tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88586064974451628832012-01-22T02:25:39.368-05:00The Patrol Blog is your online news source and help desk for <u><strong><a href="http://www.blogpatrol.com" title="free blog counter">BlogPatrol.com</a></strong></u>. We provide tips and instructions on using BlogPatrol, plus updates on enhancements and bug fixes. We also review blogging resources and blogs that pique our interest.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.comBlogger1641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-55980080576512088662011-08-28T09:44:00.000-04:002011-08-28T09:44:00.483-04:00

Bad news:  Due to Hurricane Irene, we lost power to the homegrown server overnight sometime before 6 AM Eastern on 8/28/2011. Good news:  Fortunately, we have already been working on a migration of the server over to a hosted solution.  We successfully cut over from the homegrown server to the hosted solution as of ~8:45 AM Eastern on 8/28/2011.  The site appears to be functioning normally,

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-14539134668477395622011-08-14T17:39:00.002-04:002011-08-14T19:05:31.456-04:00

August 14th  @ 5:39 PM BlogPatrol.com is back online and counting stats again.  Due to changes in schedules and availability, I have very limited access to server administration support, so I needed to overcome a steep learning curve in order to fix the issues that caused the site to be down since last Thursday. You may have seen the prominent banner ad showing that BlogPatrol is now listed FOR

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-88016649078558380182011-05-03T21:01:00.002-04:002011-05-03T21:01:32.923-04:00

One step at a time I guess.  We've got power back on site, which means the server is back online.  However, the database tables crashed because the server shutdown was due to a power outage.  Initiating the database repair now.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-51910871197747612952011-05-03T14:06:00.001-04:002011-05-03T14:11:37.660-04:00

The website outage is due to a power blackout where the server is located, not due to a hard disk failure. What this means is that we will be able to get BlogPatrol online sooner rather later, soon after the power comes back on.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-57863396694844319092011-05-03T07:24:00.002-04:002011-05-03T07:25:24.100-04:00

Murphy's Law has taken its diredct aim on BlogPatrol.  In addition to the database issues that we have been dealing with over the last week, we are now affected by a failure of the primary hard disk, which is a solid state drive (SSD).  These SSDs are known for their speed, performance -- and burnout rate. Due to scheduling constraints, the earliest that we will be able to fix this hardware

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-19573712529144869122011-05-02T03:00:00.000-04:002011-05-02T03:00:26.154-04:00

Been having a run of bad luck with the server and database.  We are working on the issue and hope to have the site up again soon.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-65024528755953105492011-04-28T00:07:00.002-04:002011-04-28T17:06:42.768-04:00

I'm sorry folks.  One of the disks on our server crashed and, due to limited schedules, it took us a while to get the site back online.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-35568271442551417802011-04-23T15:23:00.002-04:002011-04-26T08:00:25.336-04:00

4/23/11 @ 3:23 PM Currently fixing database so that it renders stats reports properly again.  I expect to be done with maintenance activities within a few hours. 4/24/11 @ 10:20 PM I'm sorry folks, but due to some scheduling issues, I'm only able to get part of the database back online right now.  You should be able to read your stats again finally, but the system may be responding slowly.  Once

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-74956984168351695102011-04-22T17:24:00.003-04:002011-04-22T17:26:33.195-04:00

Dear BlogPatrol Users: After eight years of the once-in-my-lifetime experience of owning, learning, developing, managing, committing to, and enjoying BlogPatrol.com (and most importantly serving all of you as BlogPatrol's users), I'm announcing that BlogPatrol is undergoing preparations for sale to the right buyer/partner in Summer 2011. The following reasons are driving this decision:

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-12662169970671788322011-02-02T05:35:00.004-05:002011-02-02T05:48:42.926-05:00

BlogPatrol is back online following some issues with our Internet Service Provider and subsequent problems with the database. Stats are now available for all days (except for January 28).  I'm sorry for the extended delay and downtime.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-58212962814457615632010-10-16T12:48:00.004-04:002010-10-16T13:04:47.745-04:00

Updated October 16, 2010: Thanks to everyone for your feedback on BlogPatrol issues and enhancements. We're operating BlogPatrol with part-time resources, so we rely on your active support to help us provide you the best service within our means:DEPLOYED as of August 23, 2010:  Display your blog's Top Blogs ranking under the Account Settings portion of your Account Login and Control Panel.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-84126635778098591642010-05-24T07:34:00.000-04:002010-05-25T07:34:32.390-04:00

