Internet presence… I gots some! (Others have more!)
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I’ve noticed from my hit counters that my “Drawn to Life” post is, aside from the main page, the most popular page on my website. It wasn’t until I took a closer look at Google Analytics to see why. The page gets a lot of referrals from Google’s image search, so I did a little image Googling myself and discovered this:

Apparently when you search for “Drawn to Life”, my page is like the 7th hit. What’s funny is that, if your browser causes Google images to align pictures in rows of six, my picture comes up right underneath the first hit, which is the exact same picture except not nude. What’s really funny is that this first hit comes from Christian gaming website called “Family Friendly Gaming“. Awesome.
Today was the last day of voting for The Bloggies, some award thingy for blogs. As a user of Bloglines, I did one of those research study interviews with their R&D. (I signed up as a joke, since Kelvin used to work at Ask… I didn’t think I’d actually be selected as an interviewee! Ah well, it was interesting, and I got free monies!) One of the things they asked me was “What makes a good blog?” I gave them an answer, but now that I think about it some more, I’m not really sure. So I checked out a few of these nominated blogs that other people seem to like.
I thought blogs had to have some sort of purpose to be popular (like knitting or gaming or something), but that doesn’t seem to be the case. People can just talk about themselves, and somehow their blogs generate enough money for them to not have to work anymore (i.e. Dooce does so well, even the blogger’s husband doesn’t have to work anymore!). Also, it seems to me that there’s like 20 bajillion Mommy blogs (not surprisingly, a lot of them stay-at-home Moms), and 90% of these mommies are snarky and vulgar. (Now that I think about it, they kinda remind me of Susie…) I’m curious if I’ll eventually turn into one of these people when I have kids, as some of the more popular ones began before they had kids. But I don’t have kids right now, so I’m pretty meh on these blogs. However, I did find Sarcastic Mom to be cute and entertaining, especially with her abundance of silly pictures. I didn’t like Ashley’s Closet, but her drama with an internet troll was hilarious. (I’ve come to the conclusion that trolls look exactly how they act on the internet.) As for Redneck Mommy, I’m just envious that she’s hot.
There were a couple other blogs that caught my eye. So Very Alone is a very plain-looking blog, and it’s written by a loner who just talks about how lonely he is. It has no pictures and is incredibly well-written; I’ve already read all his posts since he started in November. Though he seems extreme in his anti-socialness, I find him somewhat relatable. And he doesn’t seek pity, nor do I feel sorry for him. I kind of wonder if he’s for real, but it’s an entertaining read nonetheless. I also wonder if his writing will change with the increase of traffic he’s getting. Another blog I liked was Local Girl’s day in pictures. The blogger draws her blog posts instead of writing about them, and we all know pictures are better than words :P I imagine drawing daily helps a lot with her art skills and creativity.
It’s neat to see how all these personal blogs can become so popular simply because they write about their lives so well. My life isn’t getting any more entertaining, so I guess I have to work on this “better writing” crap…
New thing I learned today: BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works.
I’ve noticed from my hit counters that my “Drawn to Life” post is, aside from the main page, the most popular page on my website. It wasn’t until I took a closer look at Google Analytics to see why. The page gets a lot of referrals from Google’s image search, so I did a little image Googling myself and discovered this:
Apparently when you search for “Drawn to Life”, my page is like the 7th hit. What’s funny is that, if your browser causes Google images to align pictures in rows of six, my picture comes up right underneath the first hit, which is the exact same picture except not nude. What’s really funny is that this first hit comes from Christian gaming website called “Family Friendly Gaming“. Awesome.
Today was the last day of voting for The Bloggies, some award thingy for blogs. As a user of Bloglines, I did one of those research study interviews with their R&D. (I signed up as a joke, since Kelvin used to work at Ask… I didn’t think I’d actually be selected as an interviewee! Ah well, it was interesting, and I got free monies!) One of the things they asked me was “What makes a good blog?” I gave them an answer, but now that I think about it some more, I’m not really sure. So I checked out a few of these nominated blogs that other people seem to like.
I thought blogs had to have some sort of purpose to be popular (like knitting or gaming or something), but that doesn’t seem to be the case. People can just talk about themselves, and somehow their blogs generate enough money for them to not have to work anymore (i.e. Dooce does so well, even the blogger’s husband doesn’t have to work anymore!). Also, it seems to me that there’s like 20 bajillion Mommy blogs (not surprisingly, a lot of them stay-at-home Moms), and 90% of these mommies are snarky and vulgar. (Now that I think about it, they kinda remind me of Susie…) I’m curious if I’ll eventually turn into one of these people when I have kids, as some of the more popular ones began before they had kids. But I don’t have kids right now, so I’m pretty meh on these blogs. However, I did find Sarcastic Mom to be cute and entertaining, especially with her abundance of silly pictures. I didn’t like Ashley’s Closet, but her drama with an internet troll was hilarious. (I’ve come to the conclusion that trolls look exactly how they act on the internet.) As for Redneck Mommy, I’m just envious that she’s hot.
There were a couple other blogs that caught my eye. So Very Alone is a very plain-looking blog, and it’s written by a loner who just talks about how lonely he is. It has no pictures and is incredibly well-written; I’ve already read all his posts since he started in November. Though he seems extreme in his anti-socialness, I find him somewhat relatable. And he doesn’t seek pity, nor do I feel sorry for him. I kind of wonder if he’s for real, but it’s an entertaining read nonetheless. I also wonder if his writing will change with the increase of traffic he’s getting. Another blog I liked was Local Girl’s day in pictures. The blogger draws her blog posts instead of writing about them, and we all know pictures are better than words :P I imagine drawing daily helps a lot with her art skills and creativity.
It’s neat to see how all these personal blogs can become so popular simply because they write about their lives so well. My life isn’t getting any more entertaining, so I guess I have to work on this “better writing” crap…
New thing I learned today: BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works.










































