I installed Google Analytics on the blog last week so I could pore over juicy data about how many people visit the page, where they come from etc. The trouble is that once you become interested in this stuff, you're a slave to the audience.
And the audience, it turns out, is pretty small. Readers from China, Ireland, England, France, India, Greece, Australia and Japan have perused these pages, but they've done so in alarmingly low numbers.
So, I'm selling out (at least for a day) and writing about what people apparently want to read - according to stats from Google and elsewhere.
The top searches at present include Beyonce Knowles and her alleged wedding to rapper Jay-Z, the Skybus bankruptcy filing, Michael McDowell (the Nascar driver, not the former Tanaiste), Barry Beach, Jessica Lange, Clinton, Obama, McCain and, eh, pizza.
I'll also throw in a few classics: Paris Hilton, Iraq, sex, stocks, porn, Premiership, xxx, Hannah Montana and Youtube.
Now, if that doesn't send the graph soaring in a northerly direction, I'll be back to writing about life in China on Monday.
Of course, if it works, this site will become dedicated to sex, politics, sport and celebrity gossip.
2 comments:
Good god Gary, just logged on and have seen all the half naked chix pictures-how far from the academic seriousness of IMN you have come....
P
Good work P. Using words like 'half-naked chix' will boost the traffic from search engines.
G
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