Header

Saturday 18 February 2012

Vital Statistics...

Do you check your blog stats, maybe your traffic sources and search results?

I know some of you do too, you've mentioned it in the past.

I like to look and see if I am going to top the previous month's total views, (a bit OCD, I know...) and also where 'strangers' have popped in from.

On Tuesday, when I posted the Fugly giveaway result, I noticed a crazy record number of hits; now I knew there weren't that many people waiting to hear if they'd won.


So donning my Sherlock hat...

Gratuitous picture for Annabella!
... I discovered that the Brit Bee Constellation reveal was in overdrive, all down to a pin.  Now, I don't know who Michael Wurm is, but he has a lot of Pinterest followers (almost 565,000, can you imagine?!), maybe you are one of them... is he famous?



I feel rather chuffed to be on his Quilts board and the 'likes' and 'repins' are a bit of a morale boost too.  Pinterest I heart you,  I needed a 'pick me up' and you delivered.

As far as searches go, there seems to be a constant stream heading to the sock owl tutorial from waaaaaaaaaay back, but pretty much every month someone googles 'guns in car trunk' and ends up here, and they're probably rather disappointed!  I know that is my fault, because of this post a year ago, but why are people googling it!?  And obviously I am over the moon about the hit coming from a 'brown fabric' search this week!

Anyway, nuff 'bout me, did you know Singer have been making sewing machines for over 160 years?  Have you seen this special edition beauty...



What fun! xxx

34 comments:

  1. I do check my blog stats occasionally. It's amazing the stuff that people google that comes up. Unfortunately I wrote a post a couple of years ago about exercising and injuring myself. I had a picture of a sumo dress up suit on there and a very very unflattering pic of me. I soon removed the pic when I saw how many strangers were looking at that post after googling sumo suit.
    Never heard of Michael Wurn, is that bad?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Oh my god, I want that sewing machine!

    ReplyDelete
  3. This is funny! I am at this very moment agonizing about including some cinnamon colored (not exactly brown-brown) fabric in a quilt and I was thinking about throwing a post up to ask opinions. I think I might know what you would lean towards. ;)

    My blog stats are rarely as interesting as yours, although "felt friends from japan" pops up ALOT on my google searches. I wonder if they find what they need?

    ReplyDelete
  4. I don't know who he is but he clearly has very good taste! Have a lovely weekend x

    ReplyDelete
  5. Hmm, I don't check my stats (I have such an aversion to stats, that when I was looking for a uni to go to to study maths and computer science, any that made you take stats got struck off the list immediately!) I might have to now though lol

    ReplyDelete
  6. I randomly check my stats but never have any fun search results. Congratulations on the pinning! Old Michael must be a pretty smart guy!

    ReplyDelete
  7. I get excited (sad I know) when someone from a different country reads my blog - I am aiming to turn the world green hehe!

    ReplyDelete
  8. I'm going to send that photo of the Singer to my mum....I think she will be asking does it come in Green though!

    Ah your stats mountains are looking a lot higher than mine!
    I get a hit off Planes Trains and Automobiles all the time...I'm sure the collector is thinking 'What the......'

    ReplyDelete
  9. I rarely look at my stats because there's never anything interesting there/

    ReplyDelete
  10. I want to play with this machine. I wonder how much they are going to cost in the UK?

    ReplyDelete
  11. Funny post - thank you! I occasionally look at my stats,and I've just had a look at the search keywords and have got 'archie is a unique snowflake made of awesome.com', 'i'm as surprised as you are dog with pillow picture' (eh?) and (I think this is the best one!) 'the cutest dogs ever to roam the earth' - yup, we'll take that one!! Have a lovely weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Be still my heart. But that`s NOT the best photo of BC...how I miss him. I might have to get the DVD out if I can ever get Kungfu Panda off. I used to be a bit OCD about stats but that`s because I only had about 3 hits a day. Now I`m less bothered and only look a couple of times a month. Thanks for the BC moment. Could you try and slip one in each post?

    ReplyDelete
  13. I think that guns in the trunk deserves a whole blog to itself... ;-)

    ReplyDelete
  14. I, of course, check the stats, why have them if you don't check them. Then I wonder why I care. Let me know if you have figured it out.

    ReplyDelete
  15. so funny! I glanced at Michael's webpage, and he's not sure why he's so popular on Pinterest either! (He's an innkeeper in PA & obviously has good taste!)

