The One Where I Talk About You

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Phoebe 913 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoebenorth.com%2F2009%2F07%2F17%2Fthe-one-where-i-talk-about-you%2FThe+One+Where+I+Talk+About+You2009-07-17+18%3A59%3A00Phoebehttp%3A%2F%2Fphoebeeating.dreamhosters.com%2F%3Fp%3D91

I hate it when people who blog (bloggers) talk about what they know about their visitors via sitemeter statistics. “I know you’re watching me!” they screech. “I know who you are!”

But, a hypocrite, I am; I’m about to do just that.

Via google analytics I take (lazy) stock of my visitors to the site. Factors that I think might have something to do with influencing the number of visits–blog posts, metafilter posts–make little difference, it seems. I average about four hundred visits a month, consistently.

The vast majority of visitors type in my URL directly to get to the site (am I the only person on the planet who uses a RSS feed?). A good majority of the remainder reach me through metafilter. Hi, mefites! Can’t wait to meet you tomorrow!

Last month, my visitors came from seven countries–the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, Brazil, Sweden (!), and South Korea (!). I had visits from 26 states last month, with (unsurprisingly) Florida, New Jersey, and Connecticut–hi Tiff!–taking a clear and understandable lead. 90 of the Floridian visits came from Gainesville.

For the readers who found me through google, here are their search terms:

• 1. phoebeeating
• 2. betsy lerner
• 3. collage eating rings
• 4. day of descent alien nation
• 5. dunham manufacturing class rings customer experiences
• 6. jostens unicorn ring
• 7. phoebe eating bees (!!)
• 8. phoebe eats
• 9. phoebe in nice writing
• 10. phoebe north
• 11. phoebe token pics
• 12. phoebe’s drumsticks
• 13. weddingporn
• 14. phoebeeating.com nude (naughty googler!)

So I know people are reading. And I know something about your interests–based on locale, perhaps, I have some suspicion of who you are. But who are you?

Because you know, every time someone writes one of those kvetchy sitemeter posts, it seems that they’re complaining that people are reading. My philosophy is, I put it on this website; it’s yours! But I’d always rather have a dialog rather than a monologue. So, I know you’re here. Say hello!