Q3 2003 Zeitgeist
It is that time again - another quarter has come and gone.
Average hits per day: 8,110 (+158%)
Average visitors per day: 469 (+41%)
That small gap in August was the unfortunate combination of me being out on vacation and a power failure that outlasted my UPS.
“catfish noodling” and “noodling” were the top two search terms in Q2 and they remain in the top 4 but “baklava” and “baklava recipe” are coming on strong. Those terms barely made a dent in Q2 but something is making people search a lot more for good baklava this quarter. It could also just be an indication of my Google ranking for those terms, where I am #1 for both “recipe baklava” and “baklava recipe”
---------------------------------------- Search phrase Hits Hits (%) ---------------------------------------- noodling 3540 10.10% how to smoke a cigar 3002 8.60% coq au vin 2632 7.62% catfish noodling 2108 6.01% baklava recipe 1929 5.50% baklava 1404 4.05% noodling catfish 1230 3.51% noodling for catfish 429 1.22% macro magic 368 1.05% coq au vin recipe 365 1.04% olive garden 347 0.99% paypal scams 342 0.98% bathroom etiquette 320 0.91% herb brooks 276 0.79% geek test 268 0.76% recipe baklava 195 0.56% quicken 2004 144 0.41% joe millionaire winner 143 0.41% quicken upgrade 141 0.40% jedi master kid 135 0.39% ----------------------------------------
In Q3 there were 4,267 (+21%) unique search terms used to find my site. While I usually point out unique search terms in the Zeitgeist I have to say that I’ve become a bit sensitized and uninterested in the weird things people look for. Even so, there were a few that piqued my interest:
geek house projects. An interesting idea, a house made for geeks. Server closets, plenty of expansion tubes for unplanned cable runs, full house video cabling, etc. Sounds like a great project for Monster House!
damn microsoft terminal server tokens upgrade. I can just picture how frustrated this IT guy was when he did this search.
when is the next terrorist attack going to happen?. A small number of people search on this and related phrases as if the answer is on the Internet.
Thanks for visiting. See you next quarter.
