Seeing as I am search result 130(ish) on Google when searching for “Sabine Schmidt”, if you happen to come across this post when searching for your name, could you please give my husband a ring because he fancies you a bit a lot.
Thank you,
Vero Peps
PS – I’d rather he fancies you than Naomi Cleaver or Sarah Beeny. At least you’re cool and there’s a reason to fancy you!
Google Analytics has been down all day. It’s worked wonkily but HAS worked over the past few weeks. Now TODAY, of ALL days, I NEEEED it to work for me. But it won’t. And it’s pissing me off.
Dear Google, please promise me you’ll stop biting bigger than you can chew. It’s bad for your digestion.
To quote the little girl in the diesel VW advert, “Bollocks!”
The end of a year comes a bit like the end of a roll of toilet paper, it happens sooner than you thought it would. Before I rush into 2006 like a bull in a China shop, I thought I’d take one last look back at how this blog’s evolved over 2005.
The most obvious change is the new look and feel, back in February. From some frighteningly pink Warholesque pop art, Andrew helped me create a new look using an image that represents me so well – a short, grumpy, stumpy girl! 😉
Back in January, I was all impressed by the 2000 unique visitors I was getting. Over the course of the year, that number’s grown to over 8000, and the Google searches have only been getting funnier. If I managed to multiply the number of unique visitors in 2005, I’ll try to do the same in 2006!
I could list more random blog-stats but I’m probably already boring the living hell out of everyone…
Haven’t had the time to read your favourite RSS feeds these days? Wishing you could catch up with your blog reading?
Lo and behold, the Rsstroom reader is here to solve that problem!
The Rsstroom reader prints your RSS feeds directly to toilet paper to allow for swifter read-and-wipe ability!
(Found via Seth’s blog)
Ok, how many of you have set up Google Analytics to scan your site as traffic comes through and give you some half-assed Urchin stats?
And please, I beg, how many of you have actually have any stats come through? I know I did it right, but I’ve been waiting for +36 hours now for anything to happen! How are businesses meant to rely on Google Analytics? Even mini-tiny businesses want stats within less than 24-36 hours!!!
For those who may have missed out on the scoop – Google Analytics is the new thingy to track traffic to your site! Mhhmm yeah mom, I know it’s exciting 😉
What a costume! Dressing up as a Google Search Result for Halloween…
(Thanks Patto!)
MYSTERY CARROT AWARD
for website adequacy
Me, me, me and me! I’m feeling selfish tonight.
Help me understand something.
There are however many millions of blogs on the net now (just check BBC News for the latest estimates, they won’t stop harping on about the novelty that is blogging), the typical bloggers are techy young men, and trendy young women. I’m working and living in that type of environment day in, day out, yet I know so very few bloggers.
Sure, I’ve got one work colleague who blogs, I’ve talked a couple of friends into keeping a Blogspot diary while living far far from home, but that’s it. The concept of blogging doesn’t even seem to be that familiar within quite technical social groups, so I can only imagine how right the BBC article is about current expressions Brits seem to be most familiar with (because I’m not repeating that word on my blog).
Either I am surrounded by bloggers, who smirk when I turn my back because they’ve been wiser and haven’t told anyone about their blog, or it simply isn’t half as popular as the media makes it out to be. Do the regular bloggers blow stats up out of proportion? For the sake of statistics, I’d be the owner of 5 blogs, even though only two are live nowadays.
In no way do I think blogs are the be-all and end-all of new trendy technologies, but why do none of my real-life observations match the supposed worldwide estimates?
Recently, I’ve been trying to cut down on spam in the comments, and it’s been working. But I’m also concerned it’s cutting out some genuine messages from readers. So if you’ve left a comment and it hasn’t shown up, please drop me an email or leave a shoutbox message to let me know!
Otherwise, you lot aren’t commenting very often considering the number of hits a day that come through! 😉 Do say hi sometimes!
We’re only halfway through October and it’s already raining with fantastic stupid Google searches!
The stats package I’m using behind the scenes is AwStats, a free open-source log file analyser.
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