I can tell from my sitemeter when people read this blog. I can usually tell who they are if they're regulars. I wrote about this before in Absent Friends. I've still got regular lurkers and one in particular who I'm sure I know but they never, ever comment. 18 months of almost daily reading and not a word, zilch. I wonder why they read, it's a bit like looking through someone's window and then scarpering when it is opened. Strange behaviour indeed. Others read and email or chat to me elsewhere so there is no need for immediate comment.
Not that I want loads of comments, I'm almost as bad at replying to them, usually because I find them when I am looking up Something Terribly Important for WH like the size of a roof truss or the price of scalpings. I read the email informing me of a comment and then promptly forget until days later when I then feel really embarassed and real heel for seeming to totally ignore the writer.
The most intriguing things to me about my blog readership at the moment are the strange connections called referrals. I know with a title involving the word straightjacket I get some odd ones, people looking for straightjackets, information about their role in ancient medicine or something and also people looking for those, ahem, dodgy sites where people do strange things with them.
The most bewildering of all however is the fact that almost 20% of referrals are from a Google search of 'carbohydrates and sleep' and relate to a blog I did aeons ago sparked off by some links I had read about between a high intake of carbs and excessive sleepiness. I didn't think it was that revelatory though being my usual ramble about my continuingly odd symptoms. All the sites searching these terms are from the USA. Is it a big deal over there or has someone posted a link to this somewhere else? It's totally baffling to me. Maybe I better have some carbs and sleep through the puzzle.
4 comments:
Readers are strange things....although I say it as shouldn't, maybe!
Yeah we are strange Steg, I read your blog when I have time, which is about as much as I read other blogs. Time being of the essence right now. Did manage to reply to the comment reasonably quickly though, same day is good for me. I often don't comment on really personal stuff on blogs unless I 'know' the person really well, it just somehow doesn't always feel right to 'butt' in.
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods right now.
It never feels like you're butting in when you comment on my blog Jas! I too have a daily lurker who, just out of interest, I'd really like to flush out!
Ooh you say the nicest things Thursday. Thanks.
You wish they'd just say something, anything don't you? I'm sure I know this person but I wonder why they are so fascinated if they don't make contact and I don't have their email addy any more.
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