So he says to himself, "What can it hurt? It's just a little addition to the blog!"
Google-Analytics. Get it, it's free. And easy. So I go to the GA website thinking it's a 'hit the button there you go' kind of upgrade. Nope. Sign in please. Fill out the information please. (you actually don't have to fill in the name and phone number boxes but they don't tell you that) All done? Nope. Copy this little diddy of code and paste it into your ....... now I forgot what that's thingy's called. NO not there. That comes later. TEMPLATE, that's what the thingy is.
So I cut and paste. Pleeeeeease don't mess up my blog page. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! What the hell happened!!! All my spots are gone! The font's bigger! And is there supposed to be an icon or something? I would have thought there would seeing that they have THIS in their service agreement.
7. PRIVACY . You will not (and will not allow any third party to) use the Service to track or collect personally identifiable information of Internet users, nor will You (or will You allow any third party to) associate any data gathered from Your website(s) (or such third parties' website(s)) with any personally identifying information from any source as part of Your use (or such third parties' use) of the Service. You will have and abide by an appropriate privacy policy and will comply with all applicable laws relating to the collection of information from visitors to Your websites. You must post a privacy policy and that policy must provide notice of your use of a cookie that collects anonymous traffic data.
Does that sound like a bunch of lawyers wrote that or WHAT! The party of the first part shall not .... party of the eighth part referring to the party of the .... party 255 ... referring back to party of the original part.
And then they have you install some code and say 'I' must provide notice. Of a Google widget on a Google system. With no icon. Well here's the notification!
The rest of the 'agreement' is a hoot also. Let me sum it up for you. NOT OUR FAULT.
So the question is, does my blog look different to you?
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Who are you, and what have you done with Mike?
Not so much but I don't pay a lot of attention anyway, Phil.
If you like Google Analytics, you may also enjoy SiteMeter. (Do I sound like an Amazon.com bot?)
It's free, too, and gives different types of spyin--er, detailed information.
Oh, and while you're messing with Google, set up a Reader for yourself. You'll thank me later.
I had a bit of trouble getting the Google Analytics code into the right place, but once I found it, everything worked fine. Of course, I expect that someday I will find my beloved blog melted into an unreadable stew of loose letters and random colors, but I'll cross that virtual bridge when I come to it.
Wow Mike you are so much "Bigger"!
I can see, I can see, no glasses required.
G - He has been assimilated. Resistance if futile. (actually resistance = V / I )
L - Have had sitemeter for awhile. They have an icon unlike they present trouble maker. And it was easy and didn't mess up my template.
B - So you're going to be my new tech support?
F - It is easier to read. And I feel bigger too.
For which I take ALL credit!
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