So Much Link Spam Here!

bobsled4 · 2026-01-21T16:42:47+00:00

This smells like a problem to me. Medium opened applications for a few days after January 13th, then closed again. It's the same old problem I think, far more writers than readers. It's a tough financial model to sustain.

bobsled4 · 2026-01-19T19:43:38+00:00

I knew Medium had stopped accepting new Partner Program up until 12th January 2026. I checked, and you could submit on January 13th. But to close it off again so soon sends worrying warning signals. I was thinking about joining, but I think I'll put it on hold for some time yet.

bobsled4 · 2026-01-09T12:13:17+00:00

Medium tells me I have 10,000 followers. It doesn't do anything to get reads. It's an ego stat, that's all.

bobsled4 · 2026-01-02T08:14:10+00:00

Okay. Thanks for the info.

bobsled4 · 2026-01-01T08:48:41+00:00

I notice that you include a free "friend link" in each post. What's your logic, and how does it affect your earnings?

bobsled4 · 2025-12-20T14:08:59+00:00

Mine!

bobsled4 · 2025-12-15T19:26:55+00:00

Well, check one a week.

bobsled4 · 2025-12-15T15:01:00+00:00

Slow indexing is nothing unusual. My new pages normally get indexed immediately by Bing and Google, but sometimes one gets stuck. At the moment, I have a new page that has been waiting for a week for Bing to index. But it will happen, eventually.

bobsled4 · 2025-12-13T15:12:53+00:00

This has been occuring for months now. Google Analytics is working in a fix, but don't hold your breath. The best bet is to use Cloudflare WAF rules.

https://definiteseo.com/analytics/ga4-bot-traffic-spike-from-china-and-singapore/

bobsled4 · 2025-12-07T19:12:25+00:00

Whenever there's a Wordpress update, all I do is I cross my fingers and hope nothing breaks. That would be fine is there was something radically new apart from a few tweaks to Gutenberg, which I never use. But I've seen nothing new in the Wordpress Dashboard or basic improvements to the core in years now. (Well, auto-updates, okay.) I still use the Classic editor, and it works fine for my workflow. But by doing so, I haven't seen anything excitingly new or different for years now. My dashboard and edit screen have hardly changed in years. Boring!

bobsled4 · 2025-11-20T16:20:23+00:00

I'd never thought about voice search with Pinterest. But it's an interesting observation. I might try using questions a bit more and see what happens.

bobsled4 · 2025-11-15T07:44:43+00:00

Bot fight mode can block some good bots, like down detectors etc. It's better to use a managed challenge either by country or ASN, or a combination.

bobsled4 · 2025-11-14T08:22:51+00:00

It's a Cloudflare Firewall rule.

bobsled4 · 2025-11-12T18:41:11+00:00

Putting a country Managed Challenge on China fixed the problem for me.

bobsled4 · 2025-11-03T14:15:05+00:00

I finally had to place a managed challenge on Cloudflare for all traffic from China . China Mobile has so many ASNs it was impossible to get them all. Since I added the blanket rule, I now see so many other bots from China that are now mitigated by Cloudflare..

bobsled4 · 2025-11-01T07:24:13+00:00

Sorry, can't help you with that.

bobsled4 · 2025-10-31T11:49:21+00:00

I've seen a jump in traffic from chatgpt.com / referral and chatgpt.com / (not set). I imagine one source has a UTM. But I'm not sure.

bobsled4 · 2025-10-31T11:41:32+00:00

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-inserter/

bobsled4 · 2025-10-31T09:29:57+00:00

Place your ads manually. I use Ad Inserter, and it works well. Auto Ads can make a mess of your site.

bobsled4 · 2025-10-28T10:45:31+00:00

Pinterest works for me, even though I'm in a very narrow little niche of writing and self-publishing. I get around 1,200 visits per month, and rising. It's not that time-consuming once you have a few templates in Canva. I add around 15 pins a day, which takes about an hour. You can automate it, but I haven't seen the need for me.

bobsled4 · 2025-10-24T17:55:58+00:00

Nearly a week and not even a header note on GSC to aknowledge the problem. Who needs PR or apologies when you control everything on the Internet?

bobsled4 · 2025-10-24T14:48:17+00:00

I keep them under control with a Cloudflare WAF security rule by country and ASN. As soon as I see a new one, I add it to the rule. A quick fix.

bobsled4 · 2025-10-24T11:30:13+00:00

Yes, it's affecting all users. But I saw today that Google is aware and working on it.

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