fun with search terms, and hats

so Ken at Hockey Gone Wild noticed that people had found his blog via a search for "fun winter hockey hats," and put up an enjoyable hat-related post, with a surprise link in it (I'll ruin the surprise at the bottom of this post). it made me think how I really need to see what search terms people use to find this blog ("panty jackpot" maybe? look it up in the tags), but it looks like I have to actually install something, it's not automatically in Blogger. so, since I can't do that yet, a little fun with Google and Google Images searches of my main Flickr account, where I have a lot of sports-related photos posted. well, ballpark and arena photos, not so much action shots.



most of the searches make sense; they're for specific places, and I get hits because I have pictures of those places. but I get odder ones (all examples from the past couple days): "bleak bedrooms," "funny students," "making friends on amtrak," "$2.89," "pictures of poignantly," "drunk people falling down." that last one may very well led someone to a Wrigley Field or United Center photo.

sports ones included:  "chicago wolves arena with fans," "mall of america field," "joe louis arena," "jerry uht park" (that's Erie, PA--I must be one of the only people with photos of Erie online, because it turns up a lot in searches), "buffalo memorial auditorium demolition," "secret stadium sauce" (I think that was Miller Park).

my Blackhawks home game photos, though I'm now about 10 games behind in posting them, are getting results: "united center blackhawks," "united center madhouse on madison," "united center lemonhead," "united center empty."

oh, and right before I started to belatedly write this post, a new post on Google Analytics at Hockey Night in Buffalo showed up, how about that? I promise to install that soon so I can give you something more entertaining. I also wanted a new Blackhawks winter hat to have a more fun photo than the one below, but either the style I want doesn't exist or they were out of it at the Blackhawks store this week...


4 comments:

Frederick said...

If you want to get hits galore, put "Sarah Kustok" as a tab. I didn't even know who she was before Buehrle's no-hitter, so I tagged her in the photos of the post-game on-field celebration. Bingo! I was getting hits right and left becuase - I thought - of my excellent luck of being right behind the first-base dugout. In checking My Stats, I found most of them were for a search for the Comcast Sport Net star. My second most popular photo, "Ozzie Hugging the Buehrles," is soley thus because of her tag; it's still getting multiple hits daily.

Ken Socrates said...

One thing is certain, K. You look a lot better in Fun Winter Hockey Hats than I do.

Curious about the Stop & Shop Headquarters in Quincy, MA listing. I drive by that every day on my way to work. Did you ever get to Quincy that Saturday?

k of c said...

I have at least one other Flickr friend who's got the most hits from a photo with a TV celebrity in it! I've got to get more hockey player photos up with names on them...

I thought you'd notice the Quincy mention! That was from my trip in June. Last week I visited the other surrounding stops on the Red Line, but not the downtown one. I got some great hot chocolate near the Wollaston stop. I've only posted Cambridge photos so far on Flickr, no Quincy (or TD Garden) yet...

Ken Socrates said...

Wollaston is where I'm sitting as I type this. Curious to see any photos you took of the area beacuse the chances are good you nabbed one of my workplace since it's practically next door.