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ok, I think I *may* have part of my answer, found this :

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Technorati Tags
Technorati (http://www.technorati.com/) is a “real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the blogosphere â€â€? the world of weblogs.” According to the site, “Technorati tracks the number of links, and the perceived relevance of blogs, as well as the real-time nature of blogging. Because Technorati automatically receives notification from weblogs as soon as they are updated, it can track the thousands of updates per hour that occur in the blogosphere, and monitor the communities (who’s linking to whom) underlying these conversations.”

Technorati tags (http://www.technorati.com/tag/) are used to categorize the different topics and information used by blogs. Technorati uses WordPress categories as tags automatically. You can add more tags (http://www.technorati.com/help/tags.html) by adding a rel=”tag” to any link on your site. For example:

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There are also several WordPress plugins for maximizing Technorati tags on the Plugins – Technorati list.

Note: In WordPress v1.5.x, Technorati will automatically recognize your category names as tags. For more info, see: WordPress Categories, Technorati Tags and Search Engine Optimisation (http://www.tomrafteryit.net/wordpress-categories-technorati-tags-and-search-engine-optimisation/)

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So, it appears that my wordpress site was automatically notifying this third party as I posted my notes (which was in fact the very first search engine to hit my site).

So, my question is, how the heck do I disable this *feature* because I certainly do NOT want it. Again, I understand how for many this is a great feature, but I’m wanting to us it as a private journal and have no desire for others to see it. I realize by using a public domain name, albeit hidden, it is exposed, however I’m willing to risk someone stumbling upon it by trying different urls, but I don’t want people accidentally going to it via a google search!