Comments on: How To Lose All Your Google Traffic http://irishkc.com/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm Kansas City Irish Festivals, Music, Pubs, & Events by an Artist in Ireland Thu, 24 May 2012 10:15:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: eolai http://irishkc.com/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103708 eolai Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:24:01 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103708 Mat - Yep, we obviously complicate things when we use plug-ins. I don't know if there's a solution to that if plugins are to be kept as plugins and not incorporated into the main product. Justin - Thanks for your post. It alerted me to the lack of publicity the problem was getting and made me feel guilty for not having initially publicised my experience. emordino - I generally take the same approach, but the impact of not updating here was worse I'd venture. That said I was quite a few versions behind, and I can hardly criticise a community that has created a rather powerful piece of software that I don't volunteer my own time to. Patrick - thanks - there wasn't a whole to it really, at least nothing I can take any credit for - once alerted to the existence of the problem, a quick View Source showed a million spam links, and my WP theme only has 7 or 8 main files to look at - but I'll drop you a note. Tim - I've ignored such warnings repeatedly myself, but I don't see me doin it again after this. Mat - Yep, we obviously complicate things when we use plug-ins. I don’t know if there’s a solution to that if plugins are to be kept as plugins and not incorporated into the main product.

Justin - Thanks for your post. It alerted me to the lack of publicity the problem was getting and made me feel guilty for not having initially publicised my experience.

emordino - I generally take the same approach, but the impact of not updating here was worse I’d venture. That said I was quite a few versions behind, and I can hardly criticise a community that has created a rather powerful piece of software that I don’t volunteer my own time to.

Patrick - thanks - there wasn’t a whole to it really, at least nothing I can take any credit for - once alerted to the existence of the problem, a quick View Source showed a million spam links, and my WP theme only has 7 or 8 main files to look at - but I’ll drop you a note.

Tim - I’ve ignored such warnings repeatedly myself, but I don’t see me doin it again after this.

]]> By: Tim http://irishkc.com/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103700 Tim Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:52:36 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103700 Thanks for the warning, I have a similar situation with a photoblog, that is telling me to update because my Wordpress is out of date, guess I better do it. Thanks for the warning, I have a similar situation with a photoblog, that is telling me to update because my Wordpress is out of date, guess I better do it.

]]> By: Patrick James http://irishkc.com/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103463 Patrick James Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:35:14 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103463 What can I say! I didn't know spam sites could do that to your source code... shows what little I know! I recently upgraded and it made a mess of my site. On the other hand, if you don't upgrade... seems your damned if you do and damned if you don't! I would love to know more about how you went about checking your source code... Maybe you could email me some info on how I would go about doing it myself? Great post by the way! What can I say! I didn’t know spam sites could do that to your source code… shows what little I know! I recently upgraded and it made a mess of my site. On the other hand, if you don’t upgrade… seems your damned if you do and damned if you don’t! I would love to know more about how you went about checking your source code… Maybe you could email me some info on how I would go about doing it myself? Great post by the way!

]]> By: emordino http://irishkc.com/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103427 emordino Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:35:03 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103427 Upgrading is a lot more of a crapshoot than it needs to be. I tend to wait for the anguished howling to die down before I make the leap, so I can learn from other people's mistakes. Upgrading is a lot more of a crapshoot than it needs to be. I tend to wait for the anguished howling to die down before I make the leap, so I can learn from other people’s mistakes.

]]> By: o-regan.org » So what happened? http://irishkc.com/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103418 o-regan.org » So what happened? Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:32:51 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103418 [...] corruption of UTF-8 characters but the comments were still there. Attempting to get to 2.5 to avoid spam attacks left me with no comments at all. They were still there in the database but weren’t being [...] […] corruption of UTF-8 characters but the comments were still there. Attempting to get to 2.5 to avoid spam attacks left me with no comments at all. They were still there in the database but weren’t being […]

]]> By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Friday April 11th 2008 http://irishkc.com/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103381 Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Friday April 11th 2008 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:13:36 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103381 [...] Seriously now. If you don’t upgrade buggypress you’ll get blacklisted by Google. [...] […] Seriously now. If you don’t upgrade buggypress you’ll get blacklisted by Google. […]

]]> By: Justin Mason http://irishkc.com/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103272 Justin Mason Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:13:14 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103272 Well, good to hear my post provided some impetus -- although it sounds like a pretty unpleasant experience all-round :( Well, good to hear my post provided some impetus — although it sounds like a pretty unpleasant experience all-round :(

]]> By: Mat http://irishkc.com/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103268 Mat Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:24:45 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/how-to-lose-all-your-google-traffic.htm#comment-103268 I think you hit the reason at that I avoid upgrading Word Press. It's not streamlined, it pretty close to reinstalling and hoping the backup reloads right, and your plugin's aren't devistated. It's not easy. I think you hit the reason at that I avoid upgrading Word Press. It’s not streamlined, it pretty close to reinstalling and hoping the backup reloads right, and your plugin’s aren’t devistated.

It’s not easy.

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