I used the pore over my blog stats compulsively like a hormonal teenager looking for love in all the wrong places. Now, I don’t really give a flying filly about how many people visit per day, week or month.
But my buddy Brad over at Geekin’ Hard suggested a monthly post where we publish the strangest keywords people use to find our blogs. Looking over my stats I made a few interesting discoveries:
- If you don’t post very often, your numbers plummet. That sound you hear is my brain buzzing with consternation. (Note: Not constipation. That involves a different region). But really, when I think about it, my blog is suffering from the latter.
- The top keywords used to find this site indicate to me that my mother has neither bookmarked, nor subscribed to my blog. On the far right, you can see where one can subscribe by email:
- I had to dig pretty far down to find this weirdness. I chose this list because my sister, Kate would find it somewhat titillating or horribly embarrassing, which makes it worthwhile for me:
The scabies search word does not surprise me because I’ve become an unlucky expert in vermin. Also, my Chicken Joe from Cheboygan post is one of my favourites. My sister is responsible for the Calamity Kate find (minus the naughtiness) and any mention of broken ankles.
Note: Trying to enter your email address on the above picture does not work.
Tags: #youfoundmehow, Chicken Joe, Google Analytics, silly keywords
My favourite is “cheboygan chicken joe” followed closely by “calamity kate porn”. My search terms aren’t anywhere NEAR as exciting as yours so the jealousies? I has them.
EGAD!!
Thankfully my mom knows not of the existence of my blog. I too find myself wondering “What would chicken Joe do?”…
My favourite is the “note” on entering email on picture. You’re too much.
Yeah, my mom doesn’t subscribe to my blog either. The other night she said, “Do you still do that blog thing?” Thanks Mom for your love and support.
Then again, do I want her reading my blog? If you google ‘skank,’ I’m on the first page…
I love the little insert you did with the “Mom, put your email adress here”!
OK this post made me guffaw. And I am not bothering to explain to nearby colleagues. Then again they’re not asking anyway, possibly because this is not a rare occurrence. But when you’re working at home, your blog is all I have.
Hi! I’ve been creeping your blog. I’m Matt’s girlfriend. Looking forward to meeting you in real life!
Hi Lia, So nice to see a note from you. We bloggers are all comment hos, are we not?
Looking forward to meeting you too and to watching you and your band perform over Christmas.
BTW, I’ve creeped your blog too and your cooking looks fantastic. I can’t wait to sample your fare (Hmmm. That sounds kinda dirty, but it’s not. Seriously. Are you afraid to meet me now?)
Haha, not creepy at all. The blog’s sole purpose is to flatter my ego’s cookery skills. I will be bringing some delicious things to eat over xmas so I hope to live up to the blog’s reputation–both for comment ho-iness and taste factor.