Analytics Again

It's been a long, long, long time since my last Google Analytics post.  (The last one was toward the end of January 2010, to the best of Blogger's blog-search function's knowledge.) 

This may not interest anyone but me, but it's my blog, so...

As usual, I'm only looking at keyword searches (that led to this blog) in the months since my last Analytics post. 

At the top of the list, generating a whopping 29.43% of visits (from people who find me via a search engine), is "absolutly pure milk".  Ha!  As I've probably mentioned before, we have a couple of pressed glass tumblers that Donald brought from Sweden with that text raised upon them.  I wonder how many of the people searching for that phrase realized that "absolutly" is a misspelling...

"Crusti croc" (a brand of chips) comes in second place-- 4.13% of my blog traffic is coming here in search of information about snack food.  (Fascinating, isn't it?)  ...Oh, and I see that there are variations on this theme peppered throughout the list, so even more people are looking for information on Crusti Croc.

Rag quilting, vintage fashion, and black rat snake eggs continue to make up a large number of the search engine hits.  (If I add up all the various quilting-related hits, it would easily top "absolutly pure milk".)

Random Searches That Caught My Eye:

• marabou chocolate / marabou amigo 
• 80's cartoon moonbeamers / meet the moonbeamers fabric
• more dead birds / dead birds 2012 / any more dead birds?
• cockapekapoo
• anole eggs / do lizards lay eggs
• outdoor oddities / oddities of the ocean
• ken doll
• atm job killer
• playskool wonderfalls
• "become a social worker in 1 yr"
• "new puppy smell" / new puppy smell description / puppy smell worms 
• when does puppy smell end / why do puppies have a smell?
• caterpillars that sting
• chewy whoppers
• arguments against penny tax in baldwin county al
• dollar tree laser pointer
• g your hair smells terrific / recipe for gee your hair smells terrific
• green card interviews
• how to pronounce chickasabogue
• modesty personified
• the loony left 60 minutes
• "but why do we have to pay for the land? the land's free..."
• "fav or fave"
• "hop-and-go-fetch-its"
• "killing weeds with electricity"
• "odds and ends" it took laundary to cleanthe area
• "opinions depress"
• "turbo boil"
• "unrelated string of words"
• "why is st. john pronounced"  ("Why"? (g))
• affordable ingredients in making a catsup using tomato
• autumn oddities
• buy gele hallon / gelehallon equivalence
• can we make everybody happy? why
• can you think of at least one example from a recent movie in which a linguistic code was used to convey information about a character? what was it?
• do snakes have lips
• dog shaped rag quilts
• dying wasp+gif animated
• endorsed by aliens as a safe place to survive the demise of civilization
• explain "this that the other"
• fabric for curtains in vampire diaries kitchen
• got megapickles? t shirt
• happy fourth thursday
• how many children have choked on kinder surprise
• how to say none of my business norwegian
• insert wolf whistle here
• itchy hands vibration mowing lawn
• lashed terribly
• let's find odds and ends
• milk duds sverige
• mrs howell eating beets video
• muffin vintage
• mutant mosquitos
• once upon a wintertime
• photos of christmas betls (Huh?)
• pizzapolice blog spot
• psychotic moments
• radio ad young boozer
• sam's club ultra sonic bark stopper
• sniblet
• swedish vacuum candy
• the danger of shopping online
• ugliest irish
• urban yodeling
• what singer looks and sounds a lot like rod stewart?
• what was catsup in 1820
• wild man of chickasabogue (Again. Still never heard of him...)
• zenni opitcal felons

And that's all she wrote.  (As they say.)

It's Time for More Analytics!

Yes, you may wish to skip this post.  It's mostly a long list of keywords.  A few of them are mildly amusing, but that's it. 

It's been about half a year since my last analytics post (which was in June).  I don't plan to go into quite as much detail as I've sometimes done in the past, but I did check the keyword traffic between then and now.  I like to keep lists like these because they help me remember some of the things I've written about here... and I just find it amusing to see what people are looking for when they happen upon this blog.

The four most common keyword combos to bring people here involve rag quilting and rat snake eggs.  (So not much has changed since last time.)

Number five on the list:  "crusti croc".  Twenty-eight visits!  And nine more for "crusti croc chips".  Hilarious.

More keywords from the list:

• "outdoor oddities"
• "nightmares more causes_risk_factors"  (& similar for finger numbness, itchy palms, numb fingers, numb hands, birthmarks, and narcolepsy)
• "do hippies wear makeup"
• more people wondering how to pronounce St. John Rivers (Yes, it's truly pronounced "Sin-jin".)
• "i hope to hearing from you" & "hope to hear from you"
• "kitten filterui:photo-graphics"  (Huh?)
• "santa cruz city council meeting transcript 'new west coast'" (I hope you enjoyed it. ;o))
• and related: "'i mean, the food is free, so we should just sell it'", "'and i really believe that it can be a california thing, that it can'", "'santa cruz' 'make the things'", "'the machine can make it for us' 'perfect pesticides'", etc., etc., etc.
• "whoppers duds" & "candy whoppers that are chewy" & "dud whoppers" 
• "how do whoppers occur - 'milk duds'"
• "what are some whoppers candy chewy"
  
• "chewy raspberry swedish candy" & "swedish raspberry candies"
  
• "being told you're awesome is a wonderful mood-lifter!"
• "'compassionate enough' doctor"
• "'delayed due to accommodating passengers'"
• "'eggs' 'mulch' 'photos'"
• "'i'd rather be quilting' license plate"
• "'so articulately'"
• "'vintage kitten'" & "cartoon kitten"
• "cartoon mere dada and dadi" (???)
  