May 21, 2010, 10:57 AM UTC-4 America/New York BlogPatrol is currently down.  Repairs are currently underway for the BlogPatrol database.  I will post an update when the repair is complete. May 25, 2010, 7:32 AM The system is functional, but not optimal at this time.  The website and database may respond slowly until the database issues can be resolved, hopefully by the end of this week.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-62269999210392584072010-05-10T16:39:00.006-04:002010-05-10T16:45:27.358-04:00

May 8, 2010 at ~6 PM It turns I had not fixed the problems as I'd originally thought.  The database and server were down from around six o'clock Saturday evening through around mid-day Sunday afternoon as a result. May 9, 2010 at ~2 PM The system should be back online and functioning correctly this time (really).  I'm very sorry! May 10, 2010 at 4:39 PM Please let me know if you find that the

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-66418221666526517702010-05-07T22:50:00.001-04:002010-05-10T16:42:36.468-04:00

May 7, 2010 at 7:12 PM BlogPatrol is currently tracking stats for users, but an issue is preventing the stats reports from displaying properly.  We are looking into this issue and will post an update as soon as possible. 10:50 PM BlogPatrol is functionally again.  I apologize for the inconvenience that this downtime caused everyone.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-74448173685458150932010-03-21T09:28:00.001-04:002010-03-21T15:57:24.212-04:00

We have discovered that there is a problem with the stats, as of: March 20, 2010 @ ~10 PM The regular stats reports are not working properly, but you will find your stats using the classic stats reports.  March 21, 2010 @ ~9:30 AM We have reported this issue to our technical team, who will work on correcting this problem.  Updates will be posted when new info is available. March 21, 2010 @ ~

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-22684077651036591682010-03-16T16:36:00.001-04:002010-03-21T15:37:10.855-04:00

March 14, 2010 @ 11:06 PM BlogPatrol users have reported that stats are not being counted and/or that discrepancies are being shown among their stats reports.  We are looking into this issue as of this blog post and will provide an update soon. March 15, 2010 @ 9:18 AM After much troubleshooting and problem solving, we have been able to resolve the issues affecting the system.  Everyone's

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-86057225123397023332010-02-15T19:35:00.005-05:002010-03-21T15:37:46.006-04:00

February 15, 2010: I'm very pleased to announce that our project is complete and 100% successful!  Not only are all the features of your BlogPatrol account functioning fully for you now, but we have released major upgrades to the service, including: A new architecture that allows us to do system maintenance with minimum downtime. The new architecture includes new hardware that provides a faster

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-21643615807218541482009-11-09T17:25:00.000-05:002009-11-09T17:28:05.636-05:00

November 9, 2009 BlogPatrol.com will be down and not recording any stats during this maintenance period. 2:50 PM UTC-4 (America/New York) - Performing maintenance to verify database integrity and optimize database performance. Purging records down to 14 days to help website and database perform faster for users. 4:59 PM - Doing a second round of purging to get data down to 8 days to help website

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-61958013024327752692009-11-03T07:35:00.001-05:002009-11-03T16:03:42.516-05:00

November 3, 20097:35 AM UTC-5 America/New York: We are aware of a database issue that is preventing users from being able to log into their BlogPatrol accounts. We are working to fix the problem and will post an update when the fix is complete.12:48 PM: We have resolved the issue. BlogPatrol is online and functioning normally again.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-71747377926660693542009-11-01T16:08:00.002-05:002009-11-01T16:10:59.430-05:00

The writer at Anikin's Blog is a loyal and dedicated user of BlogPatro.com's services. I just wanted to take a moment to recognize him as a friend of BlogPatrol and to thank him for his wonderful support!

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-24444521581723224752009-10-10T19:48:00.001-04:002009-10-26T17:03:53.695-04:00

October 10, 2009BlogPatrol.com will be offline and therefore not recording any stats during this upgrade.11:37 AM UTC-4 (America/New York) - The BlogPatrol server will be offline later today in order to complete a hardware upgrade. The purpose of the upgrade is to replace a 15-month old 10,000 RPM, 300 GB SATA Hard Drive with a brand new 15,000 RPM, 300 GB Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Hard Drive.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-89493690960484724612009-10-09T00:33:00.001-04:002009-10-26T17:03:37.925-04:00

October 8, 2009BlogPatrol.com will be down and not recording any stats during this maintenance period.11:50 AM UTC-4 (America/New York) - Performing maintenance to verify database integrity and optimize database performance.12:35 PM - Initial database check completed. Purging records now down to 8 days to help website and database perform faster for users.4:36 PM - Completed a partial database

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-32048802399143418102009-09-19T20:40:00.001-04:002009-09-23T05:50:37.510-04:00

