I was fortunate enough to be selected by TypePad as a Featured Weblog for the past month. This is a result of a long lost friend showing up in my email one day...anyway, I digress, that's a story for another day and a lot of wine. So, anyway, if you went to the TypePad homepage, you'd see a picture of my little blog there. My little blog! On the TypePad home page! Me! Mine!
It was great to see the hits flooding in, as people took a glimpse of my little food nerd life here in the SF Bay Area, it really was pretty exciting. And we all know that good things must end, even if it happens kicking and screaming "No, TypePad, feature me some more, pleeeeease! I neeeed those hits, NEED THEM DAMN YOU!" Alas, as the hits dwindle and the viewers forget my URL and fade off into Internets anonymity, I have but only the sweet traces of the hit average slowly decreasing to remember them by. Goodbye TypePad Featured Weblog hits, I really will miss you and all your varied and unique visitors with comments such as this from the ever provocative Rankin' Rob:
That is the stone cold sexiest picture of radicchio I've ever seen on the net. Just found this site through TypePad's front page. I may come back and unload the Southern-Sweet Tea-Banana Pudding p.o.v. on your exotic vegi NoCo self. Now excuse me while I visit the obscene dessert item below.
Oh my. And here I thought food blogging was good, clean fun. Thanks Rob! Go check out Rob's site for an unabashed viewpoint on current events and Nascar.
On another blogging note, it's time for the first ever:
You'll Never Guess How People Found My Site This Month
Yes, ladies and gents, this is the first post in this series, where I get to share the beautiful search referrers that bring the abundantly creative public to my site. If anyone can explain how "naked midgets" pointed someone to my site, please feel free to comment. Other fine search referrers were:
- will dry mustard make you vomit (if you have to ask, you really should try it and see what happens)
- Molly naked (I imagine they were disappointed at the results: beets!)
- why am I doing it (Aw, hun, I just don't even know)
- I don't have a rolling pin what else can I use (great question, answer: wine bottle)
- Asian meat porn (yummmmm...)
- sexy hunting magazines (note to self: take down sexy hunting pictures from hidden blog)
- fancy name for meatloaf (Loaf a la Meat?)
- dork pork (the other nerdy meat)
- Chinese hells (ah yes, this is The Hell of Blurry Photos of Beets)
- girls pissing (I don't think they were searching for this post)
The links are hilarious. Your site is suddenly so naughty.
Posted by: Janet | May 11, 2005 at 01:25 PM
Holy crapola... what is it about your site that creates hits for these freakishly freaky searches??
Good thing your identity is well-hidden.
Psst, are these referrers from typepad or another 3rd party search?
Posted by: Fatemeh | May 11, 2005 at 01:42 PM
Don't you worry, some of us who found your site on the Typepad front page have bookmarked your site now, and check back for updates obsessively! I love your blog and your links and come here for a (nearly) daily read.
Posted by: Heidi | May 11, 2005 at 02:32 PM
Hmmm, sometimes extra hits cost you money. Myspace.com had some users that linked to a picture at Meathenge, cost me an extra 10 bux over 2 months due to overusage charges. Sure 10 bux ain't much, but when you convert that into Sausage Money, the loss becomes a bit more dear.
Funny ways to find Meathenge in google:
"find the little girl"
"tad in uniform"
Not sure what those have to do with meat.
Biggles
Posted by: Dr. Biggles | May 11, 2005 at 03:12 PM
Yeah, these are mostly google, yahoo and msn searches. I can't explain it but I look forward to it daily. People are nuts and I love em. Being a little naughty is fun, I just don't want to alienate my easily shocked readers.
Hey Heidi! Thanks! Nice to know folks check out my site. Your's looks great, I'm gonna bokkmark it too.
Posted by: molly | May 12, 2005 at 09:21 AM
I feel your pain! Having been a blogger "blog of note" (which I imagine is the equivalent of Featured Weblog) for weeks on end I saw my traffic spike close to over 1000 hits a day. Alas, though my traffic is better than it was before, it ain't 1000 hits a day anymore...!
Posted by: Amy | May 15, 2005 at 08:30 PM
The story might be for another day, but I am drinkin the wine tonight eastern standard time! :-)
Guess what?? I am getting married too... Planned it all since we last spoke. Sept. 24 2005 is the big day...Oct. 1 in L.A. (bbq on the beach, to be catered by Rick Royce 'premier' bbq caterer to the stars...that isn't a joke! Gotta luv Hollywood ;-)
Congrats on the new addition to the family!!! :-D And I LOVE your sister's art...
Posted by: Long lost friend | August 04, 2005 at 02:31 PM