How People Find Me

My Personal I.T. Help Desk (my husband) has some sort of widget on my blog that lists “Google searches” which have led readers to discover my blog.

Sometimes, just for fun, I read the list.

It’s interesting (to me anyway), and sometimes frankly, disturbing.

I don’t know if this will amuse you as it did me.

But just imagine for a moment, that you are sitting down to surf the web for more info on . . . whatever.

Some of the searches sounded like things I google. And unfortunately, for my readers, this blog sheds little light on these topics. I mostly raise the questions for which these readers were undoubtedly seeking answers. For example:

• preschool centers that keep them busy
• fall activity centers for preschool
• preschool activities inside outside

Yes! Would someone please send me this info when you find it!

Some searches were very predictable–even boring:

• steroid shot to strengthen baby lungs
• curly red haired baby
• pneumogram preemie
• 15 weeks contractions

Others made me think: What does this say about me and the things I blog about? And is my blog completely incoherent?

• my 15 month old eats an entire sandwich
• baby hitting his diaper
• what type of pasta did olive garden use in the chicken castellina?
• eclectic day care for toddlers
• balloons how to get through life play simple things
• housewife purple balloon

What’s with the balloons? And why purple, housewife?

This one made me laugh out loud, wondering what prompted the search:

• dogs lesson plans preschool

Was the preschool for the dogs? Or were they struggling, like me, to keep up with a couple dogs while trying to do lesson plans for preschoolers?

Or this one:

• bread & cheese

Seriously, friend, you need to narrow your search if you’re pulling up my blog when you’re searching ‘bread & cheese.’ Have I even written anything on that?

Then, there was this Google search:

• t

First of all, why would you Google “t”? Second, why would my blog appear in the results? And third, if results appeared, why would you click on them?

Wouldn’t you, at that point, be thinking, “Oops, I just googled ‘t.’ The rest of my word got cut off.” and start your search over?

Probably I shouldn’t ask those kind of questions here on my blog, because the next time someone googles ‘t,’ they will undoubtedly feel alienated . . . and if it was you, these are honest questions! Feel free to reply in the comments! 🙂