If it's not broke, DON'T FIX IT, please!
Grrrrrrr... my web host recently implemented a new "feature" called Quick Blog. Having already used blogging software of my own choice for years, I ignored the announcement and went on with my life. However, it appears that Catalog.com was a little assertive in how they implemented that new "feature" - it apparently takes over whatever-your-address-is.com/blog and redirects it to this Quick Blog... even if you haven't told it to.
As I write this, no one will be able to view it, because my blog as it has been for the last four years is no longer visible on the Internet, thanks to this "feature." Not the home page, not the individual entries - nothing. Not surprisingly, my site's stats show that whereas I typically receive between 40 and 60 page views at bobschaefer.com each day (and 142 on Tuesday alone), I'm now down to 21 on Thursday and 10 today. That doesn't mean that no one's trying to view my site - what it means is that my blog pages (which have the stat counter trigger embedded in them) aren't making it to anyone's screens. Instead, Catalog.com's error message is popping up, telling them that my blog doesn't exist there anymore. Needless to say, the error message hasn't been configured to trigger my counter. *snort*
So, while my site's traffic is down by 75-85% and my visitors are getting inexplicable messages telling them that I my blog no longer exists where it's always existed, I get to wait for Catalog.com to straighten out the mess their "feature" has caused, and hope that guests other than my family (who will keep clicking anyhow) bother to try again later.
Did I mention, Grrrrrrrrrr?
I think the change in web hosts I've been kicking around for months might finally be due...
So, here's hoping you're able to read this sometime soon. As of right now, however, I'm waiting for Catalog.com to pull their heads out and fix this.
As I write this, no one will be able to view it, because my blog as it has been for the last four years is no longer visible on the Internet, thanks to this "feature." Not the home page, not the individual entries - nothing. Not surprisingly, my site's stats show that whereas I typically receive between 40 and 60 page views at bobschaefer.com each day (and 142 on Tuesday alone), I'm now down to 21 on Thursday and 10 today. That doesn't mean that no one's trying to view my site - what it means is that my blog pages (which have the stat counter trigger embedded in them) aren't making it to anyone's screens. Instead, Catalog.com's error message is popping up, telling them that my blog doesn't exist there anymore. Needless to say, the error message hasn't been configured to trigger my counter. *snort*
So, while my site's traffic is down by 75-85% and my visitors are getting inexplicable messages telling them that I my blog no longer exists where it's always existed, I get to wait for Catalog.com to straighten out the mess their "feature" has caused, and hope that guests other than my family (who will keep clicking anyhow) bother to try again later.
Did I mention, Grrrrrrrrrr?
I think the change in web hosts I've been kicking around for months might finally be due...
So, here's hoping you're able to read this sometime soon. As of right now, however, I'm waiting for Catalog.com to pull their heads out and fix this.
posted by Bob at
12:55 PM
2 Comments:
What is weird is i can get to one of your two blogs but not the other. When I try to access the other I get a note that it isn't there any more. Good luck.
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Dr.John, at 5:05 PM
Doh! That's because I haven't been on the ball with updating the pages on my main site. The Logos Roundtable, which I'd been excited about, didn't really go anywhere - couldn't find the participants. I'm hoping to resurrect it sometime down the road, but until I do, it seemed silly to be paying for the domain. I doubt that anyone else will register that particular combination of words between now and then. =) If so, more power to 'em!
By
Bob, at 7:00 PM
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