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The posts people read in August

Last month was the busiest month visitor-wise that Butterscotch Sundae has seen since I changed to this URL way back in 2009. That’s thanks in large part to the critique of my About page at MomComm, having one of my posts syndicated on BlogHer and iHomeschoolNetwork.com’s curriculum blog hop. I don’t expect to be getting any attention from big sites again soon, though, so I’m steeling myself for September’s numbers to be back to normal. All the while hoping, of course, that the numbers at least settle into a slightly-higher normal.

The top 5 most popular posts in August

  1. What kindergarten looks like in our house. Version Pete.0.
  1. What second grade looks like in our house
  1. Maybe FDR was right about that unreasoning, unjustified terror
  1. It’s an all-new and very exclusive list of bloggers!“
  1. It’s time to shed the flip-flops and backpacks, kids!

August’s top 5 search strings

  1. “ikea kura”
  2. “ikea kura bed”
  3. “fun places in Atlanta”
  4. “how to decorate a pink room”
  5. “how to quiet a cough”

I’m not sure if people are just searching for pictures of the Ikea Kura or if they’re looking for assembly help. I’m thinking about taking Pete’s bed apart so I can make a video showing how to build it, in case they do need help. That would require remembering how to put it back together, though, because I’m 98 percent sure I no longer have the instructions.

People searching for “aquarium make me have bad dreams,” “great booty control” and “dreams about snakes and zombies” also found their way here in August. Hm.

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MomComm gives me some constructive criticism

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When Mel at MomComm started offering blog critiques, I kind of wanted to sign up for one. But I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to be critiqued, and then her queue filled up and stayed full forever. She offered a lot of great advice in her critiques, though, and it made me wish I hadn’t been so averse to criticism.

So when she asked for another wave of blogs to critique, I signed up. This time she’s looking at specific pages; today, she’s focused on my About page.

As always, Mel has a lot of great advice, and it’s stuff that’s applicable to any blog. She suggested, for example, that I change my permalink structure — that’s the stuff after butterscotchsundae.com/ in the location bar up there — to make things more SEO-friendly. Another web-savvy friend suggested I do that some time ago, but I’m wary. I’m afraid it’ll break my web site.

I’m not afraid of any of the other suggestions, though. They’re just going to take a little time and effort to rearrange and rewrite some things.

Thanks for the advice, Mel!