Apparently I’m averaging 15 visitors a day to the blog at the moment. While that doesn’t sound like a lot when you think of how many people use the internet, I’m pretty happy with that. 15 of you out there think it’s worth spending some time reading what I’ve posted. Overall, this works out at between 5000 and 6000 hits. According to my Analytics dashboard, I’m picking up new readers at a decent rate, roughly 2/3 of all visitors to my blog are new ones!
As for how people are finding my blog, there’s the obvious – search for “files and records”, the food…
- turkey pork curry – 17
- monkfish for kids – 8
- minty chocolate fridge cake – 8
the geeky…
- chromedeck sheets – 9
- gtd pdf templates – 13
- the data retrieval service encountered an error during connection to the data source – 2 (but both useful!
and the downright strange…
- Is Tree-Fu Tom Satanic? – 12!!!!!
- up helly aa smurf suit anderson high school – 1
- beard wizard – 1
Okay, so the words “Tree-Fu Tom” and “Satan” appear in the same paragraph, but that’s only because I was praising Tree-Fu Tom and Peppa Pig, and Andy Hamilton voices Mr Elephant in Peppa Pig. In case the connection’s not obvious, Andy Hamilton writes “Old Harry’s Game” and provides the voice for Old Harry himself. I’m not helping, am I? That’s now 2 pages on the blog that’ll provide hits for “Is Tree-Fu Tom Satanic?”.
And as for the top posts of the year…
- Application of the Week – DIYPlanner Templates #GTD
- You had me at Pulled Pork – @thespicemen – #recipeshed – I know from Twitter that the Spice Men themselves have read this post!
- Mac Floyd – The Great Gig in the North
- #CookalongFriday – The Perfect Way to Cook Fish for (my) Kids
- Chocolate Minty Fridge Cake
A close 6th place comes What a difference a week makes!, the turning point in our recent move from Shetland to Lincolnshire.
I’d like to thank each and every one of you who spends time reading my ramblings. If I could change one thing, it’d be getting a bit more feedback! Did my recipes help? Do you agree with what I’m saying? Disagree? My most commented-on post this year was this: Silent Sunday – 17th March 2013, and it’s a single photograph.
Have a very happy new year, and see you in 2014!
2 responses to “2013 – Life on the blog”
love the search terms that people use to get to your blog sometimes, you do have to wonder how exactly google drives them your way with those terms don’t you?
I like the mix of topics on your blog, I think you have a similar approach to me that it captures our lifestyle rather than one specific aspect.
I know! And I’d love to know how disappointed/pleased they are to have found it! How to encourage more people to comment?