Keeping a Rant Under Wraps
Published on August 17, 2021
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I'm not going on a rant, I want to, but it won't do any good. besides, I went on a rant this afternoon and scared my poor cat-she thought I was yelling at her.
I'm not the brightest lamp in the room about computers, especially when we start rummaging in the back room and in the cellar. I have purposely left off finishing Number 5 in the lessons because I knew it would drive me around the bend.
I persuaded myself it was time to finish up- I've been here long enough. I finished getting Analytics up a year ago, but never took on Search Console, becauseI I knew it would be a hassle.
This makes day two that I have been wrestling with this and I'm not done yet. I read the lesson, watched the video, wrote all my notes, spent half a day finding analytics, read everything google had to say about putting all this together, went through installation I don'tknow how many times- every time came up the same- not verified.
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Read some more notes-google is nothing if not wordy- so last night I was ready to give up when I stumbled on a little note that said something to the effect, if I was on WordPress it had to be done another way. So, I went to wordpress and WP said all I needed was a plugin!
Why in the H--wasn't I told that way back there, somewhere. So, this morning, after I played the piano for two hours, I started again. Got the plugin installed-no problem there- ready to install analytics and search console.
Couldn't complete the installation-the two ? oh I don't even remember-something about an association. I read some more in google about associating analytcs and search Console- I have no idea what they are talking about--might as well be in Greek. I'm through--they are installed--they aren't working- but they are installed.
My rant? Oh--Stop telling us in evey new lesson or tutorial that : this won't take long, it's real easy, shouldn't take more than a few minutes, and you're on your way, etc.etc. Even the tutorials- whaever it is --it's not 4 easy steps-- it may be for you, but for some of us it's just four steps.
Everytime I see : This will only take a few minutes, it's easy---I cringe - because I know that's just not true.
By the way, I'm not stupid, I can read music and get my fingers in the right places on the piano. I can put words together. I'm just not savvy in computer. So don't say it's easy, it will only take a few minutes.
It's another nightmare for me.
Barb Nelson
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