I got my highest-ever hits on the blog yesterday. I should be stoked, on top of the world. But I just feel slightly sick and lip-curly about it. Because 232 of the hits were from people searching “Whitney Houston corpse”, “Whitney Houston in casket”, “Whitney Houston walking skeleton” (?), “Whitney Houston sink”, and one sad bugger searching “Whitney Houston really dead”. It really put me off checking my stats every five minutes – like I usually do, the one-hit-an-hour days are particularly soul-destroying – because it felt so meaningless and sad. Somehow 232 people got directed to my blog, realised there were no gloulish thrills and surfed off again. What is wrong with humanity? If all those people randomly Googled gross Whitney stuff and arrived at housegoeshome.com, how many other morbid weirdos are out there searching for icky pics of dead celebs? Sad, sad, sad, sad, sad. I’m expecting even more empty hits now that I’ve included their favourite Whitney search terms. (And I will profit from it … the more things change, the more they stay the same.) At least this time I might provoke a few hate comments. Or explanations. So hit me with it, you Whitney sickos – I want to know WHY?
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Media were big on talking up Whitney going home for the funeral in her home town. Possible connection?
I’m curious to know how I got hits from Russia on mine. 🙂
In another life Lans you would have relished her death as much as anyone else as you know it did mean big sales…..Pretty sad that such things draw people in / get attention….I for one am glad you are no longer tied up in it all. Superficial, seedy, dishonest on so many levels and a waste of time when there are so many other real things to connect with. You are doing a fab. job as you are with your blog. I think on so many levels it is therapy in itself!
Hey … I was sent a link to your blog via a mutual friend. I love it, mostly because there is so much I can relate to … working mum in advertising, then not, then yes, then not, hating it then loving it, a life filled with many choices, some well made, some less so. A good life, that I could not always see. So, then i started blogging about being grateful. http://graceanddignity.wordpress.com/ I always read your posts via email, today was the first time I clicked onto your actual blog … and found it even more hilarious, that not only do i like the way you think, we chose the same theme. And I have the same insecurities about my dashboard. But, I am realising how much I have to learn about this blogging stuff. For now, its just making me feel better.
arr… but did all the sickos click on an ad as they exited your page? That would then be a good result.
Well I found your blog via LAB so don’t fret! While I can understand your despondency, I suspect that most of your regular followers read your blog because you write well, your content is interesting and they like your work. I’m glad I found it! 🙂
Thx misha! Nicest thing I’ve heard all day!
Sorry, I have to admit to laughing at that – very funny! Hilarious waht people actually search for – in a black humour kind of way. Glad to have found you!
I came via loveallblogs too and funny enough I did a Whitney post which had youtube links to her songs and hardly any hits.
I’m still getting corpse searches. I’m trying to look on the positive side – my site hits have never looked better!
Yeh it’s all good lol.