My sister in law googled her name the other day, and was surprised to find that she came up in a ton of blogs. The following is taken from her blog, which was taken from her friend Melanie's Blog, which was taken from Darby's Blog.
Go into "my settings" and then go to "Settings", select "Basic" and it will say: "Add your blog to our listings?" SELECT NO (this means that when you update your blog it does not show up on the blogger homepage or any other page as being updated - very important)
Also on that same page it will say: Let search engines find your blog? SELECT NO (this means that search engines can not bookmark your site at all -important if you are a family)(Scroll down and click Save Changes)
Next go to "Comments" (still in settings) it will say: Who Can Comment? SELECT REGISTERED USERS - includes OpenID (this means that only people who can comment are those with gmail accounts - or who have active blogs open - this helps eliminate computers from spamming)
On the same page it will say: Enable comment moderation? SELECT YES (this means that no comments will post to our blog with out you approving them first - this way you can axe anything before it shows up)
Same Page- It will say: Show word verification for comments? SELECT YES (this is super annoying, but important to stop spam and deter unwanted comments because it's an extra step) Scroll down and click Save Changes
LAST THING- Never mention last names, show your address or town and try to not tell the full names of anyone else on your blog either. Also don't post birthday specifics or when you'll be out of town. All of that will just lead to a home alone movie where the burglers find out when you are leaving. leave that kind of stuff to personal emails to family or blog about it when you get home. Also try to respect friends privacy by not posting photos that could embarrass. The internet is really quite insane. Once it's on the web it's ALWAYS on the web so post with courtesy and care. All in all these are safe blogging tips. the first few are really important as they block the search engines from seeing your blog!
Please feel free to share these tips with your friends & family so that we can all be safe online.
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1 week ago
7 comments:
Hi! I can't believe you found my blog! That's so funny! It was great to hear from you and your kids are so adorable! You seem to have as much energy as ever...I'm still trying to gear up for number two...yikes!
Thanks for this post, Andrea! I changed a couple things on my settings. We are probably going to go private relatively soon because we get LOTS of hits from random Google searches and it's kinda freaky!
I saw your sister at WalMart the other day! :) And congrats on your newest baby!
Thanks Andrea! How are your new baby girl?
Thanks for the tip. I need to remember those things when I post random things.
ANDREA!!! ITS ME!!! HOLLY!!
oh i am so happy i found you!!
you are such a cute mom :)
i am so happy for you!
hope life is going great!
Good to know. Thanks Andrea!
You are a life saver! I really appreciate you taking the time to post this. I knew about some it, but I needed to read this. You will have to put my blog on your friend's list :)
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