Whew, this place sure is dusty.  Yeah, yeah, sorry I kind of abandoned the place. As I kind of predicted in my very first post here I mentioned I had the tendency to burn out quickly. Sure enough it happened. Well, I’m back again. For now.
I won’t be making any promises any time soon as [...]

Last time I covered Search Engine Referrals. This time I thought I would go over where I’m currently ranked in Google’s index for some words and phrases used to find the site. And awaaay we go.

“techky” - Good to see I’m still #1 here. Wheeew.
“blackberry pearl disable shutter sound” - 8th result, first page. Woah. [...]

It’s time to peruse the statistics for the latest search engine referrals. I like to do this occasionally just to keep track of how people are finding the site and what keywords they are using. Let’s get right to it.
15 of the last 16 keywords that have led to this site have come from Google. [...]

As you can see over in the sidebar I have added a new category called “Free ’til I’m Cool”. That just means that the links displayed underneath weren’t paid for or even reciprocated. If at some point I ever started receiving regular visitors that is a position on the page I would consider selling as [...]

I thought that it would be a good time to check up on how well the site is being indexed by the various search engines. The last time I checked the status in Google for the word “techky”, it was buried on the 7th page. Now, when you do the exact same search this site [...]

Well, well, well, it appears one of my tactics has worked. Al from Self Made Minds must have seen my clicks in his incoming links stats and decided to stop by to check the place out. While he was here he left a comment. Much appreciated. Hell, “get at least 1 comment” probably wouldn’t have [...]

With the first goal out of the way, it’s time to set some new ones. Here’s a recap of what I have accomplished.
Old Goals:

Make a minimum of 1 post per day - CHECK
Receive at least 1 visitor via search result - CHECK

New Goals:

Continue to make a minimum of 1 post per day
Write “topical” posts with [...]

I have finally received the first (non-accidental) visitor. The first goal of this site has been achieved. When I started out I wanted to set a simple goal of being discovered using only a search engine. The actual very first visitor appeared to be either a mis-type or someone trolling for a domain name.
This time [...]

No visitors. Got that out of the way. The irony of telling someone who is not there that they haven’t been here is not lost on me. Consider it a diary at this point.
I’m probably going to spend my day working around the house and watching the do over (not Dover) NASCAR race that got [...]

Just a quick site update today. All is clear on the visitor front. Today marks (let me check the calendar), only about 15 days since I made the first post (woot?).
I would imagine that if I haven’t had at least one true visitor by the time May 21st rolls around, which would make one month, [...]