tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post2644021251957812808..comments2024-03-27T19:04:31.290-05:00Comments on The Amazing Trips: something else to keep me awake at nightThe Amazing Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13761348688069779544noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-35628193182533752112009-04-02T02:50:00.000-05:002009-04-02T02:50:00.000-05:00its funny (well not really FUNNY but you know what...its funny (well not really <I>FUNNY</I> but you know what I mean) because my husband and I have been talking about the same things based on some of the disturbing stuff found on our site meter. We've been slowly migrating all of our photos to flickr and are working on a plan to move everything else. Not a fun task but we're motivated by the same reasons as you are.<BR/>I love reading you, although I'm not here as often as I used to be now that my triplets are running circles around me!Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150292193507340999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-25407869948800042242009-03-30T22:25:00.000-05:002009-03-30T22:25:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for posting this! It was a good wak...Thanks so much for posting this! It was a good wake up call. I'm a little too neive about that stuff.xmomxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809392188800287918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-53389899029576759742009-03-30T15:56:00.000-05:002009-03-30T15:56:00.000-05:00I'm totally with you on this. My husband is even m...I'm totally with you on this. My husband is even more security conscious than I am (and more private in general). I wanted him to be okay with me blogging when I wanted to start, so I told him I wouldn't post any pics that show any of our faces and I wouldn't use our real names on the blog, or even in email to friends I make through the blog. <BR/><BR/>I have not had any really sick searches at this point, but I always worry. I would absolutly want to throw up and then kick the crap out of someone if I saw even one of those searches pop up on my site meter. <BR/><BR/>You do what you can. We each have to find our level of comfort with this public website site.<BR/><BR/>As a side note, my husband says the real reason that the internet took off at all was because of the easy access to p0rn. I try not to learn more than that.caramamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327695885346537321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-86617144391432808912009-03-30T12:47:00.000-05:002009-03-30T12:47:00.000-05:00Thanks for your answer! I will keep a closer eye ...Thanks for your answer! I will keep a closer eye and see if anyone has been referred by a search.<BR/><BR/>I do check off the follow up comment box when I want to see answers to questions. Sometimes, if I've commented on a popular blog (like yours), I will get 20 or more emails about everyone's replys, but I don't care. Makes me feel important that I'm getting so much mail! (and, you can always go back and "unsubscribe" because you don't want to receive any more follow-up emails, which I had to do when there is a give away or something!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-75942224302206448792009-03-30T12:43:00.000-05:002009-03-30T12:43:00.000-05:00Connie: I'm really flattered that you are interest...<B>Connie</B>: I'm really flattered that you are interested in reading our blog and it's absolutely OK for you to stick around. How do you do? :)<BR/><BR/><B>Sonja</B>: We DO need to think about what's out there. But, you can't allow yourself to become totally overwhelmed - which is what was happening to me. I have sitemeter and if you want to figure out how people arrive at your site, go to your site summary page, then under the heading "Recent Visitors" you can click the "Referral" link. That will tell you how people arrived at your site, and if they typed key words in to Google, what those words were. <BR/><BR/><B>Portland Granny</B>: It's almost impossible to know what someone's intentions are when they do a word search because the search really might be very innocent. <BR/><BR/>In your case, it might be someone trying to find a nice picture of a grandmother and her grandson. I did a search a few years ago for "Photos of older children breastfeeding" that I had wanted to link to a posting. But as I was typing the keywords, I thought ... eww. What would someone think if they saw this search?? <BR/><BR/>And then of course, there's the whole intellectual property thing, that people shouldn't be using other people's photos w/o permission. Like the woman who hijacked my birth story and photos of my babies when they were in the NICU and tried to pass it off as her own. <BR/><BR/>I know that there are risks of kooks coming to any public website that I have and I don't think changing domains will make that big of a difference (if any). But, I do want to upload my photos to Flickr and delete the pathway to my blog from Photobucket because a TON of hits come to my website from that route. Which isn't necessarily bad, but I don't want to manage (or pay for) two accounts separately. And I like Flickr better. <BR/><BR/>Can you tell that I'm not an expert??