Analytics is Not a Perfect Science or How to Tie A Shemagh
Until I started looking at the Analog 6.0 stat reports for the site, I had no idea what a shemagh was. Now I know it’s a it’s a style of head wrap which originated in the Middle East. If you really want to know how, ActionGear.com has a pretty handy tutorial (with pictures!).
However, you’re probably wondering what middle eastern head and face protection has to do with site analytics. I am rather mystified myself!
Observe the following:
Up until this very post, I have never talked about shemaghs. How could I if I had no idea that such a thing existed? (Well I’d seen the head wrap in films, mainly, but never in person and never knew what it was called.) I don’t show up in the first five pages of regular Google search results for the term “how to tie a shemagh”. Ditto the first five pages of image results. Nor blog search results (although I personally think I should show up for a lot more terms in the blog search category, this is one I should not show up for which makes this outcome unsurprising). Yahoo’s first five pages of results also pulled up no mention of my name. I checked the first five pages of MSN as well, just to make sure I wasn’t crazy. Still no mention of this site.
So what gives? Where does this rogue data come from? I am on shared hosting, but this is just plain out of the blue.
I am on shared hosting, granted, but my stats thus far has been without grievous errors like this. Any masterminds want to take a stab at why such a thing might happen? (Also, feel free to make fun of me for the quality of the other search terms that I legitimately DO show up for. lol mudkips.)
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Amy said,
April 8, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
I have a confession to make. It was me! I did it.
I. Put. The. Screw. In. The. Tuna! Oh, wait. Sorry, that was *another* terrorist antic. We Arabs have a lot of terrorizing to do. Did you think you would escape unscathed?
Giania said,
April 8, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
You’ve been a leet hax0r all this time and didn’t tell me?! I feel so betrayed!
Amy said,
April 11, 2008 @ 3:23 pm
You think I got to be a leet terrorist by talking about it? In fact, now that I’ve given my self away, I guess we only have two options: either I have to kill you, or you have to join my terrrr cell. Think it over and let me know what you decide. We can discuss options over crumpets and bombs in the dank basement that I call a home.
Giania said,
April 11, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
I’ll never join (if the crumpets don’t have butter)!