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Having the analytical mind that I do, having majored in mathematics and being the general nerd that I am, I love statistics. Obviously also enjoying blogging, I am overjoyed when I can combine the two. I love to look at caity.nu’s website statistics in all areas. For example, did you know that on average about 200-400 people visit my site every day? The top five countries that have visited in the past year were the USA, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, and Great Britain (then 5 other countries and THEN New Zealand). What I’m most disappointed with is that more people used Internet Explorer than Google Chrome. I suppose I will let it slide since more people used Firefox than Internet Explorer but it’s still no excuse for Internet Explorer to be in the running at all, is there? Haha, I am joking. I know that sometimes there is reason to use it although I find ways around it whenever I am able.

Flashback: Postcards from France.

What I think is the most interesting statistic of them all are those awesome phrases that people type into search engines to finally stumble upon your website in the first place. Sometimes the ridiculous phrases that people actually type into the search bar and manage to click through to your site is astounding, isn’t it? I eagerly scrolled down to the Keyphrases used on search engines and was actually astonished to see some actual useful things listed that people managed to find caity.nu through. Let me give you some examples:

1. what makes a good friend This is the number one search and actually accounts for a good majority of traffic to my site. Type it into Google and I’m third on the list with a useful entry on what makes a good friend if someone actually wanted an answer to their question. Imagine that!
2. 101 in 1001 It stands for 101 things to do in 1001 days – also known as the Day Zero project. At one time I actually had my own list and I actually stopped doing it without really saying anything. The list still exists and if you search Google for this, it actually shows you my list that I never deleted but don’t have a direct link to anywhere on my site right now. Whoops.
3. candy vegans can eat I was vegan for 10 months last year. I did it to be healthy and it worked really well for me for a while but I am not vegan for the time being even though it taught me so much about my health and how I eat. Of course I blogged about it and a search brings you to my post about vegan Easter candy.
4. 54th birthday Search Google for 54th birthday and the 3rd result is a blog about my mom’s 54th birthday. Now that’s just weird. Also, it’s memorable because I believe that’s when my mom learned how to read my blog. How cute.
5. i hate zumba The fourth Google result gives you a Wordless Wednesday post about how much – you guessed it – I hate Zumba. Also worth noting is that the third Google result is my Flickr photo of my reaction to how much I hate Zumba. Same photo, of course.
6. rainy sunday mix Someone actually searched Google looking for a “rainy Sunday” music mix and found my recent Music Monday post. I hope it was what they were looking for.
7. send postcard from france Well that’s not something I do very often. Why does that link to my site? Then I remembered that I got a postcard from my blog friend Alexandra and told everyone about it.
8. french pass fishing It’s right there on the front page of Google. My fishing trip with all our awesome pictures! At least anyone who wanted to know about French Pass would see how beautiful it was even if they didn’t really learn much about fishing which is probably what they truly wanted to know…

These searches were all just in September! Josh thinks that these statistics are making my head swell. Maybe it is a little bit but there’s nothing wrong with finding out that your site might be more useful and more active than you actually thought it was and being a little bit excited about it, right? Nah.

What is the funniest or most interesting way that someone ever found your website?