Despite all the techie stuff I think is more interesting, this blog evidently remains The Source for bed bug and appliance repair help:
2012 YTD Blog Stats
I can’t explain the popularity of the End of an Era: Knights in Shining Armor post, either, but it must have SEO out the wazoo.
Who knew I have the definitive dragonfly and Giant Swallowtail Butterfly pictures?
It’d be nice to get Slashdotted or Hackaday-ed for something techie, rather than bedbugs again …
Surprisingly, most visitors arrive from image searches, rather than text searches:
2012 YTD Blog Referrer Stats
The largest non-search-engine referrer was Google Reader at 4000, followed by a Lifehacker traffic spike at 3000, and then everything else. As far as search engines go: Google and debris.
In round numbers, 650 visitors get 1000 total views per day; the overall views/visitor runs around 1.75, which I interpret to mean most folks find exactly what they want on the first page. As nearly as I can tell from the daily stats, 300 of you visit the main page and post-of-the-day, plus another 100 click in from the RSS feed. The numbers don’t add up, primarily because RSS feed clicks don’t seem to enter into their totals.
It’s definitely not a get-rich-quick scheme, that’s for sure…
It’s still fun and I really do use this blog as my notebook: some of those searches come from me. I appreciate you folks helping me out with useful comments and suggestion: thanks!
#1 by Howard on 1-January-2013 - 07:44
I have been following your blog through the email subscription since I found it looking for a solution to a sewing machine rheostat problem and love it, sorry I never got around to getting a multimeter out and testing it…, i cleaned it out which helped but we ended up getting a newer one anyway. I have not seen the bed bug posts…. Happy new year!
#2 by Ed on 1-January-2013 - 08:24
Believe it or not, that’s on the to-do list for the new year; sometimes, stuff just wears out.
And I certainly wish you never need any advice on bed bugs…
Thanks for the good words!
#3 by Red County Pete on 1-January-2013 - 12:13
Haven’t encountered bed bugs (though Klamath County has some in local hotels…), but the symptoms remind me of chiggers. I suspect they use a similar mechanism for feeding, though chiggers seem to eat and run to stay outside. I have a trip to the midwest planned in the late spring, so I might (hope not) have an opportunity to use the information on bedbugs. Whee.
I’ve enjoyed reading the blog. Lots of information and lots of fun.
Happy New Year!
#4 by Ed on 1-January-2013 - 14:28
Bring along a bright LED flashlight and tear the place apart before you bring in your luggage. If it feels like unreasonable paranoia, you’ve got it dialed about right…
And a good time is had by all! Thanks…
#5 by Red County Pete on 1-January-2013 - 22:50
Thanks for that tip. Chigger bites are tolerable only by the fact that they can be avoided (usually) and you just gave me the means to more-or-less avoid bedbug bites.
Guess I should try the bedbug registry, too. I usually hit the same cities and hotels on the Chicago trip.
#6 by Ed on 2-January-2013 - 06:58
I’m ambivalent about that, for several reasons:
But if you evaluate the entries the same way as online reviews, I suppose it can be helpful.