Having discovered FEEDJIT on Stephanie's blog, I had to try it myself. (That's the "Recent Visitors" map in the panel to the right.) It's a graphical (and geographical) peek at who my faithful readers are, and who has wandered in via a random search. Don't worry, I don't really know who you are, just where you're coming from (which allows me to guess who you might be). Even that isn't always accurate; I'm certain that all those Portsmouth, Rhode Island hits are actually from Hartford, Connecticut. And my Swiss fan has only once showed up as from Basel—the rest are all over the map, and I'm certain I don't have a following at the Château de Chillon, despite the hits from Montreux. The greatest problem is that I won't see you if you hide behind a feedreader; until Heather posted a comment, one would have thought I had no readers in Pittsburgh at all.
Still, it's been both entertaining and enlightening. I'm certain of the identity of those who show up on the map as Oswego and Schenectady, and am delighted to know you read much more than you comment. :) I can identify most of my known readers, but am totally mystified by someone in Tempe, Arizona, who read some 20 posts. Most who find me via a search read the one post and then leave.The most popular page for searchers is the quick Fahrenheit/Celcius conversion formula I developed when we were in New Zealand and posted for friends who were travelling to Spain. This was long before it came in so handy for us thanks to all Janet's travels. Searches for that one come from many places on the globe. From Rochester, New York it's not surprising to find searches for the Bay Punch recipe.
A great deal of traffic came from Australia, which is not as unexpected as it might be if you have been reading Janet's blog. I've read many a warning about being careful what you put on the Internet because your boss or future employer might see it; it is just as unnerving to discover that a potential son-in-law has been reading my posts on homemaking and childrearing. Not that I'd take anything back—and I confess to having found and read his Amazon reviews (the ones that were in English)—but it's still a bit intimidating to remember that what I write is not only read by people who matter, but by people who matter to people I love!Not that he has the time, but maybe we'll have to turn my brother on to your blog (I did tell my sister-in-law) so you can see where he logs in from. He just returned to Paris from Slovenia and he will be headed to Beijing and UAE soon.
One of the hazards of living in a place like Oswego is that I'm too easily found out! :) I'm intrigued, though, that it identified my location correctly, since my ISP is in Syracuse.
Ah, now the lurking days are over... and I'll be easily pegged. I'd looked at FEEDJIT as well after seeing it on Steph's blog, but the FAQ says it won't work with my blog.
You'll be anonymous enough again when you return to Switzerland. FEEDJIT claims about 90% accuracy at the city level; it seems the remaining 10% must all be in Switzerland.
Well, no, part of those 10% must also be in Australia. I'm in Victoria, but keep showing up as "Sydney" or generic Australia.
I added it to my blog as well, but I suspect that most of the "interesting" hits are spammers attempting to post, rather than actual people.
You certainly are getting many interesting countries. I've only found one or two that made me suspect spammers, where one city had a long list of seemingly random visits. Most appear legitimate visits through search engines. The Quick Tourist's Conversion appears a lot.
