The Real Blogger Status

Occasionally, we see a complaint about referer spam, from a known spam source, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue - but the spam entry is not in a Stats log. Some people are recently reporting referer spam source, in Google Analytics, StatCounter, and more. When I check my Google Analytics, I See traffic on my blog from porn sites! and Why do I see Russian spam, in my StatCounter logs? Why indeed? If referer spam is unique to Stats, because how Stats develops visitor activity counts , why would we see referer spam activity in Analytics, StatCounter, and other visitor logs? It's normal to ask questions - but when you ask the wrong questions, in the wrong places, you help contribute to your own problems.

We're seeing the occasional evidence of concern, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , from people who spend too much time examining their StatCounter logs. Why do I see "62.210.181.15:3130", in my StatCounter logs, as a referring site - reported as unknown "pool IP proxy" - and showing full BlogSpot.com and other sites' content? This sounds scary - but it's not.

Occasionally, we see a report in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , that reflects on the reader audience - not necessarily only the blog content. Why is my blog behind a Content Warning? Some readers of this blog have contacted Google because they believe this blog's content is objectionable. Occasionally, a quick eyeballing of the blog in question may turn up some dodgy content, which may be suggested, in the forum, as problematic. This story may not end immediately. But, I've had that picture gallery, for years! Why did I just get the Content Warning? Here, the blog owner is not considering changing standards - or the possibility that the blog, becoming more popular, may be adding readers who don't appreciate a photo gallery started years ago.