Ever since I've learned there is a "stats" tab on my blogger dashboard (which is shockingly not long), I've been consiously trying NOT to pay attention to it.
But that is futile.
And while it is interesting to see how many people view my blog without ever commenting (come on, like you don't have a story of your own to make me seem even the least bit less ridiculous?), that is not what I find myself looking at.
Disclaimer: I cannot see who specifically is looking in any way, shape, or form. Your secret is safe with me.
My favorite stat is under "Traffic Sources" and it tells me what search words were used to get to my blog. Mostly just versions of Hatter's Clean Cup, obviously. And sometimes if I write about something of pop culture, those key words show up.
Top 2 Favorite Search Terms (because most of them are boring):
Annual Gyno Exam - Probably not what they were looking for.
Courtney Cox Left Eyebrow - WTF? What's wrong with Courtney Cox Left Eyebrow and how many of you are going to google it after you leave this blog?
My next favorite stat comes under the heading "Audience" and it tells me from what countries people are logging in. Right under United States? South Korea with 30 hits this year. I can only assume it is the same person trying to find Courtney Cox's left eyebrow and forgetting they've already searched here.
Denmark had 14 and all I can think is, "Is Denmark still a country?" Where the hell have they been? No offense Denmark, my Great Grandmother was born there and I'm sure you have lots of important goings on like attending your annual gyno exams like clockwork.
Other country of note - Romania - who I can only assume is on to my vampire theories surrounding my brother John.
Moral of this story...if you do a google search on Favorite South Korea Cox - you'll probably end up here.
We’re not going anywhere.
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Tell me again how you didn't end up a soc major? Seriously...this is what we do for a living. Tomorrow (during paid working hours) I am planning on googling Cox's eyebrow. Could be a academic journal article in that!
ReplyDeleteI assure you that I have never, ( until now ) , searched the words " annual gyno exam".
ReplyDeleteD - all i would need is for someone to actually pay me to do this blog thing.
ReplyDeleteSteve - come on, don't lie to me.
I've found that if you dig even deeper, you can find out not only how people got there, but how fast they left and what one possession they grabbed on the way out.
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