Google and Me
Every day several people get directed to my main website and blog from Google and other search engines. It's sometimes surprising what they are searching on:
#1 Rap:
The most common is search terms that include the term "rap." That's pretty interesting as the term "rap" is almost never used except in my blog title! On average these searchers view 1.3 pages. "Ted, this should be called The Ted Rant," some have commented. Hey, don't encourage me! There are also historic reasons for the name The Ted Rap.
#2 Me:
Almost as common is people searching for me , either by name, company name, etc. These searchers hang out for about 8 pages average, with some viewing many more.
#3 Security:
A distant third is people searching on various security topics and phrases. Since I've worked with computer security almost forever, and there are a number of security articles on my main site as well as security posts in this blog, that's not surprising.
#4 Book Reviews:
An extremely distant, yet still significant, fourth. My book reviews are quite popular, especially Purple Cow and BLOG.
We get a real mishmash after this:
One searcher was looking for my wife and apparently read the entire site.
If you're quoted as a reference anywhere on www.demop.com, at least a few people find you via the search engines.
Several people searching on various business blogging topics get directed here.
And the weirdos:
"naked goats"
"how is sauerkraut good for you"
"foxhole management"
"gout treatment"
"dogfood"
"amusing wine speeches"
and many many more. Some of these leave me confused!
Maybe I should be writing about Rap Music more?? On second thought, naaah!
And the moral of this post? Search engines may be sending people to your site for very unexpected reasons!
#1 Rap:
The most common is search terms that include the term "rap." That's pretty interesting as the term "rap" is almost never used except in my blog title! On average these searchers view 1.3 pages. "Ted, this should be called The Ted Rant," some have commented. Hey, don't encourage me! There are also historic reasons for the name The Ted Rap.
#2 Me:
Almost as common is people searching for me , either by name, company name, etc. These searchers hang out for about 8 pages average, with some viewing many more.
#3 Security:
A distant third is people searching on various security topics and phrases. Since I've worked with computer security almost forever, and there are a number of security articles on my main site as well as security posts in this blog, that's not surprising.
#4 Book Reviews:
An extremely distant, yet still significant, fourth. My book reviews are quite popular, especially Purple Cow and BLOG.
We get a real mishmash after this:
One searcher was looking for my wife and apparently read the entire site.
If you're quoted as a reference anywhere on www.demop.com, at least a few people find you via the search engines.
Several people searching on various business blogging topics get directed here.
And the weirdos:
"naked goats"
"how is sauerkraut good for you"
"foxhole management"
"gout treatment"
"dogfood"
"amusing wine speeches"
and many many more. Some of these leave me confused!
Maybe I should be writing about Rap Music more?? On second thought, naaah!
And the moral of this post? Search engines may be sending people to your site for very unexpected reasons!
posted by Ted Demopoulos at 3:20 PM
Comments on "Google and Me"
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prying1 said ... (Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:14:00 AM) :
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Karl said ... (Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:33:00 PM) :
post a commentI can never figure out how the search engines work. One week a well turned phrase pulls lots of lookie loos in from Google because it is in the number one spot. The next week I can't find it on Google because it is buried too deep. I have one post that pulls in a few because I mis-spelled a word. I decided to leave it mis-spelled.
Proof yet again that active search engine ranking is a hit and miss affair, of nearly the same chance ratio as surviving an Audit from IRD(IRD) if you have been a naughty boy.