September 19, 2009BlogPatrol.com will be down and not recording any stats during this maintenance period.5:54 PM - Performing maintenance to ensure database integrity.8:40 PM - Database required repair, which has been completed. BlogPatrol.com is online and counting stats again. We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-79277557156103590792009-08-31T14:00:00.001-04:002009-09-19T17:55:41.751-04:00

August 31, 2009BlogPatrol.com will be down and not recording any stats during this maintenance period.8:50 AM - Performing database maintenance script to purge detailed stats down to 8 days.2:00 PM - Completed database maintenance. BlogPatrol is now back online and tracking stats.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-48732801005479387232009-08-15T16:51:00.003-04:002009-09-19T17:55:52.034-04:00

August 15, 2009 at 6:06 PMThe database is restored, and we're back online now. We did not track any stats from Friday evening (Aug. 14 circa 5 PM) through Saturday afternoon (Aug. 15, circa 6 PM).I'm going to be making some changes so that I know what's going on right away when these disasters happen.August 15, 2009 at 4:51 PM UTC-4 (America/New York)I'm sorry folks. For a few hours on Friday

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-31897134158468990962009-07-27T03:42:00.001-04:002009-09-19T17:56:02.623-04:00

July 27, 2009 UTC-4 (America/New York)3:42 AM - The database appears to be stable again. If you see otherwise when checking your stats, please let me know.July 26, 20092:18 PM - Completed purge and database seems to be working for now. Will keep checking in.08:46 AM - The database seems to keep breaking because the demo stats are saying "The information you have requested is not available at

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-65124346034967997332009-07-24T06:24:00.000-04:002009-07-24T06:25:49.513-04:00

July 24, 2009 at 6:24 AM UTC-4 (America/New York)The aforementioned upgrades are complete, and BlogPatrol.com is back online.July 23, 2009 at 2:24 PMThe Internet service provider for BlogPatrol.com will be upgrading its fiber network on Friday, July 24, 2009. The upgrade will require BlogPatrol.com to be offline between 12:01 AM and 6:00 AM EST on July 24.The BlogPatrol website will be

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-3699500432132383242009-07-19T08:10:00.003-04:002009-07-22T08:31:07.842-04:00

8:10 AM UTC-4 (America/New York) on July 19, 2009I recently resolved the issue of the annoying pop up ads, which were appearing only on the login.php page. It seems that the rectangle ads placed under the user info are designed by one of my ad publishers to stay above the fold of the web page. When users are logged in, the information sometimes pushes that ad location beneath the fold. This

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-31750247251842693242009-07-12T08:08:00.002-04:002009-07-13T20:57:42.365-04:00

July 12, 20098:08 AM EST (New York): Database repair is complete. Historical and current stats are restored. BlogPatrol website and database are back online. User log-in capability is restored.6:57 AM: Running database maintenance repair script because the manual reboot caused the database to crash.3:45 AM: Manually power cycled the server to force a system reboot because remote access to server

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-30307532785687901192009-07-09T08:23:00.002-04:002009-07-10T16:09:59.419-04:00

July 9, 20098:23 AM - I'm noticing that the site is still sometimes unresponsive. At these times, the website displays the message "The Information you have requested is not available." Feel free to post a comment to let me know that you are still seeing this message a lot today?8:08 AM - Maintenance is complete. BlogPatrol.com is back online and recording visits again. BlogPatrol did not

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-3412019376291082712009-05-02T13:49:00.002-04:002009-05-07T15:48:34.055-04:00

May 2, 2009BlogPatrol.com will be down and not recording any stats during this maintenance window.1:21 PM - Received messages about BlogPatrol counters not working. Running database maintenance script.1:49 PM - Maintenance is finished. BlogParol.com is back online.May 1, 2009BlogPatrol.com will be down and not recording any stats during this maintenance window.11:57 AM - Performing database

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-61341106245757230482009-04-27T09:52:00.002-04:002009-05-01T12:08:46.475-04:00

April 27, 20099:52 AM - Performing database maintenance to purge detailed stats down to 28 days.3:07 PM - Database required re-indexing. May have to attempt the purge again later today.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-14932181018480530122009-03-27T11:56:00.002-04:002009-04-27T09:52:08.807-04:00

March 27, 20097:35 AM - The database is still responding slowly to user requests. Running another set of maintenance activities.11:56 AM - The database seems to be loading much more quickly now. If anyone else is experiencing slow times for loading your stats, please let me know.March 26, 20092:00 PM EST (UTC-4 America/New York) - BlogPatrol will be offline this afternoon so that we can conduct

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-65989721094628698652009-03-05T12:43:00.001-05:002009-03-05T16:34:28.828-05:00

