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1. loomisnews
   Member
   Jul 18, 2009, 8:37 PM

   I don't know how or why, but EVERY SINGLE category or tag I put on my blogs simply links back to my own blog.

   Click on one of the recent ones and see, like http://loomisnews.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/southern-strategy-redux/

   where all the tags or categories simply go to:

   http://loomisnews.wordpress.com/tag/sonia-sotomayor/

   It does not link to the global tags/categories of WordPress -- so my blog posts (brilliant, I might add) never get into the global stream.

   The blog I need help with is loomisnews.wordpress.com.

2. loomisnews
   Member
   Jul 18, 2009, 8:39 PM

   Also the CHANGE BUTTOn on posts does not work

3. loomisnews
   Member
   Jul 18, 2009, 8:43 PM

   the change button to the right

4. loomisnews
   Member
   Jul 18, 2009, 8:44 PM

   why am I not surprised?

5. 1tess
   Moderator
   Jul 18, 2009, 9:15 PM

   loomisnews,

   In your dashboard, check your privacy settings (dashboard > settings > privacy)
   Be sure that you have ticked:
   "I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Sphere, Technorati) and archivers"

   If you have a check mark beside either of these, then your categories and tags will be out of the global search system:
   "I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors"
   or
   ("I would like my blog to be visible only to users I choose"—because I could see your blog you do not have this option checked)

   As for the "change button to the right"
   I'm not sure what you are referring to.
   Clarify.

6. cogitoergocogitosum
   Member
   Jul 18, 2009, 9:57 PM

   This looks normal to me. Mine does the same and Im happy with it.

   You see, what its doing... is this... if you open a single article and then you click on a tag, where the link sends you is to your own blog, yes, but it lists all the blog entries that have the associated tag

7. 1tess
   Moderator
   Jul 18, 2009, 10:03 PM

   cogitoergocogitosum

   If this is you (Please, it is very helpful to provide a link to your blog, or to link your name to your blog as in the sticky post at the top of the forum), then this post:
   http://cogitoergocogitosum.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/human-evolution-extinction/
   leads to a global tag when I click on the "ethics" tag below it.
   http://en.wordpress.com/tag/ethics/

   Categories and tags in your sidebar always lead to your own posts.

8. tellyworth
   Staff
   Jul 19, 2009, 5:08 AM

   1tess had it in one.

   loomisnews, you selected the "I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors" privacy setting. This includes global tag pages.

9. leetgamer
   Member
   Jul 19, 2009, 6:58 AM

   Looks like someone else screwed up royally.

10. loomisnews
    Member
    Jul 19, 2009, 9:06 PM

    yeah, any faq topic or help note that tells you how changing one thing affects something totally different.

    I see wordpress is for geeks & comic gbook guys only

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