Fun With Referrals

I love to go through my referrer logs. I imagine everyone with a blog does -- they let a writer know that, in fact, someone is reading, even if it's only a couple of friends and your mom (hi Mom!).

I've found a lot of great blogs by looking at my logs and following the links back. I read like 100 different blogs daily (thank you, Google Reader) and am always looking for more. One of these days I'll do a series of blog-rolling posts so you all can see what I read regularly.

Recently I've found some very interesting referrers popping up. These aren't necessarily sites that have linked to me, but rather the domains from which people are visiting. Lots of people read from work, obviously, and if their company has its own domain then that domain shows up in my logs. Back when I was posting a lot about Comcast and MLB I was getting a bunch of hits from various reputation sites, who were (I imagine) trolling the web to read everything written about their various clients. Those seem to have dropped off, but I still get the occasional hit from them.

I also get what appears to be a regular daily visit from someone at a Publicis Groupe company in Chicago. Old friend from high school or college, or someone interested in what I'm writing, either for themselves or a client? Either way, I'd love to talk to you -- send me an email.

Likewise, I'm sure my off-hand reference to taking a Lunesta on an overseas flight explains the semi-regular visits from someone at Sepracor. For your reference, they worked great, and I'd love some more samples. Same goes for anyone who might be reading this from Merge Records, Paul Frank, Murray's Pomade, Blue Bottle Coffee, Electronic Arts, the Harrisburg Senators, Anchor Brewing, or Ebbets Field Flannels, just to name a few. Not that anyone from those companies has visited, but who knows, maybe they will now!

On the other hand, I;'m not sure what to make of the recent visit from someone at Tobyhanna Army Depot. I was just in the Poconos this weekend, on my way to visiting Storm King Art Center with some friends, but I hadn't posted about that trip yet. Weird.