March 4, 200910:00 PM EST (UTC-5 America/New York)The Verizon Business FIOS service that provides BlogPatrol's connection to the Internet has been down since about 10 PM on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Our website is currently offline, but we are in contact with Verizon representatives to resolve the issue. We will post updates as we obtain more information.March 5, 200911:21 AM ESTNo results from

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-77093075989454226232009-02-20T21:53:00.002-05:002009-03-05T11:06:54.617-05:00

February 17, 20091:00 PM EST (UTC-5 America/New York) - BlogPatrol.com will be offline for a few hours while we install a new ad server for the website.3:24 PM EST - The ad server installation is complete.4:40 PM EST - We also need to conduct maintenance on our database. BlogPatrol.com is offline and is not tracking stats during this time. We will post an update once we are back online.11:00

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-61547089186737473102009-01-14T20:25:00.000-05:002009-01-14T20:29:40.039-05:00

1:00 PM EST (UTC-5 America/New York) - BlogPatrol will be offline this afternoon so that we can conduct maintenance on our database. We will post an update once we are back online.3:09 PM - Started database maintenance. BlogPatrol.com is offline and not tracking stats during this time.8:25 PM - The database maintenance is complete. We have successfully purged records older than 21 days from

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-45313568377237464642009-01-04T20:44:00.005-05:002009-03-05T11:16:32.375-05:00

BlogPatrol was offline for almost the whole weekend on January 2nd, 3rd and 4th due to a combination of issues with the re-built server. Frankly, at least one of the issues was my own fault. I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm sorry the site was down for so long. The service is back up again as of approximately 8:40 pm this evening.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-15528618809540396752008-12-25T22:20:00.003-05:002008-12-25T22:54:09.868-05:00

People sometimes ask, "Do blogs matter?" Look no further than this CNN article on the blog 'miracle' which saved one family's Christmas -- and home:A family facing foreclosure is anything but a unique story in these troubled economic times. But this is a happier story of one family whose financial ruin was averted by the actions of a friend, the compassion of strangers, the networking power of

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-67771559772728033612008-12-22T19:30:00.003-05:002008-12-23T07:55:00.793-05:00

As of 10:30 PM EST (New York) on December 22, we corrected a problem with the database. We apologize for the downtime. Thank you for your patience.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-67355656217718019062008-12-19T23:16:00.003-05:002009-03-05T11:07:21.778-05:00

BlogPatrol.com will be offline for the next 24 to 48 hours in order to perform extended maintenance on our server that includes the rebuilding of the operating system. The maintenance will begin during the evening of December 19. We expect to be back online no later than December 21. Thank you for your patience.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-81130774854684062012008-11-25T14:05:00.001-05:002008-11-25T20:41:20.780-05:00

2:05 PM We are purging our database of records older than eight days, which is proving to take a long time. (Your total visitor and hit counts will still be in the system, but detailed information older than eight days will be removed.) We will post an update when the site is back online.6:30 PM BlogPatrol is back online now. Thanks to everyone for your patience.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-1573415773319705302008-04-15T13:07:00.004-04:002008-04-16T07:38:09.625-04:00

RESOLVED on April 16:It seems that our latest bug fix to the stats report has caused a number of our web pages to go offline. This should be a relatively easy fix, but our web developer will not be available to fix it until about 11 PM Eastern (UTC-4 America/New York).The good news is that you can still login to your account and view your stats at:http://www.blogpatrol.com/login.phpThe pages

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-36047496118066993982008-04-05T12:34:00.013-04:002009-03-05T11:08:05.934-05:00

Updated on Apr. 6, 2008, at 5:02 AM (UTC-4 America/New York):We have completed the migration of the site and BlogPatrol is now back online. We are now testing the web pages for any residual issues. So far, we have noted that there are issues with:"Today's Visits" has a different value than the current day of the "Daily Visitors for Week of MMM DD to MMM DD". When displaying correctly, these two

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-46079091503647899622008-04-04T22:26:00.020-04:002010-01-06T06:04:51.520-05:00

Will BlogPatrol work on my blog? In its current form, BlogPatrol will only work with blogs, blogging platforms, and blog hosting providers that accept javascript code. Here is a short list of compatible and non-compatible providers and platforms. When possible the provider or platform is linked to more information concerning compatibility/non-compatibility. Blog Hosting Providers BlogPatrol

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-6080856876059184242008-04-03T10:16:00.001-04:002009-03-05T11:08:23.553-05:00

