I started this blog eighteen months ago, and last night my blog reached 100,000 hits!
The first month I started this blog (2008 March), it got only about 20 hits a day…but the number steadily climbed.
These days my blog gets between 700 – 850 hits a day. At that rate, it’ll get another 100,000 by next January.
My blog's monthly stats for 2008 March - 2009 August
Sometimes I’m surprised by the search engine terms that people have used to find my blog.
Such as:
- IKEA logo (I have a post about IKEA in Japan. And their logo is on the page. Click here).
- McDonalds logo (It’s on this post).
- Gene Simmons (He’s the bassist in the rock band KISS. I have a number of KISS-related posts. This post shows his photo and a video of him performing a song written exclusively for a Japanese movie).
- Detroit Metal City (This is the Japanese movie that Gene Simmons cameos in).
- Death Note (I have this post).
- Rock And Roll Over (I did two interviews with the artist of that KISS album cover. Here and here).
- Godzilla (Maybe this post will interest you).
- Octopus (I have a post about octopi with too many legs. It’s here).
- John Lennon shot (I wrote a post about it on the 28th anniversary of that tragedy).
How did you find my blog? With a search engine? What were you searching when you found it? Did you find, on my blog, what you were looking for?
And, if you have a blog, what search engine terms do people use to commonly find your blog?
Tokyo Five 
Great news!
Send some of those views my way! π
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>Send some of those views my way!
OK, I’ll try.
Everyone should visit γ http://metalexcess.wordpress.com γ!
It’s a great site. Updated often.
And he’s got an excellent taste in music (except he doesn’t like Ozzy! π )
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Congrats on reaching this milestone, too!
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Thanks.
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Congratulations on the popularity of your site! I am commenting on this a bit late as I am only just catching up after my holidays on sites I visit. I think I found your site through another – maybe http://naodragonpeach.wordpress.com/ ? I keep reading as I like your thoughtful pieces on various Japanese matters. I am half Japanese myself but have never lived there so it is nice to hear about it. I am trying to get better at the language too.
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Thank you.
Please visit my site and comment often!
If you’re trying to study Japanese, have you seen this post of mine:
https://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/iknow/ ?
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Congratulations! Just catching up on some of my Bloglines feeds.
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γγγγ¨γγ
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Found your blog on a blogroll, and have been reading your posts since. Always look forward to reading them
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Thanks. Please comment often. I appreciate it.
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Actually, I think you found the LIZARDS FROM AFAR blog posting about Gene Simmons.
We got to “talking” about KISS and have kept in contact ever since.
I love checking out your blog!
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Yes I read your post about Gene Simmons and commented.
>I love checking out your blog!
Thanks. And I hope you continue to visit and comment often!
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Your Sea Shepard post is a great one – it’s how I found you! (While it appears we disagree on the subject of who is right or wrong, at least the discussion is interesting!)
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Thank you.
That post gets many hits everyday (even now over half a year since I wrote it)…but sometimes I wish I didn’t write it! π
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Congratulations. I love the curve of your graph. It’s rather sexy. π
I think I found you whilst I was browsing blogs related to Japan. And I certainly found relevant stuff here. π
The most common stuff people type in google to find me are characters related to CANAAN the anime. I even got a hit from one looking for yuri. /facepalm
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I occasionally see that people have found my blog from a web search related to anime…but not often (I only have a few anime-related posts).
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Great milestone for your always interesting and informative blog, congratulations!
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Thank you.
It’s been awhile since you’ve commented. Please comment often again! π
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>I wonder how YOU found it (my blog)?
I have many terms that interest me in my “blog surfer” that shows blogs related to those terms…and yours came up.
It’s an interesting idea for a blog, so I commented.
My first comment on your blog was here:
http://in10words.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/cinco-de-mayoin-10-words/#comments
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I’m pretty sure you found me lol. I wonder how YOU found it?
Also, my most popular search entry is “brad pit.” Yes, a typo is my most popular search term.
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