This blog has only been around a couple of months and garnered readers mainly by word of mouth (by the way, thanks 
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When I initially launched this website, I opted out of allowing the content here to show up on search engines. In other words, you wouldn’t be able to find me (I thought) using Google, Yahoo search, MSN search, or any other search engine. You either had the link to this site or you didn’t.
I set it up that way because of the nature of some of the posts that are and will be made here. This is a blog where, in addition to ministry updates, I’ll often speak frankly about sin and the many different forms it takes – especially the kind I encounter in San Francisco. I thought that widespread public consumption of my writings could hurt the ministry in SF.
Here’s the scenario that ran through my mind: I write on a controversial topic – like homosexuality – someone in San Francisco who has gotten my business card Googles my name, comes here, and reads what I have to say becoming extremely offended. They may write me off as a result thereby negating an opportunity to develop a relationship and share Jesus with them.
This may sound silly to some of you, but a similar scenario has already played out with someone else there.
But alas, my plan to keep this blog private was foiled. You see, when other people link to your site using your name, your site shows up on the search engines. Several people have me on their blogrolls and links pages, and since almost everything on the net is associated with my name anyway (like my username for many websites), it’s next to impossible to keep this blog private.
That being said, I’m waving the white flag to Google today. I give up, you win. You’re too omnipresent to hide from.
Perhaps I was blowing this out of proportion anyway. If people were to spend time with me they’d learn what I think about certain issues, and if reading it here offended them that much they’d probably be just as offended in person.
Anyway, westcoastwitness.com is now live on the search engines. Expect more traffic, prying eyes, and lurkers.
Please play nice, don’t pick a fight, and if you’re 35 and still live with your mom get off the internet and get a job.
Sorry about blowing your cover. It never occurred to me that you would not want me to link to your blog. If you had asked, I would have deleted your name from my blog roll. I write controversial things all the time, so I understand the hesitancy. Sometimes I write something and think, “That’s not going to make me any friends.” But I do it anyway. I just try to refrain from dishonoring Christ.
lol – it’s not a problem Terry. There are quite a few who’ve linked me and I don’t mind.