Hi there, in order to protect oneself from being traced back, I highly recommend using TOR (The Onion Router) > http://www.torproject.org/ <. The principle is brilliantly explained at > http://www.torproject.org/overview.html.en <. Since it is virtually untraceable, your student would need to use it for every connection she makes to her blog, or wherever it is that she'll be conducting the research from. From the earliest stage (searching for a hosting service, subscribing to it) throughout her use of it (posting any comment, any post, just logging on to the website), she will need to use TOR not to be identified. This answers the question regarding her anonymity, but not the respondents'. I could suggest they *all *use TOR, but that requires some kind of technical understanding, and may not be easily put in place. What are others' suggestions? Bruno Selun