From time to time I egotistically have a look at what is called ‘blog stats’, just to get an idea of who, if anyone is reading the Travelog. Vain I know but, it does give me the warm fuzzies when I see that on some days up to 60 people are checking my words out. Obviously I’m not Charlie Brooker yet but it’s something.
But then you have to ask how are these people finding me? I don’t imagine for a moment that 60 family and friends are that fascinated that they’d be on there every day, and the blog clearly states that they don’t count me and the hours I spend in reverence gazing at my own output.
Sadly, my question has just been answered and the answer is not pretty. The answer, as with everything (almost) on the net, is that these admiring visitors were looking for porn. Yes, that’s right.
I know this because just under the graph of blog views (see above) is a panel called ‘Search Engline Terms’. The subline explains: ‘These are terms people used to find your blog.’ I scroll down, expecting to find, if not ‘expert travel blog’ or ‘beautiful Londoner south east Asia’ at least the words Thailand, Malaysia or Sumatra.
No. The most common ways to find me are by typing ‘girl masturbation’, ‘medieval torture’, ‘incest’ or ‘colonic irrigation’ into google.
That’s popped my bubble. Pride coming before a fall is one thing but there’s nothing like being the reading material of choice for a load of perverts.
Having said that, surely infamy is better than obscurity. And, since most of those key words would lead the pervert in question to a blog called ‘I’ll be your bruise’, which is a perfectly unsexy blog I wrote in review of a musical based on a 18th century German play, I also get a certain perverse pleasure in the thought of their disappointment!
