My Timing ... Not So Good

In my last post, I talked about statistics and the fact that I've never bothered looking at mine. But some of you talked me into it. I've braved a new world. :)

Okay - maybe not that brave! :) One thing it did tell me is that my timing is not the best. When I first decided to blog & tweet, I checked out the name Jemi Fraser - just to make sure it didn't bring up a lot of sites not connected to my name. Lucky me, nothing at all came up. Cue the happy dance.

A couple of weeks later, 2 celebrities (Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas) started dating. In the spirit of Brangelina, these two were quickly dubbed Jemi. Apparently the two are no longer a couple, but the name persists. I've had many teeny-boppers add me as a friend on twitter without realizing I have nothing to do with That Jemi. I used to send a nice tweet explaining I wasn't That Jemi, now I mostly just block them. (Hope I'm not traumatizing anyone!)

This trend is apparently alive and well according to my stats. A LOT of people search Jemi, land on my site for under 5 seconds and leave again. *sigh* The most popular search term for people finding my blog is Jemi, not Jemi Fraser. *bigger sigh* By mentioning their names & posting the photo below, I bet I'm going drive a few young celebrity hunters crazy!

Maybe I should have gone with the longer form of the name ... Jemima. Yeah. I didn't think so either.

So, anyone else out there driving teeny-boppers looking for idols crazy?

Stats Anyone?

A few months after I started blogging, I signed myself up for the free version of Stat Counter. I checked it a few times after I signed up, but I honestly don't think I've looked at it in well over 6 months, maybe a year. I see a stats tab at the top of my blog options. Sadly I haven't even clicked on it yet.

I have no idea what it would even show me. I know some people say they've seen people find their blog by Googling something totally irrelevant and a little bizarre. Sometimes even creepy. Strangely this might be the best reason for me to click on the tab - that's fun information. Other people talk about traffic to their blog and throw around numbers about visitors and page views and other scary items. I don't know if the numbers could tell me anything - is there a baseline comparison I should know about?

Sadly, I just don't care.

Why? Probably because in my day job (teaching), I'm constantly collecting and analyzing data. I'm looking for connections and trying to find teaching methods that will help the kids learn better. I collect, mark, collate, analyze & interpret, and plan accordingly. Then do it all over again. For every subject I teach.

I blog for fun - stat checking sounds a little too much like work. I think.

Do you check stats? Should I check stats? If so, what in the world should I be looking for???