• "words * describe cold weather"
• "50th wedding odds" (Kind of sad.  Must've been wondering what the odds are for a couple to make it to that anniversary...)
• "a recent poll that found record-low levels of public trust of the mainstream media"
• "aarp who is behind"
• "am i a hippie?" & "am I a hippy"
• "am i a waste"
• "articles that mention 'premo brand' sandwiches"
• "balloon hiding spots in island flyover"
  
• "buy snake eggs eggs" & "buy snake eggs online" & "how to buy snake eggs on internet"
  
• "can you unblurr something in an internet video that was purposely blurred"  (Um.  Creeeeepy...)
• Also: "how to unblur a purposely blurred picture"  (Why?)
  
• "crochet music"  (???) & "crochet music pattern"  (Oh, I think I get it now...)
• "crochet snake"
• "crunch sounds jaw"  (Ow.)
• "do snakes have lips"  (lol!)
• "do snakes like mulch" 
• "grey skin american eskimo dog"  (Sounds bad...)
• "hippie facial hair"
• "hope to hear from you, shorty."
• "glaskogen pronounced" & "husqvarna pronunciation"
  
• "i found mini eggs in my yardd what are they"
• about four more variations of "i hope to hear from you"
• "resume 'i hope to hear from you'"
  
• "i wish i could"
• "killing weeds with electricity"
• "little cocoons in my mulch" 
• "long hippie name for a woman"
• something vaguely creepy about "granny vids"...
• "lots of snake eggs in my yard"
• "norway village photos"
• "plot, character, setting, summary og mandino novel"
• "queasiness eased with pepto bismol"
•  "ridiculous lat names"
• "round cold cocoon found in mulch" (I don't think that's a cocoon...)
• "roundup herbicide in my eyes"  (Ouch!)
• more people looking for that particular type of hand lotion I mentioned by name...
• "skymall bug vacuum review"
• every possible search variation for snake eggs
• every possible search variation for rag quilting
• "sniblet"
• "sniblet artificial turf"
• "talkin bout your generation"
• "taste of autumn"
• "think i'm obnoxious get me out of here la da da da da da da da da ah ah ah"
• "trix pix" & "trixpix"
• "victorandcarrie"
• "vintage cute illustration" 
• "vintage odd photos collection"
• "vintage photos of adrigole road signs"  (awfully specific...)
• "vintage vacuum cleaner advertisements" 
  
• "wanted posters"
• "what are hop-and-go-fetch-its"
• "what do modern hippies wear" & "what do present day modern hippies wear?"  (LOL)
• "what to wear to a hippie party blog"
  
• "what looks like eggs in my mulch bed"  (Probably eggs. . .)
• "whats wrong with unbiased media"  (Nothing.)
• "when to plant owari satsuma trees in south alabama"  (Probably best to avoid summer, if possible.)
• "whopper snaps... sew on"
• So many, many people who also wonder why their hands get itchy after mowing the lawn...
• "why lawnmower hands itch"  (I didn't even know they had hands! ;o))
  
• "why doesn't anybody love me" x2  (Maybe someone does & you just don't know it...)
• "why i am a christian hippie"
• "wild man of chickasabogue" (What?? You're telling me there's a wild man out there?!  Thank goodness we didn't run into him... (g))

...The End

Analytics

I figure it's been long enough since the last Google Analytics post to justify a new one. The last "Analytics" post was in September; I'll only be counting keyword searches since then.

Since, September 24th of last year, search engines have generated 1,060 visits to this blog, via 724 keywords (or keyword combinations).

As usual, the runaway leader of search engine hits is a hefty conglomeration of keywords from people looking for information about rag quilting. (If you're here for that very reason, allow me to direct you to Sew I See, my sewing/related subject blog, where I've consolidated the rag quilting posts from this blog, in addition to more recent sewing-themed entries.)

However, though far behind rag quilting, there was a new contender for top honors-- "snake eggs", "black rat snake eggs", "eggs in mulch", and variations on that theme. It seems that there are quite a few people out there finding snake eggs in their mulch, including one who evidently found twenty eggs in his/her mulch! (Here's the relevant entry.)

Here are some (ok, lots) of the other keywords:

• "swedish candy" --Wonder what kind, specifically...
  
• "cockapekapoo"/"cock-a-pek-a-poo"
• "does anyone breed cockapekapoo puppies" --I imagine so, but maybe not very many breeders.
  
• "moonbeamers cartoon" & related
  
• "narcolepsy more causes_risk_factors"
• "somali pirate situation"
• "doggonevideo"
• "husqvarna pronunciation"
• "tilt shift video how to"
• "itchy palms more causes_risk_factors"
• "numb fingers more causes_risk_factors"
• "sarah michaels milk & honey" --Several people came here again during this period, looking for that line of products-- and it's been how long since they stopped making it? Wonder how much I'd get for my partly used-up container, on eBay. ;o)
• "why was sarah michaels discontinued" --I don't know. Life is hard, sometimes. (g)
  
• "'st. john rivers' pronunciation"/"how do you pronounce st john rivers" --It's pronounced "sin-gin". Weird, huh?
• "why is st john pronounced as sin jin" (at least three variations on this one) --It's a cruel joke the Brits like to play on unsuspecting foreigners. (g) Seriously, my guess is that it came about because it is easier/faster to say than "Saint John". If you try to say "Saint John" quickly, "SinJin" isn't such a stretch. Eventually, everyone just pronounced it that way all the time. (But this is only a theory.)
  
• "blogspot he is nearsighted and needs glasses" --Huh?
  
