What’s Up With This?
Every now and then, the lovely Akismet will catch some spam. Well, okay, its catching it left, right and centre, but I only bother to check what it is actually catching every few days. Usually, there’s a link to an outside site and when I visit this site, there’s an excerpt (about a paragraph) of one of my posts (usually one of my most recent ones).
My problem is this: Because it is an excerpt, and not the whole post, is there anything I can do about it? They all have ads on their own sites so if folks click through - presumably from the comment, if they weren’t being caught by Akismet - they’re going to be making money from my content.
The whole deal leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth. These are not legitimate link backs, by the way. They’re something like ‘onlinecasinoslots.com’ or ‘losetenpoundsinfivedays.com’ or some such thing. What I’d like to know (and this is something the more well-versed bloggers could tell me) is if someone were to put ‘Lizzie’s Home’ into Google, would these scraper sites be closer to the top of the list (and therefore garner more visitors)? Are they stealing my traffic as well as my content?
Every now and then I’ll type my URL into Copyscape and usually nothing pops up. And even though these scrapers ARE covering their own behinds by only putting up excerpts of my work and linking back to my own page (it IS coming back to MY page, right? Not one of those total site clones?), do I have any right to ask them to please stop? I don’t know how I’d do that really, given none of them have a visible contact method, sigh.
Very frustrating.
Cheers,
Lizzie
My Mojo! Where Did It Go?
It came to my attention this morning that I have not posted for three days. I have not been on holiday or sick, and disaster has not dropped down on our heads. For those faithful readers who have been wondering why (I still have faithful readers, right?) the posts have been non-existent, all I can say is, I just haven’t been feeling it.
No blogging inspiration at all. No cute anecdotes. No pregnancy announcement. No endearing story about Hubs (not that he hasn’t been endearing, of course). No carnivals (meh).
One day a while back I started a folder in my Favourites for such an emergency as this. It’s called Stuff To Blog About. Catchy eh? Problem is, there’s nothing in it. I’m completely tapped out.
Randomness from the last few days, because I’m just that desperate:
- Miss Moo went to the school disco last night. It was an ‘It’s Still Easter’ theme. As always, she lost the coins I gave her to purchase a snack at the canteen. She does this Every. Single. Time.
- I’ve had an average of under 5 hours of sleep each night since last weekend. This morning Hubs graciously let me sleep until 10am. I feel disgusting…too much sleep! Must right this approach ASAP.
- I really want to try this tutorial out. I need a new bag.
- The weather has turned - woohoo! I know autumn is finally upon us because the big ol tree down the end of our street is beginning to go brown. By the time all the leaves on it are shed - maybe two weeks - I can begin to breathe again. And, you know, contemplate turning on the heat…
- There’s a monthly car boot (trunk) sale at the kids’ school beginning in May. I think this is a fantastic idea. A regular (and local) way to get rid of some still-useable things and maybe make a little money in the process. It costs $10 per car but I’m hoping I can piggy-back on someone else’s boot and we’ll split the cost. I won’t really have much to get rid of at first.
- A dear school friend of mine is getting married today. Congratulations Kellie!
- I need some new music suggestions - fire away.
- I don’t think I should drink milk in the late evenings. It makes for a decidely over-enthusiastic morning (TMI? LOL)
- I am desperate - desperate I tell you! - to have a good ol’ fashioned Movie Night. This month, Talented Hubby and I agreed that we would cut back on the non-essentials. Now personally I think Blockbuster is right up there with, you know, the mortgage, but he disagrees. Sigh.
The supermarket (again!) beckons. I am going to have to work on my menu this weekend - I’m back to flying by the seat of my culinary pants, sigh. I will try to summon up something interesting to talk about tomorrow, LOL.
Cheers,
Lizzie
Another Theme Change?
Just stretching my legs a bit.
Don’t mind me.
You may go back to your much-more-interesting lives now.
Thankyou and goodnight! (LOL)
Cheers,
Lizzie
Good Grief, Look At The Time!
I should not be online, yet here I am. Why? Because the the silly codes for the Bloggityville Blood Drive 2008 have not been working for the last two days and tonight I was darn-well determined I was going to see it through to completion even if it meant no sleep. Which is basically what it has boiled down to.
However I am just popping in to let you know that yes, the codes are now working - if you click on the link underneath the sidebar banner. Copy the code directly into a text widget in your sidebar and you should be good to go. Please contact me if you have any other problems - the codes worked fine on my end when I tested them in my own sidebar but then again, after the last couple of days, I no longer take anything I can see with my own two eyes as completely kosher.
Snore…
Cheers,
Lizzie
Bloggityville Blood Drive 2008 ~ Codes
If you’ve decided to join in, here are the buttons you’ll need. I’ll be adding one more - a thinner one - in the next few days, so keep an eye out.
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<center><a href="http://lizzieshome.com/2008/03/24/a-very-special-invitation/" mce_href="http://lizzieshome.com/2008/03/24/a-very-special-invitation/"><img src="http://lizzieshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/blood-drive-08-square-sid.jpg" mce_src="http://lizzieshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/blood-drive-08-square-sid.jpg"></a></center>
Okay, so we finally have some WORKING codes up! Woohoo! Enjoy folks :)
Cheers,
Lizzie
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