Another edition of "How did they find my website?"

Manage a website long enough, and you run the risk of turning into a stats geek. Especially if you use Squarespace too, since My Host Of Choice makes it so easy to learn how our visitors found our sites. One of the built-in statistical offerings is the Search Engine Queries Summary. This is a little goody that lets me know exactly what search engine brought my visitors in the first place, and also what they typed that led them here.

Here are some of the top key word queries from this past month's stats. I've linked to the search engine query results page that led them here. Not including my name, of course:

• squarespace templates
• turning 39 (oh yay)
• mark slee
• men in trees quotes (who knew???)
  
• artsy websites
• clay pendants
  
• insanity wing
• writing in southern accent

The list continues with many variations on the above phrases, and then some. Not at the top of the list, but here are a few others that gave me a little walk down memory lane:

• drinking black coffee
• food poisoning or virus
• roys folks
• artsy jewelry designs

In addition to sometimes providing a bit of entertainment, these statistics are also really useful as a tool for helping to generate more traffic. We sometimes think we know what people will search to find us. Squarespace makes it easy to actually know. And with no added software necessary, you'll get no complaints from me!

Comments

[Jessie]

I LOVE THE STATS! I can't wait until I can start seeing that. What a great feature. I'm so lucky to have found you as well as all the information on SquareSpace. This is the best option by far.

[Melody]

I can't wait until you see the stats start creeping up, either, Jessie! They provide a great incentive to blog regularly.

Thank you so much for the kind words. It was fun working together, and yes - Squarespace really is the way to go.

Cheers!