• "blue-gray skin" --Ah, yes, the blue-skinned man...
• "gender guesser" --I'd forgotten about that.
• "glaskogens"/"glaskogens naturreservat"/"glaskogens nature"
  
• "odds and ends abbreviation"
• "odds of random things"
• "wild wet t" -- Don't think I want to know what that means...
• "voortman almond krunch" --Stop it! I'm already hungry for cookies!
• "'animated wendy' nasty wendy's"
• "'car tags' slang" --No earthly idea.
• "concerto for harpischord, strings & continuo no. 5 in f minor" --Very specific!
• "'gentler' in a sentence"/"a sentence for gentler"
• "glammas and granddudes"/"names the grampster"
  
• "i fear for the future" --Yeah, me too, which is probably how you got here, huh?
• "'john locke' 'tree topper'" --Is there really such a thing?
  
• "'lumis' 'peanut butter'"
• "'malted milk balls' vacuum" --Oh great. Now I want some Whoppers, too... And I have the strangest urge to clean the rugs... ;o)
• "'meatballs - the movie'" --Never even seen it, as far as I can recall.
  
• "'national turn off the tv day'"
• "'oklahoma' and 'unexplained rumbling'" --You get that in OK, too?
  
• "'people on welfare shouldn't be allowed to vote'" --Well, I do think there's an argument to be made for some voting regulation-- at least in cases of those who are persistently on welfare with no legitimate reason.
  
• Various search terms with polymer clay in mind
• "'sleeping with * arms over * head"
• "'squirreler' dictionary" --LOL!! Donald! You're not the only one!!
• "'talkin' bout your generation" --And neither am I. (g)
• "'tilt and pour' 'milk carton'" --Oh, yeah. They've actually disappeared, at least in this area. The stores only carry the regular milk jugs, now.
  
• "'what's my family motto?'" --Depends on your family name. If all else fails, you could always make one up! ;o)
  
• "acm wallet overnight" --No idea what that means.
• "american eskimo the proposal movie" --Yes, it was an Eskie! (Or so I've read.)
• "amigo crisp corn sweden" --Those are so good!! I wish I had one now...
• "battery operated plastic doghouse bank that picks up a coin" --Okaaay...
• something about vacuum cleaner reviews...
• several about the Black Caucus visiting Cuba
• "black looking eggs in mulch" --Ew. I'd leave 'em alone, if I were you. Handle with extreme care and caution. (g)
• "candy vacuum" --Wha...?
  
• "book 'molly no doubt'"
• "cause for fingers and palm of hands to turn grey to blue" --That sounds serious!
• "changed the vacuum belt but there is still a smell coming from the vacuum"
• "chewy whopper candy"/"whopers candy chewy in the middle"/"whopper duds"/"whoppers malted soft dud"/"whoppers vacuum" --SO glad to see I wasn't the only one curious about those duds!
  
• "cocoon found in mulch" --Are you sure it's a cocoon? See link to snake egg entry, above. (g)
  
• "cola bottle singing rick astley"
• "da da da di da da di da da da da opera" --No, seriously.
• "december 2007 sam's club trampoline" --Ah, yes. The December 2007 Trampoline. A very good vintage.
  
• "describing age ten with pictures and no words" --Seems kind of tricky.
• "draft stopper, dog-shaped" --Ooh, that sounds cute! Maybe I should make one, if I can find a pattern (or make my own)...
• "earphone spree"
  
• "eastern kingsnake" --Look here, if you're here for that, too.
  
• "emily of new moon coloring book" --I don't know if it exists.
  
• "empathy doll britt-marie"
• "ends of nostalgia"
• "far off target"/"not far from target"
  
• "fingers go numb and hurt while tunisian crocheting" (and regular crochet, too)
• "firefighter michael johansson"/"michael johansson firefighter" --No, not quite.
  
• "flickr kite surfing accident"
• "fluffy icing"/"light and fluffy icing"
  
• "footed pajamas tar"
• "google earth how to 'unblur'"
• "grey skin color seizure"/"grey skin hands symptom" --Please see a doctor.
  
• "guess store tacky"
• "hands itch after shoveling"
• "homeland security alert right wing"
• "hometown photos"
• "horse chestnut make soap"
• "housewives list of odds and ends around the house"
• "how do I unlock me hyundai elantra without setting of the alarm?"
  
• "how do snake eggs feel like" --A little leathery, I think. But not very firm-- "softer" than a chicken's egg.
  
• "how does crocheting affect fingers"/"how to croucheing"
• "how to make sweden candy" --Wish I knew...
• "how to make the potluck not tacky" --Since when is potluck tacky? HMM?
  
• "how to pronounce chickasabogue" --My best guess: chick-uh-suh-BOWG. (Long "O" on that last syllable, to rhyme with the first syllable of "hoagie".)
  
• "how to pronounce the floor at the end s" --I'm clueless here. Anyone?
• "hypnotized dog on tv with cupcakes"
• "i want to add more squares to my rag quilt" --Well, go ahead and do it. ;o)
• "i'd rather be quilting license plate"
• "index of /oddsandends"
• "jared schutz polis i loved you from the moment you first touched me and i want, and i need you back in my life" --Wow. That's a long one...
• "julmust"/"lucia kattar"
  
• "killing weeds with electricity"
• "la di da daa techno"
• "la la da da da da di di da da da"
• "license plate trivia web address"/"license plates alabama trivia"
• "list of words to describe the cold weather" --Frigid. Frosty. Freezing. Icy. Chilly. Arctic. There, that's a start.
• "lmm's oyster" --What in the. . .?
• "looking for like artificial turf for pet to wee wee on inside of home" --I think you'll like find what you're looking for in this entry.
• "mandy donald"
• "mean bee" --Oh, are you tormented by one of those, too?
• "meaning 'i'm feeling up'" --Scared to ask...
• several about moccasin eggs --I don't think they exist. (They do that thing where the females carry the eggs around inside them until they hatch.)
  
