How to get more hits on your blog

So this new blogging site has a fun statistics page wherein self-seeking bloggers like yours truly (hang it all!) can view the number of times her blog has been viewed per day and subtly preen herself on the increased number of readers. 

It also lists the terms that people typed into search engines which caused one’s blog to pop up and the searcher to subsequently click on it.

And I am here to tell you that if you want your page views to double, just mention Serbia in one of your posts. Apparently there are a LOT of people out there trying to figure out what the heck is up with Serbia.

 On a day chosen sort of at random, here are the searches that resulted in a hit on my blog.

serbia	87
serbia map	34
map of serbia	12
serbia on the map	6
sırbistan haritası	3
map of bosnia and serbia	2
serbia map major bodies of water	2
what balkan nation split into 6 little countries?	2
rpd blotter	2
bosnië en herzegovina old map	2
bosnia and serbia map	1
map of bosnia herzegovina major water bodies	1
srbia mapa	1
map of montenegro and surrounding countries	1
where is bosnia and herzegovina located on a map	1
serbia on map	1
srbija, črna gora	1
srbsko	1
did us get involved bosnia balkans	1
serbia, map	1
srbija	1
crime debrovnik, croatia 2011	1
serbija	1
map serbia	1

 (My favorite search term thus far is not on here. It was: “mexicans greeting each other.” I am proud that ye ol’ Blotter was called up to answer that timeless inquiry.) 

Now, I would by no means exploit this (As the Serbian boy in FM#2’s classroom might) but it has crossed my mind that with all the mention of Serbia in this totally non-Serbian-related post, even MORE Serbian-querying people will be lured into the dark recesses of the RPD Blotter.

I suppose it doesn’t really matter. Someone searching for “croatia a-1 expressway south of split” or “serbia map major bodies of water” is probably not going to spend much time perusing entries devoted to Joe Rider and the wonders of PoDunk once they realize that this particular blog contains negligible information on either expressways or major bodies of water. And even if they were somehow drawn into the labyrinth of archives, it doesn’t bring me any closer to making this a lucrative hobby. But still…it’s fun to see the little bar graph go up…

So…Serbia, Serbia, Serbia!

And…just for the record: 4.5 days left of my fifth year of teaching!