So if you’re a blogger, you know how incredibly addicting the “dashboard” or “stats” area behind your blog is. I find it fascinating that people find my blog from, most recently, Russia.
Or with a search term like ”antique die cuts series naughty boys”. WTF? I tried, I couldn’t solve that one.
Most of the time, I can figure out where the interest generates. There was a Cafe Mom thread where someone must have linked one of my projects because for weeks, I was averaging 20 visits per day for this post. But the message board was private. I even signed up for a Cafe Mom account, but that particular group was still private. And I don’t know how far I was willing to submerge myself into the terrifying mom world of manic toddlers and diaper rash just to satisfy my own curiosity about WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT ME!?!?! Hee hee… that’s scary stuff, man.
Another of my non-stamping posts seems to have caught the attention of Europe (ya,all of it). It is clicked on at least once daily, but for a while, this post was being hit hard every day. The post was popular because somehow it hit the radar of this blog – “Fun Thing to do at work“. I really hope it wasn’t to make fun of me… “that silly American chick – she’s such an American- pffft!”
But that’s just it- how did that blog find my post? The randomness of the interwebs astounds me. Right now the popular search is RACCOON. And my longtime readers know what that means. The ERM is active again. Everyone, grab your apples. New readers, you can educate yourself on the ERM HERE.
robin
November 5, 2009 at 12:16
you have a wonderful blog! i’m so glad so many people far and wide (and random…?) are finding you! i agree, it’s totally interesting to check out these stats. but i always look at them for a minute and then start to feel like i’m being stalked and have to go away from it! haha
andrea m
November 6, 2009 at 13:20
it freaks me out too sometimes when i see i am getting random hits yet when you go to click on the link where they came from it’s blocked…??? wt… maybe there is an I love andrea club??? I get tons of hits when people search ‘i love those big headed kid stamps’ when i posted about Anya stamps once- I still get 30 a day from that..who searches that way? weird?? I found you from the blog cupcake martini……she’s funny
i have 2 blogs- one stamping and one that’s random bits of life…its called http://www.asifyoujustsaidthat.blogspot.com/ and i just started it today and I can’t wait to see what absurd ways people come across it…