• "nightmarish dreams" --A.K.A. "nightmares"? ;o)
  
• "nightnoise at the end of the evening blogspot"
  
• "nothing much im afraid"
• "numb fingers after hitting" --Here's a thought: stop hitting.
  
• "odd lawn mowers"
• "odd license plates"
• "odd state trivia"
• "odds and ends books that stone toilet cleaner"
• "odds and ends current events"
• "odds and ends fashion"
• "odds and ends form various sources : it took a laundry to clean the area"
• "odds of getting bit by a black rat snake"
• "odds on 50th wedding anniversary"
• "odds that first and last initial are the same"
• "odds the other dog is also male puzzle"
• "one flappy sore inside mouth" --Ick. Just wait and it'll probably go away.
• "patio photography"
• "pics of dogs fluffing from snake bites" --?
• "pictures sweden candy"
• "pirates online of photo odds and ends"
• "polymer clay nativity"
• "psychotic moments"
• "quilting +laptop"
• "rap babies saffle" --I have no idea what that's all about.
• "reward posters"
• "ridge vent hurricane leak"
• "sentence kinder +"/"sentence with kinder"
• "sewing + sweden"
• "sideboard, säffle"
• "skymall favorite dog-off"
• "snakes are living in my mulch" --Yeah, they'll do that.
• "someone has printed my name"
• "something light can't get through"
• "song, 'some little bug is going to get you someday'"
• "sweden candy bars with bugles" --Those are called Marabou Amigo bars. Yummy!
• "sweden in 1890" --Sorry, I wasn't there at the time. ;o)
• "swedish belts"
• "swedish candy how many dollar" --Depends on how much you buy, and whether or not you happen to be in Sweden.
  
• "swedish candy shops"/"swedish cherries candy"/"swedish raspberries candy"/ etc.
• "they have ice cream in cuba black caucus" --Yes, I know. Amazing news, wasn't it?
  
• "toby sue g's odds and ends"
• "tomgallon house"
• "too far off" --Better not go, then.
• "translate sonodora" --No! Not until you ask nicely! (Ok, I don't know the translation.)
  
• "trixie i odds" --Please don't. She's odd enough as it is.
  
• "trixie videos"/"trixie vids" --I got yer Trixie vids right here.
• "ultrasonic dog bark"
• "vibrations from lawn mower makes me hungry" --LOL!
• "victorandcarrie flickr"
• "vintage children's book little lost puppy" --Oh, that sounds sad.
• Many more about vintage children's books...
• "vintage vacuum cleaner advertisements"
• "voortman cookie shirts"/"voortman cookies 2008 recap"
• "what gross ingredient is in malted milk balls" --The ingredient you're detecting is most likely malt (thus the name, "malted milk balls"), and it's not gross. It's very, very tasty. *smacking lips* ;o)
• "what if my odds say negative about me"
• "what is the puppy smell" --If you mean "puppy breath", I've read that it's a symptom of... brace yourself... intestinal worms. Don't know if it's true, but our puppy lost her puppy breath after we de-wormed her. No matter where it comes from, it is an adorable smell.
  
• "what recent news soty amused you most"
• "what was that song in the 90s that started with 'la di da da da'" --"Around the World" by ATC, I think...
• "why do i always feel like i'm forgetting something" --If you figure it out, please pass it on.
  
• "wkrg.com moonpie" --"Throw me somethin', mister!" That's what they say you should shout at Mardi Gras parades. (shrug)
  
• "words that describe candy" --Sweet, tangy, sour, yummy, delicious, gooey, sticky, crunchy, chocolatey. Take your pick.
  
• "words to describe weather" (two variations)--Now, that's just too broad a subject. You're on your own! ;o)
• "words that discribe how snow feels" --Cold and wet. Next!
• "words to describe a storm"
  
• "words to describe yarn"
• "world market genuine swedish gingersnaps" --Those are good, aren't they?!

And there you have it-- my seemingly never-ending list of search engine keywords! Aren't you glad you read all the way through to the end? Wasn't it really worth that investment of your time and energy? . . . Hello? . . .Hello-ooo?

Hm. Oh well. I had fun. (g)

Keywords

It's been a few months since my last Google Analytics post, so I thought another one was due. It got a little long, so you may not want to read the whole thing. If you want to see just my favorites, skip down to the bottom. :o)

Here's what people were searching for when they happened upon this blog (since the last Analytics entry):

• Once again, most of them involve rag quilting, with 44 hits from "denim rag quilt(s)" along-- not even touching on all the (many, many) variations on that theme: "rag quilt bag" (9), "rag quilt video" (8), "flannel rag quilts" (5), and so on. (Maybe it's time for me to start actually working on that quilt again. ;o)) To avoid boring you completely to tears, I'll skip the rest of the quilt-related searches, unless something particularly interesting pops up.
  
• "borderline narcolepsy"/"borderline narcoleptic"-- 5 hits
  
• "trollstigen weather"-- 3 hits (Ah, Norway. . . I don't miss the crazy roads, but the views!)
  
• "racing down trollstigen"-- 1 hit
• "trollstigen road raised"-- 1 hit (What does that even mean?)
• "trollstigen youtube"-- 1 hit
  
• "birds attacking cats"-- 2 hits (Poor Skipper. I think I mentioned this after seeing a bird dive-bomb him. . .)
  
