Hits dropping through the floor despite referrals

testcrunch · Member · Jun 27, 2007 at 1:09 pm
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Raincoaster, exact same content is being added to both crunchysoftware.wordpress.com and itwerkzsometimes.com on a daily basis. The wordpress version was suspended for about 12 hours so that has nothing to do with it. Got a feeling this is not going to get sorted here.
testcrunch · Member · Jun 27, 2007 at 1:11 pm
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Timethief, the reason for the itwerkzsometimes.com version is so that I have more control over it and get better statistics. Eventually I hope everyone reads the own hosted version as the wordpress version is just darn wrong re stats. Trouble is the wordpress version is referenced everywhere unlike the own hosted version.
judyb12 · Member · Jun 27, 2007 at 3:56 pm
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Why not just post a message on the wp.com one directing folks to your hosted version?
drmike · Member · Jun 27, 2007 at 6:33 pm
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The work around is that you empty out your sidebar except for a single text widget explaining what is occuring and providing a link to your new sites. That usually works best.

edit: That and marking your blog as not wanting to be in search engines. That way your old blog drops out while your new blog gets picked up.
testcrunch · Member · Jun 28, 2007 at 7:32 am
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drmike: at last, how do I mark my blog as not wanting to be in search engines?
raincoaster · Member · Jun 28, 2007 at 7:40 am
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It should be on your Dashboard, under Options, Privacy.
testcrunch · Member · Jun 28, 2007 at 12:33 pm
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Merci raincoaster & drmike, have done that and now hope that the wp version drops out of the search engines (that goes against the grain a bit).

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