Updated on Apr. 3, 2008, at 10:16 AM (UTC-5 America/New York):We'll be releasing all the work we've been doing by Saturday, April 5, 2008. Thanks for everyone's patience with our efforts. The release should fix the "login problem" for everyone.Updated on Mar. 5, 2008, at 4:26 AM:Another step forward: I have started to create new editions of the support pages that (a) provide sign up

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-77884217454612754572008-02-28T09:39:00.004-05:002008-06-10T08:13:44.412-04:00

Question: How do I change the time zone of my BlogPatrol account?Answer: You can change the time zone of your BlogPatrol account at any time by (1) logging into your BlogPatrol account, (2) opening the list of timezones, (3) selecting a different timezone, and (4) clicking the "Modify" button to save the change(s) you have selected.For more information, see the screen shot below. (Click on the

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-33256398712818835822008-02-17T17:19:00.005-05:002008-02-21T11:49:06.619-05:00

Updated on February 17, 2008 at 6:31 PM UTC-5 (America/New York)We have completed some maintenance on the server, which should restore your BlogPatrol accounts to normal performance levels. Please let us know if you have experience otherwise, thanks!Posted on February 17, 2008 at 5:19 PM UTC-5 (America/New York)We are currently experiencing some issues with our server that are causing the pages

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Updated on Feb. 12, 2008, at 11:37 AM (UTC-5 America/New York):We've resolved the issue with our server and BlogPatrol is back online. Thanks for your patience!Posted on Feb. 12, 2008, at 10:04 AM (UTC-5 America/New york):Our server is currrently experiencing problems, and we are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. We will post an update when we have more information.

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Question: How do I change the style of my BlogPatrol counter icon (i.e., BlogPatrol widget or BlogPatrol logo) to a different style? or from an icon that shows the number of visitors to a stealth icon that does not?Answer: You can change the style of your BlogPatrol counter icon at any time -- without having to re-install the code -- by logging into your BlogPatrol account, selecting a different

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Originally posted on January 22, 2008 at 4:47 PM UTC-5 America/New York.Last updated on January 25, 2008 at 4:12 AM.BlogPatrol users are reporting that BlogPatrol has stopped working on their Blogger (blogspot.com) blogs as of last Friday, January 18, 2008.Symptoms:Not all BlogPatrol accounts are affected. It appears that those Blogspot.com blogs which have the BlogPatrol code installed in the

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It's not only a new year, but a new day, coming soon, for BlogPatrol. I've been quiet on the blog lately, but actually very busy finding a new web development company to deliver improvements to our services. I'm pleased to say that Ive found a great company with whom I've been working since early December 2007.By the end of January, we will soon release improvements to:New User Signup

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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all our BlogPatrol users. Peace on Earth and Joy to All.Thank you for helping BlogPatrol to turn 2007 around into a fantastic year. We look forward to an even better 2008.

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Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, 9:06 AM (UTC -5 America/New York)BlogPatrol.com is currently offline while we make some updates and patches to our web server to enhance the site performance and increase server security. More updates to follow.3:38 PM -- We have run into unexpected difficulties while making the updates and adding the patches to our server. We are still working on bringing the site back

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I just learned about the following resource for Wordpress bloggers at Wordpress Tutorials. The site is very friendly to non-techies with sections addressing bloggers who are:New to blogging?New to Wordpress?Using Wordpress?The homepage also features answers to frequently asked questions:Why blog?Do I need to speak geek?Will blogging help me get better search engine rankings?Can blogging help me

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We have temporarily disabled the BlogPatrol Net Tools site while we make some changes to our server configuration over the next few weeks. This is the site that was published at the URL http://tools.blogpatrol.com.We will post an update when this service is back online.

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Please check out this incredible resource for bloggers using Blogger blogs (i.e., yourblog.blogspot.com): Tips for New Bloggers.I can't believe how many tips, instructions, guides, and resources this blog consolidates into one location. Personally, I used the instructions to install the Digg widget within each post on The Patrol Blog.If you don't know how to do something on your Blogger blog,

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After just completing an upgrade on October 19, we added even more capacity on November 8, 2007, to keep up with the steady growth of BlogPatrol users in recent months.Thanks everyone for choosing BlogPatrol as your web stats provider.

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On Friday, October 19, 2007, BlogPatrol.com will be down for about 30 minutes sometime during 5:00 PM to 7 PM (UTC -4 America/New York) for a hardware upgrade.

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10:26 AM UTC-4 America/New York: The server is down at the moment. We will post an update when we're back up and running.11:31 AM: We're back online. Thanks for your patience.

