So, following on from three over-long posts about politics, how about something a little bit more light-hearted? As part of this website I have the option to generate a report showing how much traffic my blog is attracting. I can get a regional breakdown, which shows me which cities I have readers in (Hello whoever you are in Auckland!), or a breakdown by operating system, or by browser or any number of completely useless things. Normally I don’t use it, but I logged in this week and for the first time saw I could generate a report showing me how people had found their way to my blog. Unsurprisingly, most people use a direct link from my email or whatever, and a few people have found me from within another blog, however the most interesting, and hopefully the most amusing, are the Google searches.
Now, personally I’m a fan of Google, both the search engine and many of their other products, but every now and then I wish the search was a bit better, a bit more specific somehow. And I’m fairly sure that the poor person who typed in “Midge Ure is God” and found themselves redirected to my post about misunderstanding the lyrics to “Vienna” by Ultravox, probably feels the same! I realise by the way that the chances of this happening again have just increased, so if by any chance you are a slightly strange Ultravox fan with a firm belief that Mr Ure is indeed God, well welcome, sorry to disappoint! I should add though that although ultimately annoyed at not receiving confirmation of Midge Ure’s new status as an official deity, the misdirected reader did linger for over 10 minutes, probably searching for more Ultravox posts!
I also have a reader who typed in “Who is Flash Harry?”, so it seems that I am also providing a public service. Everyday is a school day here.
Right, I’m now going to go lay in the sunshine somewhere and bake myself in the 40 degree heat.
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