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$\"Gravatar\"$ I noticed the same thing! When I saw the \"next\" button, I wondered how long that had been there. Then I checked my SiteMeter stats, and noticed that some of my referring sites were, um, unusual. Definitely random. One was written entirely in Spanish. So of course I checked for some sort of reference to my blog-- none.

Frankly, I think it is odd-- a bit like randomly dialing phone numbers to talk to people. But hey, if it helps spread the faith to one person, I suppose I'd call it a good thing nonetheless.

Maybe we need to put something at the top of our blogs welcoming these new people?
Matt 25:40 | Homepage | 08.18.04 - 3:24 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Might be an idea Matt! I guess it's one way to expand our horizons. If nothing else, all our site hits are going to go up considerably! $\"\"$
Michelle | Homepage | 08.18.04 - 3:43 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ But here's another thought I had... I'm not sure I want people who purposely seek out my site (say, because they do a search for a Bible verse... I get a few of those each week) to end up randomly being ported to a \"less Christian\" site. There are some, er, \"different\" blogs out there. I wonder if there is a way to eliminate the little \"next\" button from our own blogs?
Matt 25:40 | Homepage | 08.19.04 - 7:25 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Well your site visitors have the choice to either click on that or not. I'm amazed/amused at what that next button turns up! But not overly worried about what people might find after leaving my site. But that's just me I guess.
Michelle | Homepage | 08.19.04 - 9:37 am | #

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