I mentioned in January that I'd caved in and finally signed up for a statistics tracking service for the blog. At the end of February, I posted that people from 71 different countries had visited my blog. Today --- drumroll please --- Cyprus became the 100th country to come by my blog! Don't you just love clean round numbers? I do.
I'd love to claim that I have a huge international readership on a regular basis, but that would be a lie. U.S. readers account for 70-80% of the visits and Canadians account for another 5-10%. Next in line are the Brits, followed by some faithful Australian readers. The final few percent are scattered around the globe, composed usually of one-time visitors searching on making corn tortillas, sprouting wheat berries, pedal power, using a solar oven, or looking for boobs. I am pleased, however, to see a few international folks stick with me coming from such diverse locations as Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Slovakia, France, Ireland, and Jamaica. (Come say "Hi!" in the comments.)
WARNING!
My blog rating has changed from a gentle PG to an R, so be careful before sending your kiddies here. Apparently, all my talk about death and bowel movements has earned me this rating since the criteria list "hell (5x), death (4x), crap (3x), shit (2x), and poop (1x)" as the warnings. Sheesh, I thought I said those things a whole lot more often than that!
A couple of months after my first post about signing up for the stats, I also shared how using this service can serve as a valuable learning tool. Of course, checking out the google search phrases is always good for some entertainment, as both Lindyloo and Katie have talked about. So, for your entertainment purposes only, I share a few google searches with you, along with my reactions.
the world is obsessed with my boobs
I do feel that way sometimes. Give it a rest, guys, give it a rest!
Girls using boobs to beat up people
Um, did a boy or a girl do this search...
decaffeinated bleach
Say what?
bleach decaffeinated
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!
Authentic hand grenade recipe
Yikes! Go away, please.
***Please note: this landed on a blog post referencing the Monty Python joke about "Holy Hand Grenade", nothing more nefarious!***
Where to buy crunchy chicken in fable
Your guess is as good as mine.
Gross food people from chile eat
Do they eat gross food in Chile? I don't eat gross food here.
how to reuse hardened butter frosting
Now, that would be gross food.
Sustainable living what foods to choose
This would not include hardened butter frosting. Or rat tails.
my rat is eating its tail.... what do i do?
Get a smarter rat next time.
people who have rat tails
Oooookkkkaaayyyy....
almost empty coffee pot office
And what do you expect me to do about it? Make another pot, stupid!
why chile?
Why not chile?
has chile gone through any big changes
You haven't been reading here very long, have you?
28 comments:
HAHAHAHAHA! I have a Google Analytics account, I should check it out (I have only looked at it a couple of times) to see if any interesting searches have led to my blog.
The hand grenade one has to be the most interesting and most disturbing. Thanks for the idea, I may have to copy and post if I have any interesting searches.
Love it! I resisted getting a site meter until, oh, last week. Already it is so interesting and often amusing how people come to you. Clever, as always, Chile.
I have the big obnoxious live-feed thing on my blog, and it's endlessly entertaining. I saw it on another blog and had to have it, because it makes you realize what a phenomenon the internet is.
OK - that was LOL funny. BTW, I've been reading the Dr. Barnard book on food cravings that I read about in your blog - it's very interesting and I'm getting pretty ready to try the vegetarian thing. Not sure I want to go as far as vegan, since I don't really have any of the issues that stopping all animal products seem to cure, and I do feel like eggs are a good protein source for me, and I like milk in my coffee and oatmeal, but I can definitely see his reasons for cutting out cheese and meat. The McDougall book wasn't available through my library system or I would read that as well. But thanks for all the info, since I would never have stumbled across that book on my own. With two daughters, reading about all the bone effects of meat vs. vegetarian it is really interesting. Definitely a topic I will read more on - and probably a lot of your older psts as well, so thanks.
i love these...my favorite one on mine was etomology of poop...
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Hey JAM, check out Dr. McDougall's newsletter archive on his site. There are six years of newsletters there, all free to access and read. I'm linking here to the subject archive. In some ways, the dairy products are worse for you than the meat so I'd recommend that you eventually check that out. YMMV, of course. :)
OMG, LOL, ROFL! :o) I am not sure what's funnier - the google searches themselves or your comments!
I don't have analytics on my personal blog, but I do on the one I maintain as part of my job. Wacky, stuff, wacky, wacky stuff leads people to my very clean, very informational work blog. Sometimes I wonder if the google analytics guys like to mess with people's heads...
