It's a little alarming when you are scanning your inbound links in Typepad and see "www.CBSnews.com/stories". Then you follow the link back to find an article relating to a CBS Sunday Morning story on Oliver Sacks. (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/14/sunday/main3365434.shtml?source=search_story) After you finish the article you are relieved you didn't see a quote like "Oliver Sacks has been criticized by many, including this cow here with her B.A. in English." But then, if you click the Sphere button after the article, this is what you would have seen yesterday:
Did you just lose ALL respect for CBS news when you saw my blog under "Related Blog Posts" directly across from Katie Couric's blog? What are they thinking?
I figure soon I'll be getting comments from Katie, and she'll be all "So did you get many hits from the CBSnews link?" and I'll be all, "No, only five, and two were me and one was my Mom." And Katie will be all, "Yeah, CBS news sucks. How do you increase traffic on your blog?" and I'll be like "Well, Katie, do you have a vibrator? Or, toes are great for bringing in the hits." And Katie will write "Maybe I can post the link to my colonoscopy video" and I'll reply, "Hey Katie, did your colonoscopy affect the way you decorated your bathroom?"
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UPDATED:
Number of hits from CBS news - still five.
Number of hits from the Riverfront Time's link: seven, respectable, and thanks for taking the bait even though you declined my offer.
Number of hits from I SWEAR TO GOD THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: six! So far! These Sphere people are nuts.
Heheh. Beavis, she said vibrator!
And your google stats just had an embolism. (Jenny - you know, from kansas, because Typekey is weird...)
Posted by: Jenny | October 15, 2007 at 08:43 PM
Also, did I tell you? Last week I was digging through an old box of CDs and found...wait for it...GORDON. With the original cover. And I thought, Oooh, the Queen would love to hear this!
Posted by: Jenny | October 15, 2007 at 08:45 PM
See, the next question is how many hits you've gotten from the CBS link? And any new victims to your majesty's blog?
Posted by: Friend #3 | October 15, 2007 at 09:45 PM
"After you finish the article you are relieved you didn't see a quote like "Oliver Sacks has been criticized by many, including this cow here with her B.A. in English."
That's one of my secret fears: that I'm going to piss off a "famous" somebody via my website.
Posted by: Kathy | October 16, 2007 at 05:21 AM
I love that you mentioned toes, vibrators, and bathroom decorations in the same paragraph as Katie Couric. She should be so lucky that you would give her advice on how to increase blog traffic. Maybe you should give me advice on how to increase blog traffic...maybe I should just update more:)
Posted by: Autumn | October 16, 2007 at 08:46 AM
Wow. I am in awe. Keep it up and I'll have to move you to my "fame" category! ;)
Posted by: sue | October 16, 2007 at 09:48 AM
Can I have your autograph?
Posted by: Zayrina | October 16, 2007 at 11:17 AM
I wonder why you're not in the "Recommended" column.
That's pretty awesome. I'm going to start linking randomly to a bunch of CBS news stories.
Posted by: TasterSpoon | October 16, 2007 at 01:51 PM
It looks like you got plenty of hits to make up for my lack of participation since being in client quarantine.
We'll have to keep an eye on Katie's column to see if she takes your advice.
Posted by: Caroline | October 16, 2007 at 02:12 PM
Geez, if you make The Guardian or The Daily Mail websites, you are going to be hell to work with.
Posted by: Friend #3 | October 16, 2007 at 08:12 PM
CadyKansas - Seriously? The cover with the really really bad photos of the guys? Awesome! Hey, keep looking and let me know if you have any cassettes, in particular the famous Yellow Tape.
Friend #3 - No, yawn, just CBS NEWS AND THE FREAKING WALL STREET JOURNAL.
Kathy - I know. I wonder if there have been incidents with celebrities defending themselves in commoners' blogs.
Autumn - Isn't Katie dating some boy child now? I bet she doesnt have a vibrator, but she must have toes.
sue - Im going for the Infamy category.
Zayrina - I only autograph body parts, sorry.
TasterSpoon - It is remarkable. And I want to know who at LAweekly's Moveabletype Enterprise is linking to me too - I cant get to it without a membership Hmm. It's a plot.
Caroline - Nah, that Katie has a stick up her ass.
Friend #3 - Oh, pfft. I want to be read into the Congressional Record now.
Posted by: TheQueen | October 16, 2007 at 09:08 PM