• "cockapekapoo"-- 2 hits
  
• "itchy hands after mowing"/"hands itch after digging in the yard"/"hands itch after mowing the lawn"/"mowing itchy"/"my hand vibrate after mowing"/"my palms itch after mowing the lawn"/"numb fingertips after mowing lawn"/"vibrations from lawn mower hands to itch"/"why do i get itchy hands after mowing the lawn"/"why do my palms itch after mowing"-- 11 hits (Obviously it's a common occurrence!)
  
• "after crocheting finger numb"/"crochet numb finger"/"crocheting numb fingers"/"numb finger crochet"-- 4 hits (Again, clearly I'm not the only one. Not that I thought I was. . .)
  
• "numb fingers more:causes risk factors"-- 1 hit
• "numb finger after striking"-- 1 hit (. . .After striking what, exactly. . .?)
  
• "jared polis"-- 2 hits (This is from a question in a meme.)
  
• "odds and ends abbreviation"-- 2 hits (Is there such a thing?)
  
• "sarah michaels extra thick body cream"/"sarah michaels milk and honey"-- 4 hits, total
• "curly sue soundtrack"-- 1 hit for this and all that follow, unless otherwise noted
  
• "emily of new moon: dean priest"
• "grey skin"/"blue gray skin color"/"gray skin"/"grey skin from well water"/"grey skin man"/"grey skin pictures"/"guy with grey skin"/"man with gray skin"/"man with grey skin"/"skin turned a permanent shade of blue-gray after consumption of nutritional supplements"/"the man with the gray skin"-- 11 hits (I guess people are still interested in this story. . .)
  
• "polymer clay + jewelry"
• "sziklai pair"/"adrigole"/"anoglypta" (This is what happens when you do that silly, random Wikipedia meme. . .)
  
• "yellow-bellied water snake split"
• "cassandra wilson - lovely"
• "7 inch granny square"
• "another name/ word for all knowing"-- 2 hits
• "b&w techniques"
• "baldwinreport"
• "canon xsi"
• "coastal fabric designs"
• "clouds moonlight flickr"
• "decorated cake ballerina"/"plastic ballerinas"-- 2 hits
  
• "dicey name pronounce" (I know the book they're thinking of, but I haven't read it-- yet-- myself, and I don't remember mentioning it or this character in my blog. . .)
  
• "eilert pilarm swedish elvis" (Donald was just talking about this again the other day. I'd forgotten about it.)
  
• "felt cake slice pattern" (Again. And I've never even posted one, as far as I can recall. . .)
  
• "flickr children's vintage fashion" (& related queries)-- 5 hits
• "vintage retro scans"
  
• "hejsan pronounced" ("Hay-sawn"-- or something like.)
  
• "how to make a bag out of a button up shirt" (I'm not sure, but it shouldn't be too hard to do.)
  
• "how to use variegated ombre yarn"
  
• "husqvarna correct pronunciation" (Hm. . . As far as I know, it's "HOOSK-varna", but I'm no expert. . . (shrug))
  
• "ike is gonna strike"/"wheres ike"/"wheres ike gonna go"/"wheres ike now"-- 4 hits
  
• "ipod wailin jennys"/"wailin jennys song meanings"-- 4 hits
  
• "it is beautiful the world we live in"/"its a beautiful world we live in"-- 4 hits (Agreed.)
• "lawn mowing gloves" (Again, is there really such a thing as gloves made just for lawn mowing?)
  
• "woolfardisworthy" (At first, I was all "Wha. . .?" And then I remembered this entry.)
  
• "leveson loosen" (See above.)
  
• "pronunciations odd spellings fanshawe" (Yep, one more for that entry.)
  
• "michael strang mowing" (No idea how this one got here. . .)
• "mike oddsandends"
• "moonbeamers cartoon"/"the moonbeamers cartoon"-- 2 hits (I remember it, vaguely. I more remember that my sister and I each had a Moonbeamers "action figure"/doll, and their hair glowed in the dark. I think one of us had a Moonbeamers lunch box, too, one year.)
  
• "trixie-o designs"
  
• "muskmare" ((shudder) Nasty things!)
• "ombre pattern cloth in photoshop" (I'm not sure what they meant by that. . .)
  
• "open slatted patio cover photo" (You're joking, right? Our patio doesn't even have it's "floor" in place, yet. Need to work on that. . .)
  
• "paw print rag quilt bag" (Hey, that's a neat idea!)
• "personality trait of l.m.montgomery" (I could name a few, but you're probably better off looking elsewhere.)
  
• "photo crochet"
• "pin cushion"/"pin cushions with mason jar lids"-- 2 hits
• "peewauket" (Another reference to that book I haven't even read. I can't figure out where I mentioned these things. . .)
  
• "scan cyoa books"
  
• "seizures/weather conditions" (I guess they might be linked, somehow?)
  
• "sewing"
• "sewing kit in a jar"
• "sharpshooter shovel"/"shovel handle refitting"-- 2 hits
• "spelling widget for computer" (Why would you need one? Seems like most programs have one already built in. . .)
• "sweded movies wikipedia"
• "youtube gameron guiron" (Oh, how I hate that movie.)
  

I saved my favorites for last. They're a little more interesting-- and/or amusing-- than the ones listed above.

• "children's book on dog fashion" (Intriguing. . .)
  
• "how do I pronounce st john rivers"/"st john pronounced sinjin" (Yes, it truly is pronounced "sinjin". Weird, huh? But admittedly, it's much easier to say than "saint john".)
  
• "how to crouche granny squares" (Yeah, it's just a spelling error, but it looks funny.)
  
