I have a cool little state meter attached to my blog so that I can track hits. I have this mostly because I'm curious about who visits and reads my blog. I have to admit most of my readers are family or a few loyal friends, but it is interesting to see the various way strangers stumble across my blog. I'm just an average person rambling about the mundane things going on in my life, so I get maybe a few hits a day on my blog. But when I checked my stats one day last month, I was surprised to see that my blog got about 30 hits in one day. That really took me by surprise, because I didn't write that often last month. There certainly wasn't a ground-breaking post or anything that could possibly shake the world that month. I noticed that most of the hits came from Turkey, of all places. I was even more puzzled. Why would a bunch of people in Turkey be searching for my blog?
I did a little bit of digging and searching, and eventually (and unfortunately) stumbled across the explanation. Apparently there is another blog out there in the world with the same title as my blog. The only difference is that the other blog is filled with smut and porn. What people were really searching for is a photo of a naked woman with the Turkish flag painted on her body. The other photos on the site weren't so "artistic," but it unfortunately explained what people were looking for. Although the hits from Turkey are far less these days, I still get a few occasionally, which is why I'm thinking about it today.
Needless to say, my blog is quite tame by comparison. I almost feel sorry for those people who were looking for risque photos on my blog and only ended up seeing photos of pasta dishes or clouds or the mountains. Oh well...
Current mood: relaxed and enjoying a final day off
Current music: iTunes on shuffle—Train "Hopeless"
Current drink: coffee
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