Category: State of the Blogosphere
Dear lurkers, stop lurking
By Chris on Apr 2, 2007 | In Blogglestar Gablogtica, State of the Blogosphere, Meta | 1 feedback »
My blog software has some neat built-in stat reports that i can use to see, among other things, how people got to this site. It's funny to see how often the same search term shows up in the logs (Google searches for "sweet msg" are among the most common on this blog for some reason. Note that Sarah gets a lot of "earthy crunchy mama" search referrers). However, when a legitimate search term does show up, indicating that perhaps someone found something on the blog that they felt was useful, I have no indication of whether said surfer got anything out of their visit here, or whether they have any intention of coming back. They are lurking in the shadows, stealing my thoughts and leaving nothing in return.
So, to you, dear lurker sir, I ask that, should you find anything useful on this site, let me know via the comment form on whatever article you've wound up at. It will spur me to write more, and let me know who's out there.