Numbers Geek.

I'm kind of a numbers geek.  One of the fun things about having my blog on a real site instead of Facebook or MySpace, is I have better metrics on where my viewers come from.  I can see trends and see who my audience is.

Lately, one of my posts The Date, has had a lot of traffic.  It is a good story and I am proud of it.  But I started getting comments that had no relation to the story.  And the comments always come with a link.  I wasn't born yesterday.  And with a little checking, it appears my "fans" are in Slovenia.  Sorry, script kiddies, you come of like this.


Needless to say, the comments end up in the Spam can.

I think you need to find another target. 

Comments

  1. sueSeptember 26, 2012 at 6:52 PM

    on wordpess my spam goes into spam sometimes real comments come in there too so I always check. Yeah fascinating which posts get read and where the people come from. I am not a numbers geek I used to be but retirement cured it

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    1. Another Government EmployeeSeptember 26, 2012 at 8:18 PM

      The spam does get caught by the filter, but I have my notifications set up so I get an email anyway. What really tipped me off is "The Date" started getting a bunch of views in the last couple of weeks, which is unusual for one I haven't plugged somewhere. Then I got several odd comments with links attached. I went ahead and deleted them out of the spam box just to be safe.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 17, 2012 at 7:33 PM

    My Slovenian fans seem to like my plastic surgery post a whole lot.

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    1. Another Government EmployeeOctober 17, 2012 at 7:53 PM

      The target post is a nice story and I would be flattered if it were real readers enjoying it. But phishing for to see if they can make my computer a zombie bot is not what I am looking for.

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  3. Darlene ~Bloggity Blogger~October 17, 2012 at 9:21 PM

    I've had a rash of total gibberish for comments lately on my blogspot. Of course they went straight to spam. I wouldn't click one of their links on a bet! They also seem to have found my email addy. I get and delete a lot of mail - unopened... I hate the spam!

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  4. Another Government EmployeeNovember 3, 2012 at 8:14 PM

    Hmm... Latvia now. Slovenia and Germany before. I just wish I got paid for the clicks.

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  5. JennNovember 15, 2012 at 11:57 AM

    I think I've been lucky--or perhaps unlucky? I haven't had that special piece yet that attracted the Slovenians. In a way that's good because I'm not getting a whole bunch of spam!! But does that mean my writing doesn't measure up? LOL.

    I'll settle for no spam!

    Cheers, Jenn

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    1. Another Government EmployeeNovember 15, 2012 at 4:12 PM

      I love they include their links with their messages. I don't need real estate in Turkey.

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  6. JoNovember 15, 2012 at 6:23 PM

    I'll take the spammers over the trolls any day! I get a bunch, too. The most popular one I did was "Values", which got very FEW hits from actual readers. Like maybe 20 people read it and a couple of comments...but the spammers LOVED it and the content was very exciting! But I didn't visit their attached link. I'm kinda rude like that.

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