Hola Italia

Ever since Hoss directed me to a spot where I could download my very own sitemeter, I’ve been keeping track of folk’s comings and goings here. It’s all very fascinating in a way, as I had no idea who came to my site and why. And this week, early Wednesday, I celebrated a milestone of sorts as I recorded my 1,000th visitor. Somebody from the University of Michigan. Very appropriate since I’m a big-time fan of the Wolverine.

I have international visitors to my blog from around the globe, mostly from Australia, courtesy of Peter and friends there, I imagine. But Google directs others to my blog for the wrong reasons. Check out what search words brought my blog into these countries across the globe.

South Africa—Coke Smuggling Grandmother

Gracious sakes alive! Yes, I did a post on my grandmother once. But it had nothing to do with smuggling. And the only Coke I’ve ever spoken of here is Coca Cola. You'd think a Google search engine would know that. That’s all I need is for Drug Enforcement Agency police to show up on my doorstep. Or, worse yet, show up on my 94-year-old grandma’s doorstep!

Brunei--Naughty Girls

Oh, great. I can’t believe that with all the obscene, pornographic and x-rated sites in the world, somehow I fit in there. I’ve strived to keep mine a G-rated site. What “naughty girls” have I written about? Maybe Michigan State alum Bonnie has misbehaved with her comments here at times, but I’m sure she's not what triggered this. Pretty sure, anyway.

Rome, Italy—Polish Eagle Tattoos

What I find strange about this visitor is that he searched the words Polish Eagle Tattoos with Google.It, so the search engine should have returned sites only in Italian. Is there a Big Dave’s Blog translated to Italian? I did find Big Dave’s Blog translated into Spanish once. My whole blog, in Spanish. “Grande Dave’s Blog,” it was called.

I'm imagining that if Google were a talking searching engine, it would have been saying to this Roman.

"No search in Italy for Polish tattoos. Go to the Big Dave's Blog. He know all about the tattoos."

But I don't. Sorry. Here are a few other Google searches which brought visitors to my site.

Abbott And Costello Meet Siskel And Ebert
Witty Comments for a 60th Birthday Card
Burger King Whopper Price Australia
What Powder Do Gymnasts Put On There Hands

Being included in the following search results was more understandable:

Big Daves Tattoos (again with the tattoos?!)
Big Daves Stories
Dave's Passwords
Big Dave
Playboy Dave's Blog

Now if my wife Wendy wonders why I would appear with the search Playboy Dave's Blog, then it makes sense that you also find my blog with this search that somebody did:

Wendy’s Doghouse