Every once in awhile I take a look at the analytics for this site to see how it’s doing numbers wise and find out where people are reading (hello Iceland!). I use Google Analytics because it is free and incredibly easy to set up, so easy that I didn’t know I already had it working for three years!

This time I scrolled down a little further than I typically do to the “How people are finding you feature.” This lets you know what Google searches ultimately lead to your site on a given day. As you can imagine because you just read the list above and also read this blog, I was surprised. I write about a variety of things 2-3 times per week, the five topics above (minus 20-Nothings itself) are not those things. Let’s break it down:

• Abandoned churches for sale

That links to piece I wrote over a year ago about a church in Hudson, NY that R and I wanted to buy. My post is the 4th link that appears when you type in those search terms. From this we can conclude that no one is selling abandoned churches despite the obvious desire in the marketplace. Someone should capitalize on that situation but since my goal is readers and not a business dealing abandoned churches, I’m just going to write a post about how my husband and I want to buy an abandoned train station and hope this is a trend.

• Jillian Michaels’ 30-Day Shred review

I love Jillian’s 30-Day shred and so does the rest of the world. My review of the program is the 6th link that comes up when you search. From this we could conclude that more exercise program reviews would increase blog traffic, but then I’d have to do more exercise videos, and I have a hard enough time doing Jillian’s (“You don’t get to do a 20 minute work out and take a break!!!”).

• Happy Ending pelvic massage

Let me be clear: I have never written about a happy ending pelvic massage. I don’t even know what that means! Are the 19 people who searched that in one day looking for a happy ending following a pelvic massage? Or is the pelvic massage the sexual act?? So confused. Several years ago I did write a post entitled “Is A Happy Ending Technically Cheating.” It is somehow the #1 link that appears when you search “happy ending pelvic massage.” I don’t understand it, but I like it.

• Boys to men

I can only assume this search term somehow lead to my post entitled: There are boys, there are guys, and there are men, but I don’t know because I came up with nothing for ten full pages of results. So to the 15 people who found my blog on the 11th page of search term results for “boys to men” – thank you for your diligence. I got stuck on page 1 and watched 30 minutes of old Boys II Men videos. Water Runs Dry really holds up, guys.

And so, we’ve learned that awkward sex acts, getting thin quick, vintage R&B and abandoned churches really sell. I’ll be keeping that in mind as I lay out my editorial calendar moving forward. All suggestions are welcome.