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Thanks to one of our member bloggers, Society for the preservation of MY sanity, who helped us to discover what we're calling the Paint-Disclosure-Policy-by-Number approach to disclosing a blog's intent and policies.We found this cool resource just be reading the Society's disclosure policy, aptly titled the Society's disclosure policy. We were intrigued enough to check out DisclosurePolicy.org ,

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This policy is valid from 06 October 2007 This blog is a sponsored blog created or supported by a company, organization or group of organizations. For uestions about this blog, please contact thepatrolblog@blogpatrol.com. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We

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If you haven't caught the news about what's going on in Myanmar, you've got to take a minute to check out these articles:Internet cut in Myanmar, blogger presses on (cnn.com)Myanmar's blogs of bloodshed (atimes.com)Myanmar’s Internet link broken (Roundup Blog)Nine killed in Myanmar protest crackdown (Reuters.com) Myanmar: turbulent days of mass protest (int.iol.co.zaMyanmar blogs (

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7:45 AM, Wednesday, September 26, 2007: We are doing an integrity check on our database tables to verify and remove any corruption in our database. We will be online again shortly.8:18 AM, Wednesday, September 26, 2007: BlogPatrol.com is back online after finding and repairing some errors in our database.

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On Sunday, September 23, 2007, BlogPatrol.com will be down for a few hours starting at 9 AM Eastern (UTC -4 America/New York) for site maintenance.Around 12 noon, we completed our scheduled maintenance which included two activities:Purging the database - We purged the database of detailed information older than 48 hours in order to keep the database small enough for the system to load your stats

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I'm pleased to announce that we have restored the BlogPatrol Net Tools Website that's been down due to the boot drive failure on one of the new servers.Net Tool is a companion website that provides Connection Tools (Ping) and Host Information Tools such as Resolve Host / Reverse Lookup, Get Country, Whois (IP), Whois (Domain), Dig, and HTTP Request.

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11:45 AM Eastern (UTC -4 America/New York): The BlogPatrol website and free blog counter service will be down for up to 2 hours of scheduled maintenance starting at 11:45 AM Eastern (UTC -4 America/New York). We will return the site to service as quickly as possible.12:53 PM: The maintenance task is complete, and we have brought BlogPatrol.com back online. Thank you!

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Stats Reports are available as of 12:30 PM UTC-4 (America/New York), Wednesday, September 5, 2007.We are still in the process of re-building the server whose boot drive failed. The good news is that once this server is rebuilt, we will see the benefits of the migration and upgrade.We had a few unfortunate events happen all at once this week, but as I mentioned in an earlier post: BlogPatrol.com

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We've had a run of bad luck, but we will overcome these obstacles and get things back online.One of the two servers that we upgraded to had a boot drive failure, which means that we have to rebuild that server.You will not be able to access your stats reports during this time; however, we are recording stats for you while we rebuild this server.

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The server is back online so BlogPatrol is counting stats for you again, but access to your stats reports is not available. We will post another update soon.

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We have had some unexpected problems post-migration, and these problems have prevented us from bringing the site back online in a timely manner.We are working to bring the site up as soon as possible. We will post a status update within the next 12 hours, if we are not back online before then.

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Migration in-process as of Thursday, August 30, 2007Updated on August 30, 2007, 8:35 AM...We have added our website DNS entries into the new server and are waiting for the changes to propagate.We will cutover to the new servers once we are sure the propagation is complete.Migration scheduled for Thursday, August 30, 2007Updated on August 27, 2007, 9:00 PM...We will be cutting over to the new

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As of 4:51 PM Eastern (UTC -4 America/New York), we are doing system maintenance and expect to return the system to full performance by 8 PM.BlogPatrol is still counting your blog stats during this time. Until maintenance is completed, however, there may be times when the main BlogPatrol web site is unavailable.Update:We completed the system maintenance and brought the BlogPatrol web site back

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The BlogPatrol Detailed Analysis of the Last 25 Visitors report can provide insight into the reading behavior of your blog audience. After recently simplifying the instructions for installing BlogPatrol on Blogger blogs, I wanted to find answers to questions such as: Are new users trying the instructions? Are users getting all the way through the instructions? How long are users taking to

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Thanks to all of you who commented or emailed feedback on the general login problem. In our follow-up with the users reporting in problems, everyone confirmed the ability to login as of July 29. Your timely collaboration quickly informed us when our efforts worked and when they didn't. Thank you!During the week (July 20 to 26) that the login problem escalated to a majority of users, the

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Status Report: Error resolved as of August 5, 2007, 9:58 AM Eastern (UTC -4 America/New York)Updated on Sunday, August 5, 9:58 AM:The solution we've implemented has allowed all users to login for more than a week, so we're gladly declaring this issue resolved.The Set Cookie and IE7 thread on the SitePoint Forum helped us to figure out a solution to this issue. Thanks, seiya and Azmeen (1, 2, 3)!