<BR/><BR/>Now I'm wondering, do you come back and read these comments when you pose a question, or do you have follow-up comments e-mailed to you?? Or, do you forget about a question soon after you ask it - much like I do??The Amazing Tripshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761348688069779544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-75059713867642964252009-03-30T11:57:00.000-05:002009-03-30T11:57:00.000-05:00UGH!! Think I need to throw up. AWFUL! Marg.UGH!! Think I need to throw up. <BR/>AWFUL! <BR/><BR/>Marg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-71100133592640834032009-03-30T11:29:00.000-05:002009-03-30T11:29:00.000-05:00Hi Jen,Just wanted to let you know that I am follo...Hi Jen,<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to let you know that I am following your blog from a friend of mine and really enjoy your comments. I look forward to reading it everyday. So I hope it is OKAY if I continue to follow your family on your new website? I moved to a family website awhile ago for the same reasons and really like it. Hope all goes well for you on your new site!Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141552040284203275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-36615710811634135832009-03-30T10:57:00.000-05:002009-03-30T10:57:00.000-05:00My thoughts exactly. I've only seen a kiddie p0-r...My thoughts exactly. I've only seen a kiddie p0-rn search once on my blog and it wasn't even the blog where I post most of my kid pictures. It made me so sick. And yeah, I spent the rest of the day wondering if I could somehow trace the IP or whatever.Just Vegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851077598314983920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-76761738365364497152009-03-30T10:52:00.000-05:002009-03-30T10:52:00.000-05:00I understand everything you have written in today'...I understand everything you have written in today's post, but I wonder how another website will stop the "kooks" from visiting the new site?? I have, from time to time, had some visits from these demented minds that are searching for "grandmas and little boys". I know exactly how you felt when you discovered why your site was searched!a portland grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675027205217905283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-41848569782104368652009-03-30T10:29:00.000-05:002009-03-30T10:29:00.000-05:00I am with you I had no idea that there were these ...I am with you I had no idea that there were these wierd people out there looking at BLOGS, seeing how I didn't know about blogs until I was almost done with our adoption. I left a comment yesterday (I have dial up) so the Santa picture loaded and it is the most hilarous picture I have ever seen I love it! I am careful on my blog to post pictures only of my clothed child and no potty training, which is sad but i never would have realized how scary it was out there if I hadn't started reading your blog first so thank you for helping me protect my daughter.Leah Maya Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167997949670119040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-75846401647737555342009-03-30T10:06:00.000-05:002009-03-30T10:06:00.000-05:00It is so sad what is out there...I try not to thin...It is so sad what is out there...I try not to think about it, but we NEED to. Especially with the exponential amounts of internet related devises on the market. Our kids will have wireless everything, and access to everything. We need to protect them from even stumbling upon that stuff.<BR/><BR/>How can I check what phrases people have used to get to my blog? I have sitemeter, but only the free version. Is it on there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-44712371978805915442009-03-30T07:59:00.000-05:002009-03-30T07:59:00.000-05:00I tend to read a few blogs and then link out to ot...I tend to read a few blogs and then link out to other blogs and that is how I ended up at yours. You are a very good writer and your photos are amazing--so amazing, in fact, that I bought a "great" camera for the very first time and am having a great time photographing my new grandson. I think that while there may be a few perverts out there, your blog generally just provides a lot of joy to your fans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-81196249748069142022009-03-30T07:49:00.000-05:002009-03-30T07:49:00.000-05:00Jen, Go with your feelings! Never mind what others...Jen, <BR/><BR/>Go with your feelings! Never mind what others think of you... you know what's right. I have not read your full post BUT! I plan too. We have to get to school. I got a far as people looking for kids in there underwear......that gives me chills!! How creepy!! <BR/><BR/>I am just learning all this blog stuff and I don't understand how to find out all the things you mentioned so far but! <BR/><BR/>You do what you know is right.......there are plenty of other reasons to stay awake at night. <BR/><BR/>Love,Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395804927366343180noreply@blogger.com