While it's pretty cool to see the .gr suffix on the blog, redirection from searchingforithaka.blogspot.com to searchingforithaka.blogspot.com.gr will make some things stop working. For example, the Twitter widget in the sidebar to list recent tweets disappears altogether. When redirection is prevented, the widget magically comes to life.
The Twitter widget permits me to write short messages without writing an entire blog article and it consequently makes the blog more dynamic. Some call that microblogging and they can call it whatever they like, I just find it helpful and convenient.
To find the details on overcoming the redirection problem, see Digital Inspiration by Amit Agarwal on Prevent your Blogger Blog from Redirecting to Country-Specific URLs. His solution is fairly easy to implement so long as you're comfortable with editing HTML. The steps Mr Agarwal has provided are specific and will work if followed correctly but the process does require editing the HTML of the template for your blog. Be careful as you can break your blog beyond all imagination otherwise. Note: there is a Backup/Restore process in the HTML Edit function. Use it!
Mr Agarwal also has a clever way to ensure your blog is indexed by search engines and he does it through the use of robots.txt. You can review that one at How to Add a Google Sitemap to your Blogger Blog.
Sorry about what you may see as techno-babble but it solved a problem I've been having and I'm most appreciative of that.
The Twitter widget permits me to write short messages without writing an entire blog article and it consequently makes the blog more dynamic. Some call that microblogging and they can call it whatever they like, I just find it helpful and convenient.
To find the details on overcoming the redirection problem, see Digital Inspiration by Amit Agarwal on Prevent your Blogger Blog from Redirecting to Country-Specific URLs. His solution is fairly easy to implement so long as you're comfortable with editing HTML. The steps Mr Agarwal has provided are specific and will work if followed correctly but the process does require editing the HTML of the template for your blog. Be careful as you can break your blog beyond all imagination otherwise. Note: there is a Backup/Restore process in the HTML Edit function. Use it!
Mr Agarwal also has a clever way to ensure your blog is indexed by search engines and he does it through the use of robots.txt. You can review that one at How to Add a Google Sitemap to your Blogger Blog.
Sorry about what you may see as techno-babble but it solved a problem I've been having and I'm most appreciative of that.
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