I’m doing a Listography Post, via Kate Takes 5, because it’s a quick one about something that kind of tickles me. I’ll explain more about this at the end.
My Top 5 All-Time Search Terms
#5 Potty Training
I like to throw in a little Barney Stinson when describing how my daughter potty trained, or vent as I sit on the bathroom floor, waiting for my kid to ‘go’. No real good advice here, only empathy.
#4 Rock Star
My most popular post is one I wrote in a matter of minutes in my head while changing the sheets on my bed: How Being a Parent is Like Being a Rock Star. But the fact of the matter is people Google “rock star” and arrive at me. My job is done here.
#3 Hanna Barbera Cartoons
I love tv. I let my kids watch it. I wrote about how all the cartoons of my youth did not lead me to becoming an anvil-tosser or bunny boiler. Seems I’m not the only one who loves me some old school cartoonage.
#2 Lemons
I’m guessing that most people are looking for recipes or cleaning ideas, not a vague post about my shitty summer. But, once you get there, you can easily find my most curse-laden post to date. Which is pretty exciting.
#1 House Rules
I have a few pages (yes, I’ve had to add to it) of crayon-scribbled house rules hanging in my kitchen. I explained them in a post cleverly entitled “House Rules”. This concerns me a little, in that large quantities of people have homes so in need of order, that they are willing to take into consideration some of my rules, such as “We don’t light people on fire, not even pretend” or “No breaking the walls.” This cannot bode well for society.
And this is where I bend Kate’s rules a bit.
I’m supposed to “not count blog name” in this countdown.
But…people Google Search me or Bing me via Let Me Start By Saying Blog most.
Which tells me?
There are people out there deliberately searching for me, or telling their friends to look me up.
And this? Just about makes my day each time I see it.
So…people?
YOU are my #1 term.
[insert big wet kisses here]
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Like the Rock Star status and the House Rules. I’m new to your site thanks to Kate, so I will have to take a further look. Obviously no one is searching for Life with a Fussy Eater because it’s not a life anyone would want to have!
LOL! I know of many people with fussy eaters, who are looking for some commiseration. You’re never alone! Thanks for coming by…
what a great list, potty training, rock stars and lemons! its almost what every blogger wishes for
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Just another Day In The Life….
Thanks for coming by!
I’m also new to listography and your blog. Looking forward to seeing more and looking back to some I’ve missed of the above.
Thanks! I’m glad you stopped by for a read.
Hi, your keyword searches make sens to you blog then? (Which I wil have anose round later if ou don’t mind!) An interesting list indeed! Mine was just strang!
My top ones made sense, but I get LOADS of strange ones, too! Thanks for coming by…
Another new reader here, fantastic list! it’s always a buzz when you see how many people find your blog by typing in your blog name!
So exciting, right?! i used to get searched by other, more basic terms, but now – not quite 1.5 years into this – it is something I get searched via regularly. So people actually want to come here. I’m so tickled.
AHA! Sorry I’m accidentally distracting your fellow old school cartoon seekers with my Droopy Dog reference. They must be so disappointed to find that mine is a post about Botox gone bad. Wooops.
Can’t wait to read your rules, lemons, and rock star posts. Welcome aboard the Listography train. Sure do loves me some Kate!
Your Droopy Dog post made me french kiss my dermatologist for keeping me au natural and in no need of botulism to the face.
Also high on my search term list? “pissing ladies”
I wrote about my friend who used to piss her pants, and got the surgery to stop it. So basically, her email to me that I shared here brought all the urine-lovers to the yard. AWESOME.
Lemons. Brilliant!
Xxx
Of all the friggin’ things I could be searched by, citrus fruit is tops. Sigh. Must try more dangerous/sexy key words in the future…
Ha – I just love your Rock Star post – wonder if you persuaded any wannabe rockstars to become parents instead…
I have a niggling feeling that the definitely answer to that is Absofrickinlutely Not.
Um lists are my favorite thing so I’m not sure how I’ve missed this listography you speak of… heading there pronto!
I get a giggle about my search tags too… sometimes creepy but usually a giggle!
I get lots of people interested in poop and ladies pissing themselves. Poop is obvious: I have kids. The other one is from a post I wrote about a friend who had the surgery to stop peeing herself after having kids. Some of those pee searches are creeeeeeppyyyy….
I didn’t read this one earlier because I still intended to write my own, but now that’s done. My #1 search term is some variations of my blog name too. You’re right, it means people are talking about us and looking for us on purpose! Amazing and awesome. Virtual high five!
*adding a fist bump*