Friday, May 7, 2010

Burn, bloggy, burn!

My blog hit 10.000 monthly hits for the first time

About my bloggy. Seems like finally some of my efforts paid off. You can see on the screen cap on the left, that people recently google all kinds of stuff and come to my blog, especially things related to Taiwan, Seoul and Macau. But some of my older posts about women are still popular. Then you add my and my girlfriend's Taiwanese friends, who sometimes retweet and plurk my posts or post on some Taiwanese forums and you get 10000 hits a month easily. Oh, and I even got featured on Bloggers in Taiwan, which is very cool.

About thanking. First of all I wanna thank all of you, who still come regularly on my Taiwanesque blog. I know that many things may be not very interesting to you. I suppose you must be thinking like: "OMG, another Taiwan post?" But that's what I like to write about. I cherish every day here, I cherish every small trip I make or every new dish I try, but most of all every second I spend with my dearest girl. It's really an amazing time for me and I'm sure you guys can feel it. I want to enjoy to the fullest, you never know when it ends. Somehow I became less private here, but that suits me well now. I just don't feel like sharing all my daily problems, but that doesn't mean that I won't share some things one day. I'm planning a big Taiwan post about all my challenges and rewards here. But that will need to wait.

About Google. As you can see, my titles are always a bit plain and informational. But I'm writing for SEO, which means I hope to get more traffic through search engines, especially Google. I think that some of my posts are good and give people good info and finally search engines started to redirect many people to my blog. I'm very happy about it. I know 10000 hits in one month is peanuts compared to some other blogs, who have so many hits in one day. But hey, I'm someone who was happy about the 1000th hit on my blog last year. And now I'm slowly approaching 100000. Yay!

About why does it matter. So why do hits matter? Hmm, they don't really, but they do indicate that people read my stuff or find it useful and not only you guys, who became my friends, also random "googlers". I mean, last year I used to measure my "success" with the comments I got, but this year I measure my success by the quality of my posts, be it the photos I show, the info I provide or the text I write. I'm happy when I write something that will be still interesting to read in 10 years, like about the Palaces in Seoul, the Restaurant on top of Taipei 101 or my photos of Senado Square in Macau. I don't know, of course, if that will be the case, but I know I would gladly reread them and remember the awesome time I had in 2010.

About my Kafkaesque life. Each blogging year is different and I know that I won't be always blogging about Taiwan or travel. My life will change and my blog with it. My life is Kafkaesque in a sense, that I don't see a clear path. Sometimes I feel I'm in a corridor of a big building and walking from one door to another, trying to find the right way for me. Will I find it? Hmm, maybe. Possibly. Who knows... for now, it's ok how it is. And if my blog becomes more popular, that can only benefit me in good ways, right?

About how I blog. Anyway, if you wonder how come I can blog so much and post so many photos, let me tell you, that I'm using my girlfriend's amazing Pentax DSLR, which makes great photos. And then I'm uploading my photos on her professional Flickr account, which not only makes my photos look great and clear, it also gives me the ability to upload as many as I wish, since a pro account has unlimited bandwidth and storage (hope Flickr won't change his terms and conditions because of me, hehe). Oh, and another thing is time: Some days I have a lot of time. My girlfriend's working a lot and when I don't work, I sort out the photos, watermark them, upload them on Flickr and then embed them here and write my post. I became well-versed in this, so I'm quite fast. And when I publish, I go out, buy some bubble (or milk) tea and a Taiwanese crepe and enjoy reading your comments, hehe.

About what's coming up. This weekend I'm going to southern Taiwan, to the awesome cities Kaohsiung and Tainan and to the seaside resort Kenting, which is located on the most southern tip of Taiwan. So I'm gonna blog about that in the next days and weeks. Before that I will post about Hsinchu and Keelung, two awesome Taiwanese cities as well. And there's much more coming up, I have a lot to share. Lucky for you, it won't be about some crazy food, hehe. That chapter is closed.

About some funny googlers. Ok, let me finish my long ramblings with something funny. Do you ever check your trackers to see what people google that brings them on your website? Well, I check my trackers every day and my favorite one is Feedjit (the photo above is from there), which shows you (in pink), what people googled, before they came to my blog. Some of the things are hilarious and I've been collecting them for a while now. Let me share them here for you. Let's try to answer those googlers' questions, I hope you can help, too:

Q: how to find beautiful and kind hearted singaporeans
A: That's nearly impossible :-P Kidding. There are few among my readers :-)

Q: chinese ar language lor
A: Ya lor! On my blog lor. So good lah!

Q: which asian country singapore has the most good-looking guys
A: Is Singapore Asian? I thought they were Western :-P

Q: why do singapore girls like foreign men?
A: Foreign men are sweet talkers, Singaporean men eat sweets while talking.

Q: malaysian muscle guys
A: You can find one here!

Q: slovenian guys and asian women
A: Imagine someone from Laos googled this? Why? O.o

Q: What is the most random entry on google
A: I'd definitely think it's this one. What a crap I have produced (facepalm).

Q: i hate my asian eyes
A: Why? Why? +_+ As long as your sight is ok, you should be fine.

Q: i hate whites
A: Oh! Who was that Mauritian, who googled that??

Q: why aren't asians touchy-feely
A: And that asked by a Korean? Are you kidding me? :-P

Q: what do i do with my girlfriend in the last day when she's traveling?
A: When she's traveling? And where are you at that time? O-o

Q: Why does my nose bleed when i see a pretty lady
A: Because you've read too many Japanese mangas.

Q: why do chinese have nose bleeds when seing women
A: Because there are too many hot Chinese women! ;-)

Q: How to please a Korean woman at the table
A: Take chopsticks, grab kimchi and feed her. So simple. :-P

Q: life of a korean woman
A: Cook, serve man, be obedient, bow, diet. Lol. Kidding of course!

Q: what special dress do korean women wear after they get married
A: That one is called "thong" or in Korean "donggu". ;-)

Q: What to say to a Korean woman to get her attention WITHOUT even speaking her language
A: Ok, if you want to say something to her WITHOUT speaking her language, which obviously you mean Korean, then you better use a quote from Borat, I suggest this one: "Yaksemash, my name ah Borat, I like eh you, I like sex, is nice!" That'll give you enough attention.

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