• "how to prevent finches from defecating in birdhouse" (Is that even possible? I think you just have to clean out the house, at the end of the nesting season. That, or let the next bird who comes along take care of it. (g))
  
• "mood killers" (LOL! I wonder if they were looking for a definitive list. And why? Seeking inspiration?)
• "shoe mcan logo resemblance with allah in bangladesh" (I can't help but laugh at the ridiculousness of the whole thing.)
  
• "mom, i'm nearsighted, and need glasses" (This one actually strikes me as kind of sad. Was this person worrying about how to tell "mom" that s/he needs glasses. . .?)
• "mother hubbard etsy golden" (Added to this list because of the sheer weirdness of this seemingly unrelated string of words.)
• "odd style fashion for kids" (Kids, prepare for some good old-fashioned school-yard teasing. . .)
• "rag quilt clog washer" (Uh oh. ;o) Yeah, they say that can happen. Best to take precautions. If possible, wash it the first time or two at the laundromat, and maybe wash it inside a bag, to catch the fluff.)
• "two striped walking stick sprayed in mouth" (Oh, you poor, poor person! Don't worry, though. It shouldn't cause any long-term damage.)
• "unblur a purposely blurred photo" (And just why do you need to do that?)
• "voortman cookies coloring book" (So, is it a coloring book full of drawings of cookies?)
• "i look through the camera viewfinder with my left eye. is this incorrect?" (Dude, relax. Just do whatever feels right. I promise, no-one's gonna call the camera police on you for putting your left eye to the viewfinder. I do it all the time.)
• "koink oil" (What is koink oil?)
• "lawn mowing vocabulary" (There will be a quiz tomorrow, so you'd best study.) ;o)

Well, that concludes this quarter's episode of "Giggle Goofily at That Keyword". ;o) Better go see about doing something slightly more useful. . .

Let's get analytical. (Again.)

More fun (for me, at least) with Google Analytics!

(If you have a blog or other website and would like to get all sorts of neat statistics about it for free, I recommend Analytics. It's pretty easy to set up, and did I mention that it's free? (g) Hurray for free stuff!)

Let's see. . . The last time I did this was in February. So I guess I'll just look from that point forward.

Keywords--
That is, the words or phrases people were searching for when they found this blog.
Sorry, if everyone already knew that. (g)

• odds and ends polymer clay -- 41 visits
• denim rag quilt -- 20
  
• rag quits -- 10
• denim quilt -- 5
• how to make rag quilts -- 5

I won't list them all, but there are many (soo many!) rag quilt-related keywords throughout this list. Just about every possible search term relating to rag quilts (and every misspelling of "denim") is represented, I think. (g) It's clearly the single subject that draws most of the new visitors to this blog. And I haven't even finished my first rag quilt, yet! (Just a couple of rag quilted bags.)

Back to the list. . .

• flickr polymer clay photostream -- 3 visits
• "congenital cataracts" glasses -- 1 (from here on out, all led to just one visit, unless otherwise noted. . . and in those cases, there was always a slight variation in spelling or wording)
  
• a couple of songs-- "everywhere" moustache / "follow you follow me" gilmore girls
• "i could have killed all of them" fritzl
  
• "jane eyre"
• "la valse des vieux os" translation -- (from Amélie. And then there's another one about that movie, further down. . .) I don't have that translation.
• "making flocking" models -- I have no idea now to make flocking. Sorry.
  
• "odds and ends" cartoon -- Never heard of it.
  
• "odds and ends" quilt
  
• "sarah michaels" extra thick body cream / sarah michaels body cream milk and honey / sarah michaels first light lotion -- Yeah, I heard they discontinued that line of products.
  
• "self help books" -- Uh oh. . . I hope I didn't "dis" that genre too harshly. . . ;o)
• "vintage children's books" blog -- (x2) Sounds interesting, but this isn't one of those.
  
• "wailin' jennys" -- (x2) (It's a musical group.)
• michaels clay sale -- (x6) Actually, they have one going on right now! (g)
• 1920s etiquette
• adrigole -- huh? I have no idea where I might have written this, because I don't know what it is. (g) . . .Ok, it's a village in Ireland. This is one of those random things from the Wikipedia meme.
  
• Ainsbruck -- Yes, I was writing about the Ainsbruck Singers, a Swedish group. There are very few Google hits for this word!
• another word for all-knowing -- Try "omniscient". :o)
• are eye exams scary -- Aw, don't worry! They're really not that bad. :o)
• ashokan farewell mp3 jay ungar
  
• bedroom odds and ends
• blue gray skin / blue-gray man / blue-gray skin man / grey skin man / youtube gray skin man-- He generated a lot of interest!
• cake slice box template / felt cake slice pattern / felt cake slices
• cheese quizzes -- Again?! (This popped up last time, too.)
• child's pattern for making a terry cloth poncho out of a towel
• cindi schramer -- Who's that? Oh, she's one of the people who designed one of the rag quilting projects I linked to. I wonder if she was googling herself, or if this was a loyal fan? ;o)
• clothes made with vintage bits -- Sounds like fun!
• Three different keywords regarding the Curly Sue soundtrack
  
• cute pictures of vintage children's books
• dean priest emily of new moon / dean priest l.m. montgomery -- He really is better than Teddy, isn't he?
  
• decorations polymer clay youtube
• device to pour milk from milk jug -- If you find one, let me know.
  
• dog shaped rag quilt -- I can't really imagine that. . .
• fashion forcast childran illustartion (sic) -- I didn't know there was such a thing!
• flickr catherine's quilt
  
• flickr vintage fashion pictures / vintage fashion illustration
  
• genesis follow you follow me
• grandfathers barn poem -- Doesn't ring any bells. . .
  
