I wouldn’t have much to say about “Blogging about Blogging” this month except I fell behind on my usual # of posts this month. It’s okay…I couldn’t keep up that pace forever.

For some reason in Part 4, I said I’d discuss Bots and content stealing websites. I don’t quite remember why. But I’ll discuss them now anyways as I have nothing else to write about:

Bots >:(
So…my analytics tell me that some bot came to my page and viewed:
/default.php?amp;cpage=1&p=138%20And%20char(124)%2b(Select%20Cast(Count(1)%20as%20varchar(8000))%2Bchar(124)%20From%20[sysobjects]%20Where%201=1)>0
Figuring that out, they’re looking at the comment section of page 138 (bit.ly) and…well, it gets a bit complicated from there
the %20 is a space ” “, %2b is a “+”, chart(124) = “|”…I think
Taking those into consideration,
/default.php?amp;cpage=1&p=138 And | + (Select Cast(Count(1) as varchar(8000)) + | From [sysobjects] Where 1=1)>0

What is that? It’s a SQL query. What are they trying to do? SQL Injection attack. I don’t know too much about that stuff but see the end, where it says “Where 1=1″….that statement provides = “true” and…well, I dunno, it’s supposed to get your info. I suggest learning more about it @ the link above…where stuff is written…yknow, better.

The point is:
Wordpress 1, Bot 0

Content Stealing Sites >:(
Uh oh. I can’t find the examples that I thought I’d have. The point is that…after I make posts and blog and stuff, bots come, parse my content, and put it on their site! >:( Grrr…why is my well written, beautiful…uh…writing going on other, non good sites?! It makes me so angry! Well…kinda…I think it bothered me more when I found out about it…it’s not so bad anymore.

/to be continued in “Blogging about Blogging Part 6: I have nothing more to write about”. Exciting…

BTW: I updated my peas image. Better quality…no black line on the right….flicker remains :(