Working at Home on the Internet

Another Milestone for WAHI… 100,000 Spam Comments Blocked!

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 Not all that long ago I was talking to a blogger friend and she was not only disappointed with the small amount of comments she had gotten on her blog (she is not an active blogger presently, or I would link) BUT she actually complained that she had gotten -0- Spam comments.

I understand what she was saying… “even the spammers aren’t interested”. Well, let me tell you what I told her.

“Getting real comments from real readers is probably the best thing that any blogger could want, BUT SPAM SUCKS!”

Right now I am sitting here waiting, just waiting…

99,949 Spam caught by Akismet.

99,967 Spams…

(I have FastStone Capture ready and waiting…)

99,971… (seems to be stuck here, maybe they are watching SuperBowl Pre-game shows?)

I don’t know how all these guys have the patience to get that screenshot that shows an Event like this! This is probably the First and Last time I am just waiting for Spammers to Spam me. I know that if I go somewhere and do something else, I’ll end up missing this hallmark.

Ok

It seems everybody stopped Spamming to go watch the SuperBowl (nothing has changed in an hour), so, this is where I’m going to leave it until tomorrow. Hopefully, the Spammers will have REALLY BIG HANGOVERS so I can catch the Big 100,000 mark on screen.

Here’s the Pre-Historic Pic

I’ll really be keeping an eye on this, so if anything happens during the game (well, half time) I’ll update. If not, stay tuned tomorrow to see the final screenshot numbers. I have no doubt it will be over the 100k mark.

Update1: It is now 9:01pm EST and we’re up to 99,989 I think we will break the 100k tonight.

Update2: Just as soon as the SuperBowl was finished (NY 17 NE 14) it started again, I can’t believe I actually caught this!

History Has Happened

I guess the next Spam Milestone will be 250k? Stay tuned for the Never Ending Story…

February 3rd, 2008 at 06:02pm | Posted by Joe | Attitude, Spam, Stastics | reader remarks | Print This Post

Top 10 Search Terms for Working at Home

 This is a list of the top 10 search terms that people have used recently to find Working at Home on the Internet through the major Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN etc). They are listed from the most hits per related terms to the fewest and include my thoughts relating to the “why” they landed here.

1. WordPress Post Preview - This is a term that seems to show at the top of the list every time WordPress does another upgrade. It seems people like their Post Preview without having to go to another page.
2. Working at Home (everything) - This is no big surprise although people have some very unique ways of searching for work at home opportunities (eg. should my back face the window in home office and can a lien be put on my home if I’m incorporate).
3. Scams & Legit - This is another that comes as no big surprise. Searches increase every time some of these scam artists do a big e-mail push on people who have expressed a desire to Work at Home by taking surveys or some other “make tons of money online” scams.
4. Meta Data - This is a little bit unexpected. Although I have written some posts on Keyword usage in posts, titles and tags, I am far from an expert. This is something I feel more serious minded future internet entrepreneurs are looking to get as much information as possible about to succeed online.
5. Print Business Cards - Let’s face it. When small business people are just starting out, they are trying to save a little bit of money. If they can do something themselves with their own equipment instead of paying someone else to do it, they’ll take that option.
6. Blog vs Website - This is something I get asked by potential customers all of the time. There seems to be quite a few people seeking the best option for their business and looking to get ways to attract new customers by using the appropriate platform.
7. WordPress Plugins - This seems to coincide with #1. Every time WordPress upgrades and breaks something or takes it away altogether, WP users need new plugins to solve a problem they didn’t have before.
8. Navigation Tweaks - Things like Next/Previous posts, Alphabetizing and Post count in Categories or Site Search are not always included in templates and bloggers want to offer the best way to present as much information to their visitors as possible.
9. Page Views - It is no surprise that any business that has an internet presence wants as many eyes reading as much of the information presented as possible. Things like Inseries, comments and polls were included in this as part of the search results because they were some of the major keywords used in these searches.
10. WampServer - I’m not too sure why this term showed up so much, maybe there aren’t too many posts about the program. I did a minor review of my experience using it (I am quite happy with it). These are probably from searches looking for useful offline tools for web designers and problem solvers.

Just for the halibut I thought I would include #11 Skype (only wrote about it once) and #12 Verizon Wireless Router (over 2 years ago) to show that it just depends on what people need information about and how much information is out there.

These search terms don’t necessarily translate into the most popular posts that appear on WAHI, but they do give me an idea of what people are looking for and how they are finding what I write related to their needs. So, the plan at this point is to focus on finding answers to some of the questions people seem to be asking through their searches.

Some queries, like Blog vs Website or Scam & Legit and Work at Home, will be addressed here with updated details as they become available. The more technical and program related solutions would probably be better handled on My Computer Back in Service (not to worry, I’ll link to the answers).

What about you, can you hear the questions people are asking you through their searches? Got any examples?

January 29th, 2008 at 06:27am | Posted by Joe | Keywords, Stastics | reader remarks | Print This Post

I Hope FeedBurner Stats Are a Glitch

 Is it just me? Did I get less interesting? Am I not providing interesting reading to my readers?

Let me show you a picture to give you an idea of what I’m talking about.

 

That is my FeedBurner stats as of this morning.

Then I read Darren’s Post  and hope that he is right. That this is only a glitch with FeedBurner and I didn’t really lose so many subscribers all in one day. It started to make me think that I should just give up and go back to Tree Work to make a living.

Oh, well. Tomorrow will tell.

November 4th, 2007 at 12:22pm | Posted by Joe | FeedBurner, Stastics | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post