Well, I’m not sure if this is happening to all of you or not, but I have just gotten word that some of you guys may be having a redirection problem on my blog.
I recently just put the WP-Ban Plugin to use and it seems like it’s not working as expected. Bloggin-Ads was having a problem with this stupid spammer, so I decided to block the IP. Well that was a bad idea because I just got a message from a tech guy at a different blog stating that he gets redirected to my “BANNED” page, which shows a “Next On The Ban List” picture.
Anyways, I just want you guys to know I deeply apologize for this and that because of the problem and me not posting the contest results, I’m going to start the contest again this Friday.
- WHAT!? I already subscribed to you!
Well, I’m going to give those users (there were only 2 via RSS e-mail) ad spots anyways because they shouldn’t be penalized for my problem.
Just stay tuned for this Friday because that’s when I’ll post the Contest info 
If you’re using Wordpress, give the free Akismet plug-in a try! I’ve found this great at dealing with spam on my own site!
-John.
John » I do use Akismet to stop spam, but it just gets annoying when spammers keep trying. That is why I put WP-Ban into use, but I guess it blocked out regular visitors too. I probably lost a huge traffic spike too.
-Mike
Here’s a good one for you. When I started my blog, I forgot to turn on the comments. It was that way for 3 months. Finally, someone emailed me through my other site and told me about it. All is better now but it kind of makes you cringe.
Andy » Wow, that really sucks, but I guess we all learn something sooner or later. I had to learn Wordpress from scratch in 1 month.
-Mike
Mike I’m in the same boat, had to learn about wordpress, CSS and HTML, haven’t broken my blog design yet, but determined to work on it some more.
If you’re posting a contest I think it’s best to link to it in this post - just means users find it easier and quicker.
Nick - road2blogging’s last blog post..From Newbie to Problogger in 24 months
Nick - road2blogging » The contest will be posted tomorrow in a brand new post
-Mike