I have noticed some things happening recently that lead me to ask some questions.
1a. If you are subscribed to follow WUWT via email, where you get emails advising you of new posts, are you still getting those emails? For example, a notice of this post?
1b. If you aren’t receiving those emails, are they in your SPAM filter?
2. If you are subscribed to WUWT via RSS feed, are you still able to read it in the reader of your choice?
3. Are you getting any sorts of SPAM, phishing, or “unsafe” website notices for any links that might be embedded in those emails or feeds?
Please leave answers yes/no in comments.
The reason I ask is that WordPress recently flagged WUWT as a high traffic site, and added extra advertising, for which I get a few cents per click. But, at the same time I’m wondering if that has come with a penalty in the form of a raised SPAM score due to that extra advertising.
As always, thanks for visiting and thanks for your support. – Anthony
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Still receiving thank you
I can still read WUWT in Google Reader, but the format changed. I used to just get a preview, and I had to click the preview to open a new page with the full article. Now I get the full article in Reader.
1a yes
1b no
2 yes
3. no
1a NA
1b NA
2 YES
3 NO
RSS Feed, all is working.
1 yes
2 n/a
3 no
Still getting emails.
Nothing in spam filter.
Don’t do RSS
No problems I’m aware of.
1A Yes
rest N/A
Money 4 U 4 Free? Click! Click! Click!
1a Yes
1n N/A
2 N/A
3 No
May have located a problem… don’t know if it is the same that you are speaking of though.
On IE, if InPrivate is on and set Automatic, for some reason a recent change has caused the posted pages, not the main page, to never completely load, it hangs with “Waiting for hhttp://wattsupwiththat/2012/10/02/some-questions-for-readers/…”. It’s doing it right now. You never see ‘Done.’ in the status bar and curiously, this also causes the web page “Find” bar to no longer work. May or may not be the same problem you are speaking of.
This is new problem for me in the last day or two. Other than that, I have had no problems for over three years except it has become slower and slower and slower but InPrivate fixed the speed problem cutting out all of the trackers.
1. N/A.
2. Yes, in Google Reader.
3. No. I use Firefox (work) and Chrome (home) both with Adblock and Flashblock installed, so virtually all adverts are automatically prevented; I don’t know whether that would affect matters.
N/A
N/A
Yes (getting the whole article, not just headlines)
No
1a) Yes. Subscribed to follow by email. Notices are received by email (Outlook).
1b) Nothing in SPAM.
2) N/A
3) No. I use ESET and Malwarebytes, and haven’t noticed anything unusual.
Thank you, Anthony and congratulations on building a high traffic site. The ads are not a problem and are sometimes useful.
1a: No
1b: No
2: Yes, Omea Reader
3. Not that I’ve noticed.
@Mark Luedtke:
I think the RSS feed here has changed from just being a preview to being a full article. This has varied over time here and does seem to be something under the control of individual sites.
2. RSS feed is working fine in iGoogle.
I use AdBlock Plus and don’t see any ads. Since I visit this site regularly, I throw a few bucks in the donation jar from time to time. I don’t use email notifications; I come here when I have the time, don’t need even more clutter in my inbox.
1a NA
1b NA
2 Yes Thunderbird
3 N but don’t often follow links
Subscribed by email.
All working, no problems.
RSS feed is fine and no warnings
I unsubscribed because I always check WUWT daily anyhow.
1a Yes. 2 N/A. 3 No
All as normal right now. Some FB emails are being blocked but not WUWT.
1a — na
1b — na
2 — Yes
3 — NO
1a. If you are subscribed to follow WUWT via email, where you get emails advising you of new posts, are you still getting those emails? For example, a notice of this post?
YES
1b. If you aren’t receiving those emails, are they in your SPAM filter?
n/a
2. If you are subscribed to WUWT via RSS feed, are you still able to read it in the reader of your choice? n/a
3. Are you getting any sorts of SPAM, phishing, or “unsafe” website notices for any links that might be embedded in those emails or feeds?
NO. There are no ads at all embedded into the emails I receive from wordpress.com containing WUWT posts.