World History
The new domain for the World History Blog is http://www.worldhistoryblog.com. The old Blogspot domain will still work and should redirect to the new address. If you have links to the World History Blog on your blog or site, I would appreciate it if you would change the link to reflect this.
I probably should have done this long ago. However, the new Blogger Custom Domains makes the process painless and cheap in that I can still use Blogger, I do not need to transfer any files, and the service is free! All I had to do was buy the domain name and that was cheap.
Also, this blog has been losing most of the search engine traffic lately. As the number of incoming links from good history blogs and .edu sites continues to grow to the World History Blog, I believe it is not because this blog did anything wrong but that instead that Google, MSN, and Yahoo are filtering out or penalizing Blogspot addresses. This is probably because a recent study suggests that around 75% of Blogspot blogs are spam blogs (splogs). You can read the full study in PDF.
Plus, I plan on being around and posting to this blog for decades to come even if no one reads it. I might as well have my own domain and I think worldhistoryblog.com is the best one for me at this blog.
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World History
New Domain for the World History Blog
The new domain for the World History Blog is http://www.worldhistoryblog.com. The old Blogspot domain will still work and should redirect to the new address. If you have links to the World History Blog on your blog or site, I would appreciate it if you would change the link to reflect this.
I probably should have done this long ago. However, the new Blogger Custom Domains makes the process painless and cheap in that I can still use Blogger, I do not need to transfer any files, and the service is free! All I had to do was buy the domain name and that was cheap.
Also, this blog has been losing most of the search engine traffic lately. As the number of incoming links from good history blogs and .edu sites continues to grow to the World History Blog, I believe it is not because this blog did anything wrong but that instead that Google, MSN, and Yahoo are filtering out or penalizing Blogspot addresses. This is probably because a recent study suggests that around 75% of Blogspot blogs are spam blogs (splogs). You can read the full study in PDF.
Plus, I plan on being around and posting to this blog for decades to come even if no one reads it. I might as well have my own domain and I think worldhistoryblog.com is the best one for me at this blog.
- Comment Spam For The Holidays
Ah, I love the holidays. I get to spend Christmas, New Years, and various free days off from the university with my family. It is relaxing and gives me time for writing and blogging too. And, I get to delete an excessive amount of comment spamfrom this...
- Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier
WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier. This is a blog transcribing the letters of British soldier Harry Lamin from the front lines of World War I. Harry's grandson posts each dispatch exactly 90 years after they were written. This is a great idea...
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It is true. This blog has been banned by the Indian government and Internet Service Providers have been ordered to block this url. Am I really that subversive? Do I help to spread dissent or bad karma? Unfortunately, I am not alone. Millions of blogs...
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Were There Blog Enough and Time. This is an informative article by Ralph E. Luker. In it, he gives a long list of historians who are currently keeping history blogs with links to the actual blogs. I highly encourage readers of this blog to go exploring...
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I am almost laughing thinking that some of you will actually be out of school in a week or so whereas I go until June 25th (yes indeed) and then start summer school teaching on July 1st (but I love my job so there is no complaining here!). But...