{"id":1790,"date":"2003-11-30T21:07:31","date_gmt":"2003-12-01T01:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2003\/11\/30\/league-of-liberals-blog-count-scandal\/"},"modified":"2003-11-30T21:07:31","modified_gmt":"2003-12-01T01:07:31","slug":"league-of-liberals-blog-count-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/11\/30\/league-of-liberals-blog-count-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"League of Liberals Blog Count Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From a Blogging galaxy far away, a hit-inflation scandal is brewing.  Seems
\n a bunch of bloggers who are part of the "League of Liberals" have each
\n put up site-counters for the others blogs, with the net result that anyone
\n who hits any one of the blogs gets counted as having visited all of them.
\n Some of the site-counters were hidden from visitor view, including a
\n counter fro the #1 blog on the League homepage itself.<\/p>\n

Naturamente, the Liberal League honchos were horrified.  Serves
\n them right for adopting such a wimpy name.<\/p>\n

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Effective immediately, six weblogs are being put on notice that they
\n are about to be suspended from the Ecosystem. If suspended, their entries
\n will not be displayed on any Ecosystem pages (either by traffic ranking
\n or by links); their links will not count to other weblogs, and their
\n votes will not count in the New Weblog Showcase. The reason for these
\n suspensions is that it has come to my attention via the Commissar that
\n some weblogs are posting multiple SiteMeter counters
\n on their pages which point to otherweblogs. The result is that when a
\n visitor lands on their main page, the visit is not just counted for their
\n own blog, but is also double-, triple-, or in some cases quadruple-counted
\n as a visit to the other blogs.<\/p>\n

Here’s the listing of the top-ranked weblogs in the League of Liberals
\n :<\/p>\n

Rush Limbaughtomy (381 links) – 2311 visits\/day V
\n Treason Online (76 links) – 2170 visits\/day V
\n Savage Cruel Bigots (61 links) – 2170 visits\/day V
\n The Mahablog (253 links) – 2170 visits\/day
\n Hell on Halliburton (86 links) – 1645 visits\/day V
\n League of Liberals (116 links) – 1486 visits\/day V<\/p>\n

And here’s the list of weblogs with multiple SiteMeter counters:<\/p>\n

Treason Online: Counters for Hell on Halliburton, Treason Online, and
\n MahaBlog. Update: And a hidden one for Rush Limbaughtomy.<\/p>\n

Savage Cruel Bigots: Counters for Savage Cruel Bigots, Hell on Halliburton,
\n and Treason Online. Update: And a hidden one for Rush Limbaughtomy.<\/p>\n

Rush Limbaughtomy: Counters for Hell on Halliburton, Treason Online,
\n Savage Cruel Bigots, The League of Liberals, and Rush Limbaughtomy
\n (hidden).<\/p>\n

The Mahablog: Counters for Mahablog, The League of Liberals, and
\n Treason Online.Update: And a hidden one for Rush Limbaughtomy.<\/p>\n

Hell for Halliburton: Counters for Treason Online, Savage Cruel Bigots,
\n and Hell for Halliburton. Update: And a hidden one for Rush Limbaughtomy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

from The Truth Laid Bear<\/a><\/p>\n

via
\n Instapundit<\/a> (bad liberals)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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