One other thing. Along with the upgrade to 3.5 there was 10-fold increase in Askimet hits. Has anyone else noticed this?
No, it was an upgrade. So, disable plug-ins one and then the the theme until it stops, eh? Thanks. Should have started there.
–jimm
WP Google Analytics seems to have been the culprit (although I also had to go back to the default theme). Thanks. I will be more careful in the future.
–jimm