• hands vibrate after mowing lawn -- This one came up twice. (g)
• hooked rug whip stitching
• how much clearance is needed for a porch swing -- I wish I could have found a good formula. Seems like you just have to figure it out for yourself!
• i'd rather be quilting
• instructions for large bride figure out of household items -- . . . Do you have any idea what they were looking for? I can't quite figure it out. Unless they wanted to make a homemade dressmaker's form. . .
• it's-a-beautiful-world-we-live-in music
• krispy kreme bear claws -- Please stop! You're making me hungry!!
• lawn cutting gloves -- They make some especially for lawn mowing?
• lawn to a wooded area photos -- You mean like a gradual transformation or "before and after"? Sounds interesting to me, too, but you won't find that here.
  
• little plastic ballerina / plastic ballerina cake toppers -- More hits for that photo I found on Flickr!
• lucia katts -- Look, I told you you're making me hungry. . .
• miss lollipop's lion -- (x2) Yes, we had that book when I was a kid. :o)
• odd old quilt -- (g) That's the honest way to describe a "vintage crazy quilt".
  
• odds & ends fashion magazine -- Trust me, I'm probably not the one to be giving out fashion advice.
  
• odds lawn care
• oddsandends face painting -- Sure, I can do that.
  
• on monday i found a little bug poem -- Never heard of it.
• ow to make a rag bag -- Depends on 'ow ye wannit to look, dearie. ;o)
• photo death "gray skin" -- Um, ok . . . Creepy. You won't be finding that here.
  
• photos, lawnmowing -- It's not really that interesting, is it?
  
• playskool wonderfalls
  
• polyfelt, wool felt -- So, which did you choose? The wool felt's nicer, but the price. . .
• problems with house finches nesting on my back porch again! -- Well, they are messy. If you don't mind being a little mean, I guess you could just remove the beginnings of the nest, as soon as you see it. I don't know if there's anything you can do to make the area less desirable to begin with. . . Get a cat? ;o)
  
• rags: making a little something out of almost nothing
• scans of vintage kids mags / vintage children magazine ads
  
• sziklai pair -- Well, at least this time I know how in the world this keyword led to my blog. It's due to that Wikipedia meme, again.
  
• t shirt rag quilt pattern -- I didn't know you could use t-shirts in any quilt. Or at least I thought they were a bit too stretchy to be a good choice. . .
• tarklin state park -- It's a nice little walk. :o)
• things to make from a rag quilt -- . . . It's already a quilt. You're done. ;o) Seriously, you can make bags, curtains/valances, shower curtains, table runners. . . wall art. . . pillows. . .
  
• thursday memes
  
• trollstigen / weather trollstigen 2008 -- Really interesting spot.
  
• well water gray color -- Ew. I suggest that you don't drink it. Well water is supposed to be nice and clear, in my experience.
  
• where to find rag quilting squares -- You mean pre-cut? I'm not sure. They're pretty easy to cut for yourself. Just use any fabric that tends to fray-- denim, flannel, homespun. . .
  
• winn-dixie -- Not my favorite place to shop, but I'll go when they have good sales.
  
• youtube calico skies

Always amusing. (Again, for me, at least. (g))

More Keywords. . .

As I mentioned last time, there were more keywords / search terms that I didn't see when I started the last entry, so here's the second installment:

• jeans quilt / jeans quilts / denim jean quilts / denium jeans quilt / jeans hobby /quilt out of jeans / etc.-- Seventeen visits from these. Seems like jeans quilts are a popular proposition!
• hobby quilt
  
• "new glasses"/ "new glasses" nearsighted
  
• al roker use handsaw to save energy-- Two for this one. (g) I wonder if those visitors thought it was as ridiculous (and amusing) as I did. . .
• motorized tree topper-- (g) Must've come from that story about Aunt Cathy's spooky angel tree-topper.
  
• "in these days of indigestion"-- "it is oftentimes a question. . ." ;o) Three people looked for this. At least they must've found what they were looking for-- that poem.
  
• "jane eyre"-- Of all the sites there must be out there that mention Jane Eyre, they clicked mine?!
• "up on a rooftop", christmas song lyrics
• baldwin county polymer clay -- Hm! I wonder if someone's thinking of starting up a local guild or something?
• bronte or bront or brontë or brontes or brontës or "jane eyre" or "wuthering heights"-- Phew! What a mouthful!
  
• chances odds abducted by aliens -- More aliens?!
• children's books from the 80s about a bug family-- Doesn't ring any bells. . .
• eye flick blood pressure-- . . .sounds scary!
• flash back mids the 80s-- You too?? ;o)
• grinch colored cookies and cake-- Yum yum. (?)
  
• how to sew decorations on denim-- Pretty much the same way as you sew anything, I'd imagine. If you're using a machine, you may need to change to a different size needle. (Refer to your manual for more info.)
• hunting land for sale in alabama-- Ok, which of you is planning on moving down here? ;o)
• ich bin she-ra-- It was great, wasn't it?
  
• i'm all knowing in song-- Personally, I know more in prose.
• mrs. roper's poncho-- LOL!
  
• quizzes to determine things-- Try blogthings.com for one source of pointless quizzes. Have fun!
  
• random quiz cheese-- I didn't know you could make cheese out of. . . Ok, ok. That was a bad joke, even for me. ;o) But seriously, two people were looking for cheese quizzes. Now I'm curious. . .
• random things to know about a person quiz-- Oh, is that kind of like that game we used to play at birthday parties? "Who Knows ______ the Best?" Everyone answer questions about the birthday girl/boy's favorite things, then whoever gets the most correct wins a prize.
  
• really nearsighted-- I'm sorry. :o(
  
• rifftrax-- Hope you enjoyed the YouTube video!
• slitherin garter snake-- So much better than a slitherin rattlesnake!
  
