Actually, here is a list of the top 10 searches via Google that people used to find my blog. I got this idea from Marko over at HowToMakeMyBlog as he recently wrote an interesting article on funny searches that lead people to his blog.
Here are my top 10 searches for my first Typegeek blog, mainly because I haven’t advertised this one enough to make it worthwhile… and I don’t have Google Analytics installed yet. Here goes:
font used by google (Wow! I’m the Number 2 listed page for this Google search right after the Google blog!)
free hand drawn fonts
free star wars fonts
chrome default font
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font used in google chrome
fonts used by google
hand drawn fonts
chrome default fonts
chrome fonts
So it looks like people were really interested in what fonts the Google Chrome web browser uses.
For interest sake, I got 80% of my traffic from search engines, 13% from referrals, and 6.7% from direct traffic. If you prefer seeing data visually like normal people, check this out:
Chart of Traffic Sources
Using these numbers you can see who is visiting your site and where they came from. It can also help you determine which keywords you should be using or help you edit your keywords if people just aren’t searching for them.
I was also able to use it to check on my competitors in that keyword space. For example, I just found out I am in the number 2 spot for the search “fonts used by google” by entering that phrase into Google (amazing isn’t it?). I’m not particularly after those specific keywords, but it shows how you can literally unknowingly hit the number 2 spot for searches without paying a cent.
Yep, I decided to add Google Analytics to this site, even though the site design isn’t finished yet, but now I can start keeping track of visitors.
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Wow you really have lots of “font” keywords covered. Pretty good!
Thanks Marko! Now I just have to find ways to leverage my advantage
Gut!
BTW number 2 on Google? You have watched that TED talk about filter bubbles?
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