When I started Baine’s World way back in 2004, I’ve used the Motigo (formally known as Netstat) as my blog’s web counter but lately, I’ve realized that it’s starting to irritate me and the few readers of my blog.
A friend of mine highlighted to me a few days back that every time the blog loads, a pop-up window containing various ads comes up. This has been happening for quite awhile now but most of the time I tend to just close the pop-up but with so few readers to my blog, I’d prefer not to irritate them enough to chase them all away.
So after searching the web I found this from Motigo's own website:
"With the use of motigo products and services on the site it is accepted that WMS has the right to place advertisements on the site in any format or through any channel, including but not limited to e-mail, layer ads, pops, banners and other usual formats without any forewarning and it is furthermore accepted that WMS takes no responsibility for the advertising content and that WMS shall not be liable for any losses incurred regarding this advertising."
So yeah, pretty much it wasn’t some ad-ware running on my machine that’s causing the pop-ups but actually the counter itself. So after much surfing around I’ve decided to give SiteMeter a try to see if they pull the same tactics too.
At the point of writing, these are the humble stats for Baine’s World:
Measuring since ... 13 September 2004
Total number of page views up till now ... 26,483
Busiest day so far ... 29 December 2004
Page views ... 257
Page views yesterday ... 64
Page views today ... 28
Not the most impressive but hey that’s just the way I like it, especially considering the lean years for the blog after its initial birth. If you’re wondering about the post in December 2004 that is mentioned above having the highest view so far? Here it is though surprisingly it's not the most commented post I've ever had.
So here's to no more pop-ups when visiting the blog, for now at least...
Cheers!!! :D
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