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We are monitoring the system performance and identifying issues that range from bug fixes to desired enhancements for BlogPatrol 1.5. We are regularly updating our list of known issues that are resolved and unresolved:UnresolvedProblem viewing stats with my selected timezone (Unresolved, Temporary fix as of 6/2/2007)Users could not stay logged in (Resolved for most users on 7/27/2007)Resolved

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We have simplified the detailed instructions for installing BlogPatrol for Blogger blogs.Previously, the instructions were divided into a whopping 24 steps (about 19 steps too many). Now, the instructions consist of 5 steps with screenshots to support each step:Step 1: Login to BlogPatrolStep 2: Copy BlogPatrol CodeStep 3: Login to your Blogger blogStep 4: Paste BlogPatrol CodeStep 5:

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Back to Intro ~ Forward to Step 2Add BlogPatrol to a Blogger (Blogspot.com) blogin 5 STEPSThe following information will help you to install BlogPatrol's counter code as a Gadget (fomerly called Page Element) on your Blogger blog (i.e., http:// yourblog.blogspot.com) in 5 easy steps:Step 1: Login to BlogPatrol (continue reading below)Step 2: Copy BlogPatrol CodeStep 3: Login to your Blogger

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Back to Step 1 ~ Forward to Step 3STEP #2 – Retrieve and copy the BlogPatrol CodeThe following instructions and screenshots will help you to RETRIEVE and COPY the BlogPatrol Counter Code onto your computer’s clipboard.Screenshot 1 of 2: First, click on the RETRIEVE COUNTER CODE link located in the MY ACCOUNT SETTINGS menu.(Click on the above image to see an enlarged view.)Screenshot 2 of 2:

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Back to Step 2 ~ Forward to Step 4STEP #3 – Login to your Blogger (Blogspot.com) blogImportant Tip: Open a third browser window (or browser tab) in order to login to your Blogger blog. Remember to keep your first window open for these instructions and your second window open for your BlogPatrol account.Screenshot 1 of 4: Login to your Blogger account by (a) typing your Blogger/Google Username

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Back to Step 3 ~ Forward to Step 5STEP #4 – Paste BlogPatrol Code to your blog templateThe next step is to Add a Gadget by pasting the BlogPatrol code into the appropriate area of your blog's template.Screenshot 1 of 10: Click on one of the three (3) links titled by Blogger as Add a Gadget (formerly called Page Element), labeled in the screen shot below as (c1), (c2), and (c3). These three

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Back to Step 4 ~ Exit and go to BlogPatrol.comSTEP #5 – Verified? Congratulations!Screenshot 1 of 5: If you are able to see the BlogPatrol counter widget icon on your blog, then you have successfully completed the installation of BlogPatrol for your blog.(Click on the above image to see an enlarged view.)Screenshot 2 of 5:Now go to the browser window that is logged into your BlogPatrol account

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After you have created your BlogPatrol account, you can use the Ban my IP option, which means that BlogPatrol will ignore visits and hits from your computer.Your BlogPatrol account allows you to block up to four (4) different IP addresses, which are pre-labeled as: Home IP, Work IP, Wireless IP, and Other IP. You will find these "Ban my IP" data fields located between the Visitor Count and

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Tom Pick is a b2b marketer who's focused on research, writing, leadership and online marketing since 1996. He runs an outstanding portal dedicated to web marketing: WebMarketCentral.com.I've been looking for new ad broker companies to help BlogPatrol serve geo-specific banner ads since nearly two-thirds of our site traffic is non-US, non-Canada. I found Mr. Pick's portal when I did a Google

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-58387706350622754162007-07-15T15:32:00.000-04:002007-08-02T08:15:54.940-04:00

July 15, 2007, 3:32 PM Eastern (UTC-4 America/New York)Over the past several days, the system has been rendering browser timeouts and slow page loads, especially for the stats reports.You should see an improvement today, as we have disabled the banner ads on the stats report page because they often slow down the page loads. (Be sure to comment if you do not see any improvements in the page load

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882871836624366389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858606497445162883.post-70488614593434201032007-07-14T01:08:00.000-04:002007-08-04T14:41:18.997-04:00

Mark Ghosh has an impressive blog for WordPress users at the Weblog Tools Collection. According to his site description, "WeblogToolsCollection.com posts daily news, articles, reviews, plugins, themes, scripts and tools about blogging in general and Wordpress in particular."If you're using WordPress, you've got to check out his site. For example, he's currently running a WordPress Plugin

