Say What?
I’ve wondered, off and on, how readers find their way to this blog. Some, of course, are friends and family that I cajoled (browbeat… threatened… begged… bribed… strong-armed… does there seem to be a trend here?) into looking at it. Others have found their way here through other blogs, such as The Flight Deck, Ugly Overload and the Daily Bunny. A regular trickle comes in from the links on my website.
Many more make their way here from Google, usually based on the results of keyword searches that make sense to me, such as “butter side down” or “baby bunny,” as those phrases appear here.
Sometimes, however, I’d love to know just what situation spurred the searcher into making their Google search in the first place.
Take, for example, this search, which sent someone here earlier in the week: “fired field mouse.”
What was happening in the background that led the searcher to google that particular phrase? Did a mouse do a really lousy job of chomping its way into someone’s cupboard, and its friends are trying to find out what happened to it after it got fired from its job as Chief Cupboard Chewer? Or, perhaps, was our searcher looking for information on a ballistic mouse – one that got fired out of a little miniature mouse canon whilst garmented in a teeny tiny shiny helmet and lots of spangled latex? Is it, instead, that I’ve missed the name of a new singer, the Fired Field Mouse and his Five Cheeses? Or is someone considering a Cajun dish I’m not familiar with (and certainly don’t want to try), along the lines of “blackened field mouse?”
So many possibilities!
And… just how does asking about a fired field mouse lead Google’s search engine to send the searcher here?
It’s a puzzlement!
But… it’s one that keeps me amused.
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December 1, 2007 4:20 pm
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By Kris, in New England, December 4, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
I am always amazed at how people get to my site as well. This is a recent favorite:
I kind of like the fact that someone came to my blog with those keywords, but I do wonder about that result, especially since whoever the Googler was, they were brought to a rather political post that has nothing to do with angels, love or spirituality.
By JAS, December 4, 2007 @ 3:56 pm
Today’s favorite for me: hibiscus soup!