Hello from Ireland ~ *waves manically at Chile* ~ I seem to appear on blogs as Dublin, but I'm miles from there in the midwest on a mountain! (& "It's a Long Way to...." me :))
Oops! Sorry about forgetting to include Ireland in there, Killi. *slaps self upside the head*
This was too funny! Thanks for the laugh. Alas...I am rated as PG.
Since when did "poop" become a R rated word? Seems all the nice Christian toddlers, preschoolers, and their parents in my area use it for a certain bodily function. OK, my mother refused to let me use the word 'poop' as a child but that was 30 plus years ago.
--Ave
Oh man... you get the BEST search entries! I get boring ones like "refinishing mahogany door" and "supplies for old houses". The most titillating I can do is "compost fire pit"... hmmm.
What's weird is even though I have a couple f-bombs on my blog, I'm rated PG because I don't have death or hell on my blog. I think that rating system is jacked!
So maybe we need to devise a new rating system. There should be something we could do with 'green-ness'. You know like points for whether you talk about peeing in the garden, growing your own food, public transportation, recycling, peak oil awareness, and on and on. Hey, you Bay area bloggers could develop this in your next live meeting. ;-)
Congrats on the country count. The search comments made me laugh, thank you, I needed it.
OK, I am going to have to dig into your blog a little more. I love the search terms! (and if you think those are wierd, try working for a hospital.)
Thanks for the laugh today! R.
Thanks Chile, I will check that out.
Jam, I too am a vegan and definitely a fan of Dr. Barnard. Both DH and I have read his books, as well as Dr. McDougall's. I agree with Chile on the dairy, and have a suggestion/challenge for you. Issues with stopping all animal products aside, try going vegan for at least the 21 days NB suggests. Completely. Monitor how you feel, all bodily functions, regardless of "rating". I am aware that on occasion I consume some, I don't ask about the ghee at the Indian buffet for example, I know that not all baked goods are vegan, and there is a honey jar in the kitchen. However, I will never go back to consuming animal products on a regular basis, I simply feel much better, shinier coat and all, without them. And see if your library system has The Food Revolution, John Robbins, C. 2001, it was a real eye-opener for us.
Now, now, plumerias. Don't be jumpin' the gun here too much. You'll spoil the surprise challenge next month...
How about us in new zealand...that far enough for you. Been reading here for a few weeks now...great fun:)
I must be slow today... when I was reading your post I thought it said... "decaffinated beach"... I must have spent at least 3 minutes contemplating thoughts such as... Hmmm... I wonder what was happening on the beach that made them ban caffine... and I wonder what type of beach it was... and I wonder what type of caffine it was :) Once I reread it ... I didn't even let my mind contemplate "decaffinated bleach"... I needed a good laugh...The post was great.. thank you...
Whee! That was funny!
That is too funny! It is interesting (and somewhat disturbing) what people are searching for on the internet.
I rated my blog and it is rated PG-13- with my foul mouth!- can you believe it
Hmm, decaffinated bleach.
Tale from bem ~ her fiancé is a walking disaster area ~ they were cleaning & for some obscure reason there was bleach in a cup. Somehow said cup was not washed up properly & Chissy made a drink in it..... Chissy ended up in the hospital. Just as well bem is training as a doctor!
PS. He's fine now on that score, but has suspected Glandular Fever & they get married next month...
Plumerias, thanks for the book tip - I have requested it! I am really tempted to try the whole thing for the 21 days - one of my big issues is that the other 3 people in my family think all this stuff is really stupid and I think are all getting very sick of my "wacko environmental stuff", in varying degrees (my 9 year old thinks it's way cool to pour water from the tub to flush, but my husband is not amused...) As a stay at home mom who prepares the food for the whole family, I'd have to do a complete double set, but maybe it's worth it to try. Sorry for making the comments in this light hearted post go to another topic, Chile! - Sounds like we will have a lot more discussion on this come July...
Chile, I think you could substitute a few less offensive words/phrases and turn your blog into a family friendy site:
- Instead of "hell", say "birthplace of Dick Cheney".
- Instead of "crap", "shit" and "poop", say "TTTPIUTIEI" ("the thing this planet is up to its ears in").
- Instead of "death", say WGTHIWDGOTT" ("what's going to happen if we don't get our TTTPIUTIEI together").
Oh yeah, mustn't forget the nice folks from New Zealand. *waving*
Shelly & Hope - thank you for the laugh. Decaffeinated beach indeed. Might help with the whole peeing in the ocean problem...
Killi, I hope the searcher wasn't looking for bleach safe to drink. Yikes! I suspect, actually, that it was a search about bleached tea bags for decaf tea.
jam - us wackos will inherit the earth. :)
DC, you are just toooo funny not to have your own blog!
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