bloglovin has wordpress.com blogs in an iframe
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Today I discovered this !@$%^&*! bloglovin directory has placed all of our WordPress.com blogs in iframes with follow button and a log-in button at the top of them.
To be crystal clear about this I have not now nor will I ever register my blogs in that !@$%^&*! bloglovin directory. I’m not a newbie blogger nor am I stupid. I comprehend the ins and outs of reciprocal linking and know they are parasites.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi timethief,
It looks like bloglovin’ is an RSS reader of a sort. Apparently it’s been around since 2008. When I looked at WordPress.com blogs, when logged in the WP.com admin bar is intact in the bloglovin’ iframe, which is interesting.
Let me see if I can find out anything else for you.
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when logged in the WP.com admin bar is intact in the bloglovin’ iframe, which is interesting.
No kidding! I saw that too. Thanks for getting back to me with whatever you find out.
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I’m pretty peeved. And I am a tech journalist. I should ping them for a comment. That would be interesting.
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Seems to me to be slimy – how about 65,000,000 DMCA take down notices all filed by WordPress.COM in one massive avalanche as our agent?
that might explain some of the traffic issues since all of our blogs now look like spam blogs with our content being downgraded for being duplicated
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I did some digging and this is what I’ve come up with.
As far as I can tell, the only WordPress.com sites that will appear on bloglovin’ are those that a bloglovin’ user adds to their list of sites to follow. In this way it works like other feed readers. (This part could be wrong, but it’s how I understand their service.)
I checked with our developers confirmed that visits to a WordPress.com blog through bloglovin’ should be counted as usual in your stats, and show up with referrers similar to this:
http://cl.ly/image/0l3m270Q2F1f
Also, if somebody happens to link directly to the version of a post framed within bloglovin’, we’ll see bloglovin’ as the referrer, rather than the actual referrer, which might be a little annoying but not detrimental to your blog in any way.
If I get any additional information for you, I’ll be sure to pass it along.
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@jackiedana
Hi there,
I appreciate you looking into this for me. Yes this came to my attention through a referral link I found in my stats. Thanks for the information. -
You’re very welcome, timethief. I was concerned about the stats myself, so I’m glad to hear that being part of bloglovin’ shouldn’t hurt our users in any significant way.
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