Google Hits

I'm always intrigued by the hits I get from people doing Google searches.  Not because they find my site by searching for weird things, though that happens, but because I get so many hits from Google.  I probably get well over 100 a day.

I also think it's curious to find out when I'm the #1 Google hit for something.  For example this post made me the #1 for "Kevin Ezell."  I'm the #1 hit for "David Gray Ain't No Love" because of this post.  This here post makes me the #1 hit for "SBTS alcohol."  And I'm the #1 Google hit for "Starbucks the way I see it" because of this post.

Interesting stuff.

Comments

[Ashlee]

Google should come up with a way to reverse search your site and find all the words that bring it up as a hit. That would be interesting to know.

[James Paul]

Look out, folks! The Reformissionary hits just keep on comin'!

I know what you mean. My post on your Alcohol/SBTS thoughts has received a TON of hits since it was published.

Love your blog!

[Marty Duren]

Steve,
That is one of my favorite things to do. My post on The "injured bad" ad is getting hits from UCLA, UNC and everywhere in between.

Unfortunately, unlike my hero, I rarely get the #1 search spot. I have so far to go...

[Nick P.]

<---Google should come up with a way to reverse search your site and find all the words that bring it up as a hit. That would be interesting to know.--->

That would be pretty processor-intensive. I don't know that Google provides anything like that. (Unless perhaps it's part of the Google ad program). But you can track which web sites refer you, including search engine URLs that have the keywords in them. Which is what Steve is using, I guess?

Perhaps pulled together nicely in the stats he has collected.

I think these kinds of stats are interesting too. I decided to give StatCounter.com a try after I saw the report it gives on your site Steve. Looks pretty good so far, and I like the fact that you can track multiple web sites.

[Steve McCoy]

I'm the #1 hit for

rappers in camo

[Steve McCoy]

I'm the #1 hit for

Grudem alcohol

[Ashlee]

#2 hit for:
"listen happy birthday to you song online free"

I had a visitor today because of this... but they didn't stay long.

[Nick P.]

I'm glad to see that you're #2 for the mispelled {huck fin costume}
and in the top six for {"white sox" "cubs" april 2005}

[Ashlee]

Well, not now. I just went to look at it again and now I don't even see my site on the list of hits. That's weird. But it was there. You can ask Brad W.