...

Hi. I read your blog once in a blue moon when I'm reading Nicole's. You have such cute kids!
39 hits in a day would definitely freak me out, too! Like some of your other friends, I'm totally paranoid and that's why mine's private. it is true that significantly less people will read and comment once you go private. But I figure that both sets of the grandparents still read my blog, and that's really the most important thing to me, since the point of my blog is mostly in leu of scrapbooks and baby books.
Shirley

Gleason Family said...

of course I read this. :) Can't wait to see you guys- this time for sure!

dswenson said...

I read it!

Anonymous said...

Hey are you here?? We're at my parents house and would love to meet up at a park so the kids can play and or go out with the grown -ups... I know you've got a lot of family to see but call me, even if you only have a little bit of time..9877714

Sabrina said...

I read your guys blog often.=) I don't like when people go private because it's hard to get invited on.=/ But I completely understand if you do!=)

So if you do please add me.=) shumashuma@gmail.com

Cynthia Lovell said...

I check in once in a while to see our girls' friends.