    ReplyDelete
  16. I've got a photo of my bare toes from last spring when the weather turned nice. Very disturbed by the people that brings in!!

    ReplyDelete
  17. I'm a new blogger and I scold myself for the number of times I check to see if I have any comments or new followers. I'm a long way from being a stats checker but maybe someday I'll get there. :o)

    ReplyDelete
  18. I check my stats on a semi regular basis and am always slightly disappointed nothing exciting ever showers - like major spikes in traffic or strange key words. I need to put some more random in my posts I think :-)

    ReplyDelete
  19. I did check my stats once (after Susan had done a post about them I think) and someone had searched 'depressed quilter' and I found that so sad. Isn't that an oxymoron?!

    ReplyDelete
  20. I saw the special edition in person. It's all cheap plastic. Not all too fabulous in person.

    ReplyDelete
  21. I am OBSESSED with my blog stats. I do the same thing...check to see if I'll beat last month's hits. If I think I won't, I'll post on weekends just to get a few extra visits to "top it up" that month. Pathetic, I know....but if you see me with a Sat or Sun post, hit me twice please ;)

    ReplyDelete
  22. well, clearly I am missing something here as I have no idea how I would check my stats!!
    Love the sewing machine!

    ReplyDelete
  23. I love stats too. Somehow I've recently come to be included in the google image results for "draw heart" which got really popular around Vday.

    ReplyDelete
  24. I check and re-check my stats daily. I am a web developer and my many sites are important to me. My quilting blog has just blasted off and it some what saddens me but its more successful then some of the sites that are important to me that I have been working on for years. But at the same time I am happy people love it. I am most amazed at the follower that are growing daily and that the average trend is going up up and away. I could just guess what your stats are like after years of this.

    http://richardquilts.blogspot.com
    Stop by for my quilt givaway to guess my babys b-day and weight.

    ReplyDelete
  25. love that machine !!
    i have not a clue abouts stats but i will have a look !!

    ReplyDelete
  26. I just checked michael's page and my Christmas Table Runner is there too! Yes, he does have good taste! I do check my stats but don't usually come up with anything as interesting as yours!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  27. I jumped on the OCD blog stats bandwagon from the first. I am thinking about removing the ads. I kept them in because the ads I see are different from the ads you see.
    I love all the statistical nonsense.
    I get some totally off the wall google searches too: Pop Up Airplane is one.
    I sometimes, knowingly, make my blog titles with this in mind.

    ReplyDelete
  28. The Singer looks lovely, shame to hear in a comment above that it's plastic fantastic.

    I don't know how to check my stats - if anyone wants to fill me in, pls do!

    Off to check out whatshisname on pinterest now! xx

    ReplyDelete
  29. I check my stats from time to time but they never have anything good to show me. I hardly get visitors to my blog. But the year is young.
    Loving that singer machine. I'd just have a picture of it, I can imagine how expensive it'll be to buy

    ReplyDelete
  30. See! You do rock Hadley why even doubt it. As for the Singer I have seen it at the Quilt show last year and I must say it does look pretty snazzy.

    ReplyDelete
  31. I was facinated by this article as I also have no idea how you came up with that graph! Pinterest is so, so, so time wasting (I love it) and once found stops any hope of doing anything else for a good long while!

    ReplyDelete
  32. Cute owl! Great to know I'm friends with someone who is mixing with the big nobs! Jxo

    ReplyDelete
  33. I found your blog through the small blog link-up. Although I’m a tad bit bigger at 344 followers and have been blogging since 2010, I still feel new at blogging because there’s so much to learn. I have learned however, that the quilting community is the most helpful, loving and caring group of people on the planet. In the last almost 2 yrs. I have actually made some very real friends and can’t imagine life without them in my life. LIke you, I check out my stats on a regular basis out of curiosity. I’m going to become one of your followers and invite you to become one of my new followers. Also, please fill out the follow by email box and you won’t forget about me. We live across the pond from each other but it should be fun to see what we both make.
    Blessings
    Gmama Jane
    Grandmamas Stories (quilting, family blog)

    ReplyDelete
  34. Congratulations on the pintrest love :) jen@madeinminch

    ReplyDelete

I have switched over to 'Registered Users only' I am really sorry if you are now unable to comment.

PS. If you are a 'No Reply' blogger, I am not able to thank you for your comments, so please leave an email address if you want to be contactable. xxx