Just wanted to pass along some infor­ma­tion that has helped me through this ugly period.

Both Google Ana­lyt­ics and Google Web­mas­ter Tool­box have been extremely help­ful with list­ing of key­words (see­ing the bad ones dis­ap­pear) and page vis­its. With­out this kind of infor­ma­tion I would be very much in the dark. I would also not be able to see when things are start­ing to change — right them­selves. So if you don’t Ana­lyt­ics or Web­mas­ter Tool­box I highly recomend you do.

Also, as I men­tioned in my arti­cle, a very nice WebProWorld mod­er­a­tor passed along an htac­cess file which I mod­i­fied to cover spe­cific key­words and phrases that were being used. We are now in the process of alpha­bet­iz­ing the list to eas­ily add need words or phrases, so it if you would like a copy just drop me a note.

Live Help Crafty Syn­tax has allowed me to watch who comes online and what pages they visit so I can feel secure.

I sure don’t wish this on any­one, but I sure have learned a lot. If you every find your­self in this spot I will be happy to pass on what I have learned.

Jan