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Get to know My Guests. Want to know who's checking you out? You can now view the 100 most recent, logged-in users who visited your journal during the past 30-day period with My Guests. For those who prefer to fly under the radar, you can update your My Guests privacy setting here.

Introducing My Stats. If you have a Paid or Permanent account, you can now see detailed reports on how many people are visiting your journal, friends pages, and entries (wherever they're posted on LiveJournal). You can also view data on comments and RSS requests. My Stats is only available to Paid and Permanent account holders, but you can upgrade anytime. (FYI, an annual subscription costs less than a large pizza with everything on it, PLUS it's rumored to make you lose weight in your sleep!) For additional details on this feature, read this article in paidmembers.

Get ready to check your vital statistics!. To begin, mouse over Journal in the upper nav bar and select My Stats from the dropdown menu (Horizon) or select My Stats under Journal in the side bar (Vertigo). If you're using another design scheme, you can visit My Stats directly. You'll find My Guests on the My Stats tool bar.

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Tweaks and Enhancements

1. The search is on: We've replaced our default search tool with one from Yandex, a leader in search engine technology. This means you'll get smarter, more granular results! To get started, enter your search terms and click the Go button to the left of the Find box on the upper right of the LiveJournal header. This will take you to the search landing page where you can further refine by Entries, Comments, People & communities, and FAQs. You can also access the search page directly.
2. Whitelisting: We've released a new option to help you moderate your busy communities more efficiently. If an entry contains a link to a whitelisted (i.e., trusted) site, it will be posted automatically without need for moderator approval. If a post contains a link that is not on the whitelist, you'll be prompted to approve. To access this option, please visit settings for any community you maintain and select the third option in the Community Moderation box (located in the lower left-hand corner). Click the enable link to custom-edit your community's whitelist, which has been prepopulated with trusted domains. You can manually add or delete URLs in the text box. Please note: If you're the maintainer of an unmoderated community, you may see the radio button for this setting checked, even though it's not active. This is a known issue. Please select whichever option you prefer and click Save Changes at the bottom of the page. If you're happy with your current settings, then no need to do anything!
3. TMI, dude: We've added some fun FREE sponsored vgifts! You can send up to 50 TMI vgifts to mutual friends (btw, you cannot send free vgifts to communities). If you're a Paid/Permanent user and you want to view sponsored gifts, click Show sponsored gifts on your homepage or visit the sponsored gift page. These vgifts will only be available through Wednesday, December 23rd.

You can view more awesome user content after the jump!

Curtains

Thanks, again, for joining us. Until next time, stay snug!

As the post for this entry is too large, it'll be seperated into 2 posts. ;) PART A PART B FINDING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR POCKET?

As the post for this entry is too large, it'll be seperated into 2 posts. ;) PART A PART B FINDING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR POCKET?

As the post for this entry is too large, it'll be seperated into 2 posts. ;) PART A PART B FINDING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR POCKET?

As the post for this entry is too large, it'll be seperated into 2 posts. ;) PART A PART B FINDING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR POCKET?

As the post for this entry is too large, it'll be seperated into 2 posts. ;) PART A PART B FINDING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR POCKET?

As the post for this entry is too large, it'll be seperated into 2 posts. ;) PART A PART B FINDING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR POCKET?

As the post for this entry is too large, it'll be seperated into 2 posts. ;) PART A PART B FINDING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR POCKET?

As the post for this entry is too large, it'll be seperated into 2 posts. ;) PART A PART B FINDING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR POCKET?

As the post for this entry is too large, it'll be seperated into 2 posts. ;) PART A PART B FINDING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR POCKET?