Search strings…
Occasionally, someone reaches my blog through a search engine. It is sometimes amusing to see what search strings point people to my blog.
Sometimes, someone will search for a particular person and reach my blog: for example, David Alan Black (Number one search string… I hope they also reach his web site.), Harold Hoehner, Everett Ferguson, Andrew T. Lincoln, etc.
Sometimes, someone will search for a string that, I think, is very appropriate given the topic of this blog: for example, “edification” (Number two search string), “forsake not assembling”, “pastor’s responsibilities in a church”, “church as ekklesia”, etc.
Then, there are the search strings that are… well… just strange. I’m sure they make sense to someone. But, I have no idea why these particular search strings would point to my blog: “myths about slaves in the church”, “mael or fellation or maczde or carpate” (Yes, I know that I link to the blog of someone named Maël, but I don’t even know what the other words mean. I’m almost afraid to put them here…).
I can’t wait to see other search strings that point an unknowing internet surfer to my blog.
Alan,
How do you find this information out?
Dougald
Dougald,
There are many different tracking programs. I use Google Analytics on my blog.
-Alan
On mine I get:
1) delta ts350 table saw
2) delta ts350 forums
3) delta “TS350”
4) grace mael
More hits on the saw than anything else.
Maël,
What is a “grace mael”?
-Alan
Alan, I’m not sure … maybe it’s that I am graceful? But probably not … maybe that I am full of grace? God’s grace.
I thought “grace” was something you said before a meal…..oh, you said “mael”. Maybe they were dyslexic? 😉
Believe it or not, I got another hit today on the search string “maczde carpate” (probably because of this blog post). So, I did a little research. It turns out that “Maczde Carpate” is a rock group from southeastern France. One of the members of that group is named Maël. And somehow, they found me.
-Alan