I can't say how. I can't say why. But for whatever reason, it seems that I've been "discovered" by the Google empire. Over the last two or three weeks, my daily hit totals have doubled -- with visitors from every corner of the globe apparently finding my site through the Google search engine. The timing kind of coincided with the publication of an article that I wrote for Expatica.com, so I'm wondering if that might have had some kind of affect on Google's site cataloguer (i.e. exposure to a wider audience)... But the truth is that I don't know why Google has discovered me -- but they have.
It's kind of amusing, actually, to notice the search terms that people use to find my site. It seems like I get a lot of referrals from my posts about Sinterklaas and about dating... But there are all kinds of reasons, now, why people find themselves directed to this site. In case you might be interested to see some of the search terms used to access my site, I've copied a recent listing below:
- sinterklaas activities for kids
- amsterdam attitudes toward dating
- family and cultures in amsterdam
- puzzle
- family culture of amsterdam
- sinterklaas steamboat
- sinterklaas decorations
- dating arienne
- wooden shoes sinterklaas
- bosboom toussaintstraat cafe amsterdam
- christian wallhangings in church
- why couldn't tevye remember the reasons for the tradition of keeping your head covered? why did h
- amsterdam riot november 2007
- victorian caroler - family of four - table decoration
- amsterdam disc golf
- sinterklaas paper doll
- darius watkins family
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- ugliest christmas ornament
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- christmas decorations in amsterdam
- amsterdam pea soup
- email contact traders world wide 2007
- how soon body surrenders to any infection
- unspoken guidelines for dating
- foto,s otis sinterklaas 2007
- amsterdam puzzles
- sinterklaas en zwarte piet dolls
- how to buy chrismas tree in amsterdam
- lunch cafe winkel amsterdam
- damrak 21
- disk golf courses in amsterdam, holland
- row houses netherlands
- painting sinterklaas
- amsterdam is my dream
- nazi amsterdam collaborator cafe
- jokes about the lions den
- amsterdam asp
- puzzle of amsterdam
- decorate bicycles christmas
- zolder50
- ÎÏως in the bible
- carhartt jackets amsterdam
- amsterdam attitudes toward dating and marriage
- companion dating amsterdam
- matt eldon
- amsterdam traditions
- photographer matt mcclure biography
- mosquito season in amsterdam
- sinterklaas stoomboot
- amsterdam christmas ornament
- sinterklaas crafts for kids
- story telling sinterklaas
- judgmental christians sin like drugs is worse than gossip
- the magic of body language in amsterdam
- basketball in amsterdam
My favorites are the "judgmental christians sin like drugs is worse than gossip" and "the magic of body language in amsterdam." Isn't the internet wonderful? All of this at your fingertips!
I have to admit that even though I've been discovered by this kind of "evil empire" (i.e. Google), I kind of enjoy the extra hits. After all, as one famous internet philosopher once said, "It's all about the stats."
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