Adding Whitelist Entries, To Adblock Add-Ons
Ad blockers are popular Chrome add-ons, which let us manage various websites abilities to serve ads in our browsers. Many ad blockers include a scrip…
Layered Security
Microsoft Windows Security Updates, May 2016
If you use a computer that runs Microsoft Windows, you may have been affected by Microsoft supplied updates , distributed 3 weeks ago. May 10 was the…
Effectively Testing Reader Access To Your Blog
People reporting a problem with blog access / performance, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , will be frequently advised to diagnose the…
Blogger Magic - Enabling Exceptions, In Chrome
Some blog owners and readers prefer to ignore recommendations in Chrome - and block cookies and / or scripts. Blocking cookies can cause problems wit…
Don't Force Your Readers To Use SSL
Some blog owners are very anxious to have their blogs accessible, using SSL protocol. We see the occasional impassioned query, in Blogger Help Forum:…
Authors Cannot Use The Stats "Don't track ..." Option
Just as with a single owner blog, one would not want to count owner activity in Stats - with a team blog, one may not want to count team activity. Au…
A Cookie Is Simply Data, Used By A Website
If you're a repeat customer at some restaurants or shops, you may notice that your return status is appreciated by the staff. Maybe the coffee sh…
Two Popup Windows, On A Blog, Is Malware
If there is anything more obnoxious than the FaceBook "Like my blog!" popup window , it's a FaceBook "Like my blog!" window, …
Blogger Blogs, And Social Networking Popups
Among blog accessories that are not going to get you good reputation, I can't think of very many more obnoxious than the FaceBook "Like my b…
The Stats "Don't track ..." Setting Is Unique, By Browser
Many people have multiple computers. That detail is becoming more and more normal, in the population in general, each year. I own 3 computers - actu…
The Mysterious Disappearing Reading List
One long known mystery, reported from time to time in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , involves the dashboard Reading List, and panic fro…
Blogger Browser Support, And Layered Security
The official Blogger browser compatibility reference, Compatible browser and operating systems states Blogger requirements, very succinctly. To use …
Comments And Layered Security
One of the most common complaints, seen regularly in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , involves publication and visibility of comments. Why c…
Access To Your Blogger Account, Using Google Login
Ever since the new, integrated 2014 Google login was provided for us, several months ago, some Blogger blog owners have been losing access to their b…
The Quick Edit Feature, And Domain Based Filters
Some Blogger features are so subtle, and so simple, that everybody takes them for granted - and nobody thinks about them, until they stop working. On…
Custom Domain Publishing Will Interfere With Filters
Some blog owners, having endured the frustrations of custom domain publishing , may later discover new problems with using Blogger - or with using / …
Stats "Don't track ..." Option Does Not Work, Reliably
Problems with the Stats "Don't track ..." option , in general, are not new. Ever since Blogger added that option to Stats, years ago, i…
Almost Nobody Controls Their Own Computer
This month, we're seeing reports in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , about problems uploading pictures (images, photos) to our blogs. Th…
No Visitor Log Or Meter Is 100% Accurate
Confusion about Stats, and referer spam inaccuracy , is expressed, weekly. You never have a real idea as to how many real visitors view your blog, si…