......about pride coming before a fall, well I have just experienced that fall!
I was about to blog about how many results the word 'gemmak' returns when it is 'googled'. I have never truly understood the business of spiders picking up one's site, in fact I have never understood it at all to be honest but when I first started this website/blogging malarky I googled myself and of course there were only 7 results....... all for an engineering company. A few weeks later I repeated the exercise and found me, I was most pleased, ok so 15 results is not impressive but at least I felt I existed!! Last night I googled me again and in no time at all was presented with 2270 results, I smiled quietly to myself. Ok, again not anything on the scale of let's say 'Marks and Spencer' but for me a marked improvement.
And then came the fall!
There can be few bloggers who can honestly say, hand on heart, that they don't watch their hit counter rise with some interest and over the months mine has climbed slowly but steadily. It is never gonna be 'beFrank',with over 40000 hits since May, if I make 100 hits a day I'm happy and of late I have had a number of 'happy days' with only a few occasions dropping below 75-ish.
So my fall??? Today, upon checking my hits, I found just 22, yes I said 22 as in just twenty two .............disgraceful! lol. I know I didn't have time to post this morning before work but the vast majority, in fact all but maybe 3 web users where not aware of that small point.
Is there something wonderful and weekendy going on somewhere that I have missed or has life just decided to kick my ass because I was feeling slightly pleased with the results of my Googling?? :o)
Sunday, 24 October 2004
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No, I think you are onto something. I had been thinking the same thing about visits to my blog and wondering what was going on. Let's hope some expert out there can put us in the picture!
Lol Jenny, they probably just have a life on the weekend! :o)
Rofl Jack, stroke my ego?? Sounds good to me! ;o)
I have to admit that I've always been a bit amazed at the interest people take in my site. To be honest, I've always felt that folks like you make the whole blogging thing worth it. I've been a little quiet lately. Work and seeing "Action-Wife" through her recovery has taken up a lot of my time lately. Thanks for keeping a good thought for me and I'll be doing the same for you.
I noticed that the 'referrers' code we both use seemed to be dead yesterday (Sunday). Perhaps that's what caused it; I know I get a few hits from other blogs and guess that they come via referrer links.
beFrank: thank you you are too kind :o).....you only don't know why your blog is so interesting because you are used to your life tho, to the rest of us its fascinating stuff and yourself and Dellis are something else! :o)
Alan: I hate that code, it used to be fine but it wrecks the whole template now on and off....I've abandoned it for now, fed up fiddling! lol
Lisa: Slow??? hehe this nearly came to a complete halt!
Hey, I'm sorry - I've been painting my house and chasing away stray dogs.
No, actually I was going to put into my blog how for three days I hadn't written anything or looked at anyone else's blog.
Mine barely gets touched on the weekend and WHAM on Monday a.m.
By the way, if I google myself - I get TWO hits. My ego is on the floor.
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