Coast Is Clear, I Think May 29, 2010
So, I kinda took my blog down for a few days. I’m back now, though.
My mom was visiting this week, and I was showing her something on my computer. I stupidly forgot about the perma-links at the top of my browser, one of which is to my blog. She said, “What’s Manana Banana?” Um, nothing?
I didn’t know if she’d go Googling or not (she knows the origins of the title of my blog,) so I shut down things for a bit. This wouldn’t have been the first time a family member has found my blog. Both my mother-in-law and father-in-law have found it in the past, independently of one another. My brother found it, too. It’s really not hard to find. I’ve asked them all to respect my privacy, and I hope that they have respected that.
This is my safe place. It’s also a place where I connect to others. So, there’s just no going password protected for me. I’ve seen what searches lead to my blog, and I’m not about to turn my back to those who are going through hell. At the same time, though, I’d like to think this is a place I can write without anyone looking over my shoulder.
So, I’m just going to assume that that’s the case. (Ahem, just in case anyone is reading that shouldn’t be.) I need this place, and I need others to be able to have access to it, for my benefit and theirs.
So, that’s that. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.
- Posted in : various other ramblings
- Author : amanda
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Glad you’re not going password protected. Sometimes I look through the list of searches for my blog and I imagine why some would google a particular thing and it just breaks my heart… there are a lot of people asking questions out there and sometimes another person’s blog/story is the best place to start.
Hmm now that I had to migrate my blog over to blogger (they shut down FTP support) I can’t see how people find me. I don’t have a lot of readers so I’ve never been hugely curious. I should look at my old stats though.
Keep on writing. I think it’s so therapeutic, cathartic even, to just put thoughts and feelings to words.
Ah ha, nice to see you are back! And the reason for your hiatus! I totally understand! Hope the house selling and seeking are successful SOON!
Linda, I bet you can track stats through Google Analytics. Thats where I track mine and I think you can use it with any blog software…
Fingers crossed that the house sells fast! Welcome back.
So glad you are back…I held my breath there for a couple days thinking you had just toally taken this down and weren’t coming back.
Hoping the house sells very quickly and you find something that you fall in love with.
That’s way the bteesst answer so far!