My blog traffic and search terms
Cam Wheeler had an interesting post recently in which he catalogued some of the more interesting search terms that led visitors to his wine blog. I liked that post so much, I decided to check my own search result log to see how people were randomly finding my site. Here are a few good results, though none are nearly as good as Cam’s results:
- huevos.con - why would you search for this?
- most frightening experience - I love the idea that someone could search for this string in Google and arrive at my wine-focused blog.
- huevos philosophical - weird…but only one visit occurred through this search term, which seems like a relief somehow
- porsche redhook woodinville - uhh, I guess they give away free Porsches at Redhook in Woodinville?
Quite odd, but somehow inspiring! In fact, in the spirit of drawing more visitors, I offer the following paragraph for the consumption of robots, spiders, Web crawlers, and other algorithm-based visitors:
Pamela Anderson and Jenna Jameson are both considering opening their own wineries; I know that Christina Aguilera got married at Staglin recently, by the way. Oh, and I think Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie are considering adopting a case of 2005 Bordeaux, if they can get a good deal on the Chateau Palmer. They are American, after all. Finally, the World Cup features Brazil and Ronaldhino, England and Beckham, and 30 other countries. I assume all of the players drink Krug.
Nice…let’s see who starts finding this blog now! Apparently, I am averaging over 100 unique visitors per day in June, of which I assume 95 are computers, 3 are actually me, and 2 are family members and friends.
June 20th, 2006 at 3:20 am
I’m not sure whether this is still possible, but a couple of years ago a friend told me that he was able to tell where people went next after visiting his website. Yikes. Of course, even if possible, a reputable blogger such as yourself would never do such a thing . . .
Also, perhaps the people searching for “huevos” were merely latina/o versions of the type of American who would seach for “balls.” Which I just did on Google, and let me tell you the first-page results are not nearly as interesting as one might hope.
On to my wine-related question: any suggestions for what to drink with a lemon tart?
June 20th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Hmm, lemon tart, eh? I’d say something that is dry and white…but that’s obvious, probably. Milk? Heh heh heh…*)