• sziklai pair-- . . . Huh? Oh, ok. That was from a wikipedia randomizer meme. 'Cause goodness knows I wouldn't be talking about a sziklai pair in my regular day-to-day blogging! (g)
• winn-dixie-- I wondered when I ever wrote about Winn-Dixie, so I had to look it up. I was mentioning how I didn't like the WD version of Dr. Pepper. I hope I didn't hurt someone's feelings. ;o) How many pages of search results do you think they had to go through before they found that? (Well, maybe they were using a search engine just for blogs. . .)

And there you have it! (I left out some of the less interesting ones and about a bajillion "vintage children's clothes/books/photos" type things.) So, now I just have to wait a few more months to rack up a new batch of keywords. I know you'll be sitting on the edge of your seats until then. ;o)

Content Courtesy of Google Analytics ;o)

Here are some things people have been looking for when they've found this blog:

• slitherin snakes -- Two people came in on this one.
  
• "patterns using towels"-- Yes, I'd noticed several people accessing this blog through that entry, since adding the Feedjit live traffic feed. I never knew that was such a popular craft!
• "yes ma'am" -- See, people still say that, 1920's Etiquette Book Lady! ;o)
• all knowing ipod meme -- Another one I've noticed on my Feedjit widget.
• any colour you like, mid -- Looking for a midi file, I guess? Sorry, none here.
  
• avila jennys meaning -- No idea. I've never paid much attention to the lyrics, before now.
• baldwin and the whiffles sh-boom -- Fun song, isn't it?
  
• curly sue soundtrack -- Several music-related hits, lately!
• figuring out squares for rag quilt-- Depends on how big you want it to be and how "raggy" you want it. Most people figure in a half-inch seam allowance. If that's what you want, decide how big you want the finished quilt to be and how many squares you want (across and down). Divide the desired length and width by the number of squares you'd like to get the size of the finished (quilted and ragged) squares, then cut the squares one inch bigger (in width and length) than that. (That leaves 1/2 inch "spare" on all sides.) If you aren't too picky about the size of the finished quilt, I think it's a lot easier to work with even inches-- or half-inches, at least. When you get down to quarter inches, you're more likely to make a mistake on your calculating or cutting. Besides, one of the main attractions of rag quilts is that it's so quick and easy-- so why complicate matters? Don't forget to double the number of squares so you'll have enough for the front and the back. If they're using flannel and no batting, some people like to triple the number of squares to give the quilt a little more warmth and thickness. In that case, you'll probably want to use your cheapest (or your least favorite) flannel for the middle layer-- but keep in mind that the colors will show in the ragging.) Have fun! :o)
  
• ipod imposter -- You have one, too? ;o)
• kids vintage fashion pics -- (and more similar to this.) Sorry to disappoint.
  
• movie that ends with gnossienne -- No idea, unless it was The Painted Veil, which was the movie I was writing about when I mentioned it. . .
• nearsighted in one eye -- Well, I guess it's better than nearsighted in both eyes (like I am). (g)
• odds on random things -- Like the odds of winning the lottery, getting struck by lighting, finding an honest politician, etc.? None of those here.
  
• plastic ballerinas+cakedecorating -- I hope you liked the picture I found. (g)
• pushing daisies retrospective -- I don't think I've written one. . .
  
• random quizzes about cheese -- (laugh) Are there such things?
• sunnyroad manasseh mix -- (multiple variants of this one.) It's a great mix. I wish it was on the original CD. . .
  
• unique personality traits -- Plenty of those here. ;o)
• what is the chance i have been abducted by aliens quiz -- Speaks for itself.
  

Maybe I ought to write about some of these things. I hate to think how disappointed these folks must've been once they got here. ;o)

Oh, I just realized that I was only looking at the keywords from the last month. (I thought there ought to be more of them!) I'll have to do another post looking back all the way to the beginning of the blog.

Other tidbits of the analytical type*:

• 54% of pageviews are the "index"/main page/the page you get when you type in the URL.
  
• 15% of pageviews are of the entry about "Sweden in 100 Little Pieces". (g)
• 5% of pageviews are of the entry where I first mentioned rag quilting.
  
• Pages of this site have been viewed 1,079 times, with 939 unique visits.
  
• This blog has had 271 absolutely unique visitors.
  
• Sixteen different languages are represented by this blog's visitors. (Of course, I think this is a bit skewed, as there are different categories for English, US English, and UK English, as well as two for Swedish, I think.)
  
• Nearly 34% of my visitors have come here just one time. (Didn't like what they saw, I guess. Maybe they're the disgruntled readers looking for quizzes about cheese, etc. (g)) 12% have visited 26-50 times, and another 12% have read this blog 51-100 times. 5.5% of you have been here over 100 times.
  
• If I understand the Visitor Loyalty report (which is a bit iffy, to tell the truth), that loyal 5.5% is made up of 44 individuals. That more than I would've thought!
  
• Most of my traffic (74.9%) has come from referring sites (mainly mossyowls.com and blogger.com). The rest is fairly evenly divided between direct traffic (people typing in my URL or using a bookmark, etc.) and search engines.
  
• Nearly 55% of visitors are using Internet Explorer, but 42% use Firefox. (We use Firefox. It was Donald's idea, and at first I was resistant, because I'm too lazy to learn new programs a creature of habit, but now that I'm adapted, I'm a faithful Firefox user.)
  

*All stats are based on the entire time I've had this blog-- since November of last year.

It's pretty amazing that you can have all these statistics (and more) for free! Just look up Google Analytics. (There are probably others out there, too, but that's the one I'm using.)