Many (most?) people start their search for a holiday by using google or one of the other search engines. Because of this website I get a rare insight into what people actually search for - my statistics show me, each day, what several thousand potential travellers have searched for and how they found the site.
So [...]
Because of my computer dabblings I am often asked how to make/design a website. Sometimes people even try and cross my palm with silver in the hope I will do it for them. I usually stick the silver in my pocket and then explain that it’s not really my thing…
When I start explaining how the [...]
Yippee doo dah! Yesterday we broke all records (at least for us) and the francethisway site had 6,400 page views (about 2,600 people total). So almost every 30 seconds, right through the whole 24 hours, someone new came across the site and popped in for a look.
I’m especially happy because the end of September should [...]
I came across a good idea the other day and I’ve been wondering how successful it could be. Someone told me that a good way to add new excitement and interest to a blog is to have ‘guest bloggers’ - i.e. other people who write a one-off or occasional entry for the blog.
The idea sounds [...]
Technique No 1: use other people’s stuff
Hope you enjoyed that last post. No it wasn’t paid for (if you’re interested) but I have been feeling guilty, because posting a free article only takes about 2 seconds. I’m only happy if I’ve sweated blood over each entry, and carefully crafted every word and phrase myself.
I don’t [...]
I keep an eye on how people reach this blog (and the whole site) and sometimes try and write entries that are related to what people are looking for. Not surprisingly most searches relate to France, French life and generally expat type things. This makes my job easier.
Occasionally they are about cycling, which is fine. [...]
I just added this blog to a ‘blog statistic monitoring service’, so that I can see how visitors to the blog find us, and its been a fascinating experience. I’ve spent the last couple of hours engrossed as I can see ‘live and online’ what people have searched for in google etc to get to [...]
After a nice day out yesterday - Mrs B dragged us to Moissac and Lauzerte against our will, but we all had a nice time despite ourselves - I thought I’d take a look at our site statistics to help me get over all the excitement.
The France This Way site has been getting an average [...]
Another month over, and visitor numbers to this blog are still increasing, so I thought I’d take a look at what the visitors are looking for, and whether they are finding it when they get here.
I get statistics for lots of things, including the phrases that visitors typed into google in order to find us. [...]