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Friday, July 13, 2007, 2:05 AM Eastern (UTC-4 America/New York): Around 2:05 AM, the database stopped displaying new visitor counts -- but continued to record them -- due to a system error. We are currently working on this problem and will post an update when the repair is complete.Friday, July 13, 2007, 9:19 PM Eastern (UTC-4 America/New York): We have repaired the database. The MySQL Slave

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Earlier this week, my friend Rasul Sha'ir of Threshold Blogazine and Vosica, told me about Techmeme, a useful aggregator of technology news. In the About Us section of Techmeme, Gabe Rivera writes:At this moment, the next big story in technology may reside on a blog you've never heard of or a news site you don't have time to scan. So I built a software agent to surface these links in real time

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Bug Report: "My counter is off by four days. For example, it says the current day is last Friday, when it is actually Tuesday. Can you fix this, please?"Error: Having a day with 0 (zero) visitors will cause a BlogPatrol stats report to lose several days in the display of the Weekly/Daily bar chart of the new 3D format. Please note that the data is still being recorded for your account, but it is

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"I'll have an order of two Visitor Activity Reports and Details of my Last 25 Visitors to go!"I'm pleased to announce the release of a new format for our stats reports. We've organized the reports into a Stats Dashboard with categories that are more intuitive to understand and easier to use:View All StatisticsStats Totals Weekly, Daily & Hourly reports Visitor Activity reportsReferrers

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QUESTION: “Hi. Do I have to put up the counter code on my blog? I just want to know the stats, but I don't want to show everyone the stats. Thanks!” ANSWER:Great question! In order for BlogPatrol to count stats for your blog, the BlogPatrol counter code must be copied into your blog's HTML template code. Otherwise, it is physically impossible for our site to track the visits to your site. Our

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Long-time BlogPatrol users have seen great changes with our website and service since the beginning of 2007. Despite the big improvements that have happened already, and the new features soon to arrive, it's the little improvements that can make a big difference.In web development, one use of the term "focus" is to define it as a website automatically placing the user's cursor into the first data

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June 17, 2007, 9:25 AM Eastern (UTC-4 New York): We are currently migrating the system to provide enhanced stats charting and an updated site design for BlogPatrol.com. The migration may result in system downtime during the morning of Sunday, June 17.We will post an update when the migration is complete.10:18 AM: We have completed our system upgrade. The upgrades provide:a more user friendly

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Please Remember: You will need to complete the following two steps in order to create and activate your free BlogPatrol account: SIGN UP for a BlogPatrol account (continue reading below) INSTALL the BlogPatrol code on your blog The following instructions define each of the data fields that you need to complete in order to signup for a BlogPatrol account: Create a Username: Select a username that

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For your convenience, here are summary lists of new features and enhancements!New Features - Recently ReleasedJuly 23, 2007: Install Instructions simplified for Blogger blogsJune 17, 2007: Major system upgrade including... Updated overall site design including menus and colors Added interactive, 3-D graphs for stats reports May 19, 2007: Launched BlogPatrol version 1.5 June 1, 2007: Launched

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Last updated: June 7, 2007, 7:49 AM Eastern (UTC -4 America/New York)Bug Report: My stats reports are not displaying properly, and my customized timezone is in the range of UTC-5 to UTC-11:I selected a timezone within the range of UTC-5 to UTC-11 for my BlogPatrol account.When I check my stats, I see only the basic stats for Total Visitors and Hits as well as Today's Visitors and Hits.I am unable

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It's been a long time since I've been able to post anything other than info and instructions pertaining directly to BlogPatrol. However, I just stumbled upon a site about monetizing blogs that really caught my eye: Dosh Dosh.I don't know the author, but I recommend his blog for anyone interested in learning how to earn income from blogging. You'll also learn how not to earn income from your blogs

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6:28 PM Eastern, June 2 - We are adding the long awaited, much requested time zone feature to the live BlogPatrol site. The system will be down for at least a few minutes while we upload the new functions to the live site. Please standby for updates.7:06 PM Eastern, June 2 - The upgrade activities are now complete. We invite everyone to log into their account(s) and select the timezone that

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2:23 PM Eastern, June 1 - We are tweaking the system, so the database and stats reports may be rendering slowly for the next hour or so.5:15 PM Eastern , June 1 - We have completed the tweaks, and the database should be performing normally now.

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To delete your account, use BlogPatrol's contact form to send us an email with the subject "DELETE".Include any or all of the following with your email request:the email address registered with your BlogPatrol account, the user name of your account, and/or the address of your blog so that we can locate your account in our database.We will send you an email confirming the deletion of your account

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