So, as I might have mentioned, I use a third party website to get visitor statistics. It's pretty fabulous, because as I blog more, I see more readers coming from various places around the world. And I see what the most popular posts are for the past month (I have a free account, so it only allows me to go back 30 days). For instance, the most popular post in the past 30 days was the peanut butter korova cookies (nice choice, I must admit), followed closely by those mini chocolate layer cakes and my first successful attempt at macarons. On the geeky side of things, I get to cheer whenever I see that Firefox is again the most used browser by my readers (44.9% to 40.1%, kudos!). Oh, and on the not-so-useful side, since I use a standard template and don't have lots of bells and whistles on my sidebar, I can see what screen resolution most of you see my site in (1280x800, if you were wondering).
But the funniest and most entertaining thing that I can see is the search terms that redirect people to my site. And dear readers, I got a doozy just a couple days ago: "how does a baker make a crack free cheesecake."
So let me pose a couple questions for you, at least once you stop snorting. Don't lie - I'll bet you at least giggled a little. I know I snorted. In my empty apartment, luckily. The boyfriend tends to look at me funny when I laugh at my computer. First question - how do you make a crack free cheesecake? Because really, the person searching has a point. Cheesecake intrinsically contains crack. It's the only way to explain its addictive deliciousness. And question two - what's the funniest search term you've seen pop up as a way for people to get to your site?
Darling readers, inquiring minds want to know.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
NFR: Search Terms
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Ok, I laughed - almost snorted. That is really funny. Thanks for the link to the statistics - that is very interesting.
I have no idea what questions people ask to get to my blog.....
Gonna find out though and let you know asap!! ;)
Crack free cheesecake would be made with rotten eggs.
I have no idea how to see how people get to my site.
I have no idea about the cheesecake, but I think this is a sign that you need to make some cheesecake :)
Last week someone searched "mass produced brussel sprout chips" and got to my blog, haha. I'm not sure that's something I would EVER look for!
"is there rat poisoning in carmex"
that's the strangest string in my keyword list. uhm, i don't think i've mentioned rats, poison, rat poison, or carmex EVER in my blog. i could be wrong. now i have to look.
ha interesting :)
How funny! I don't see any real strange search terms for my blog.
One is kind of duh: "is nutella good?"
Ciao this is so funny ! I should get your third party checker to find out !!
haha, that is a funny way to put it, but i would guess the query is about how to make a cheesecake that won't crack on top (a common problem). :)
All so interesting, perhaps one day I'll try to figure all the techy stuff out. I do really want to know....I do know cheesecakes, and to avoid cracks, it's in the baking and handling. Water bath for the cake. and once baked, turn off oven, emptry water and keep cake there for an hour or so. Then move it to the fridge to chill. Hope that helps....Hey are you available for blog consulting?
I use site meter and this post cracked me up because I also laugh the searches too! Glad others are into the stats too!!!
Why would someone want a cheesecake without crack?
I loves me a good cheesecake high.
I just looked mine up - I didn't realize they had this feature on StatCounter.
I found:
iron and wine you scumbag you maggot lyrics
and
how to pronounce chicken cacciatore
These were the funniest - especially that first one - what is with that??
Somehow someone searching for "homemade hallucinogen recipe" made it to my site. Not the kind of crowd I want to attract :).
Caitlin, how you get crack-free food blogging, that's the question! People come to my blog from searching "can dogs eat ____ (fill in random food here)?" All the time. It makes me sad to think how disappointed they are - unless they end up on the brownie page.
To answer the question you asked about my loaf pan(s) - they are vintage pans and pretty hard to find. The size is 10 1/4 x 3 5/8 x 2 5/8, so equivalent to a 1 lb pan. They make the best quick breads, and were also perfect for layered frozen desserts (like the banded ice cream torte). I have not baked yeast bread in them, though. One of mine has a cover, so I think I could scale a Pullman recipe for it (my pan is smaller than a Pullman) If I could only take one thing from my kitchen, I'm pretty sure it would be those pans.
Nancy
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