I've imported a few more of the missing posts from the last couple of months. Since I use static pages ALL of the posts are still there and indexed but they aren't currently linked to from the main or archives pages.
As time goes by I will continue importing them into the site. Anyone interested in helping out let me know. I have no spare time for this unfortunately but if you are interested in working a bit on the site, or heck, even becoming an author here, let me know.
So you may have noticed that I have hosed the site pretty badly :(
I do have everything saved but I just don't have the time to rewrite (even with copy and paste) all of the entries on the site. I will get the last month's worth back online in the next couple of days and recreate the ones I can't copy and paste with.
I am pretty upset. I do have physical backups but I can't import the stuff easily. It's unfortunate that it was four different blogs too.
I am running this back on the same server as Shadowscope so there should be less problems (I hope)
Blog ranking services are kind of funny. In the end how they rank you really doesn't matter. I have always assumed that because most of them pull data from stuff like how many blogs Technorati thinks link to you, or how many visits per day you "should be getting" based on backlinks. I still use the occasionally go check out the Truth Laid Bear for example to see where I sit, although TTLB seems to be up and down and not real reliable.
Not only that but I like seeing actual traffic and statistics as well as demographics. It's not necessarily as important on some of my sites as it is on the ones that are monetized but I still like to see who's visiting me and how often. Just one of those control things I guess.
I started using Izea Ranks a few months ago to see how well they work. I use MyBlogLog, Google Analytics and IZEARanks. Why three? I wanted to see how accurate they were. They all show slightly different statistics but are somewhat close to my own. The thing about any of these is that generally their code is loaded via JavaScript so if the portion of the page never gets loaded that the JavaScript is listed on, that visit never gets counted.
Anyhow, so far I like IZEARanks. They rank the blogosphere (or the portion that's using IZEARanks) using real traffic and link data rather than just extrapolating the information using some kind of formula which may or may not be even close to the truth. What's really cool is the fact that the algorithm used to find RealRank is public, not some hidden page ranking score that you don't have any idea how to come up with it.
Really though, where you rank and how many visits you get isn't as important as enjoying myself is. That's the bottom line. What kind of satisfaction I get in return for the time I put into my site is much more important than any rank, whether it's found by real numbers or mathematical formulas.
You may have noticed on a couple of posts at my other site that I have added something called Buzzfuse to the bottom of those posts. What Buzzfuse does is to give me a place to market my posts and drive traffic to each of my sites. It's easy to sign up at Buzzfuse.com and it's nice to find another way besides trackbacks to bring new traffic to some of my work.
Go check it out, sign up and submit your own work to see how it goes!
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Can't get to my web site but I just received a couple of emails so it is at least partially back up. Damn that is weird, still cannot get anything.
Back online again, good I have a couple of posts I would like to put up in the meantime...
I may have posted about this earlier in the week but since our Google page ranks depend on backlinks I have added a links directory off of my main sight. It's brand new thus there is no PR yet, but that is only a matter of time. You can get added for a reciprocal link or if you want to pay and be added without a link that is fine also. Go check out the Shadowscope Links Directory and get added!
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