Things people have been looking for

Here are a few things that people have been looking for in search engines that have caused them to find this blog:

  • sermon, abishag – presumably found this post acknowledging one of my favourite biblical characters.
  • church to rent, Aberdeen – not something I think I can help with
  • clergy tartan – series of posts from when I was appointed as Arbiter of the Kilt
  • gay lick – I’ve no idea which post brought this person here. Seriously.
  • origin of Christingledon’t get me started
  • bearsden accent – guess this one is about that sermon
  • who is the bearded nun? – no idea, but she probably comes to St Mary’s
  • where can i buy halal turkey in glasgow? – I don’t know, but my local Chinese is mostly halal
  • “john stott” cross-dressing – oh, if only….


What people are searching for

Here is the latest list of the things that people are searching for, which result in them alighting on this blog:

As ever, there’s a constant stream of people looking for my pancake recipe and also for commentary on what the Mothers’ Union think about gay people.

What do you want me to write about?

What people are looking for on my blog

The following search terms have brought people from search engines to the blog recently.

  • spanish biretta (who, me?)
  • bad typography (quite a common one – links to this post)
  • how to baptise someone (better re-read this, I’m baptising on Sunday)
  • managing queues at mcdonalds (no idea)
  • bishop of argyll and the isles (I’ve let it be known that I’d do it, so long as I can do it on a Wednesday afternoon, & don’t have to leave St Mary’s. Why is this not being taken seriously? Search engines are presumably sending people to the post: Who wants to be Bishop of Argyll and The Isles.)
  • sermon on leah (oh, how I did enjoy that sermon)
  • the gay mothers’ union (I’m saying nothing! Sounds like a good idea though)
  • “mothers union” anglican lesbian (presumably the sister organisation)
  • capello romano (No, I’m not remotely tempted. Why do people think I’m into vestments?)
  • carl rosa opera (Oh, how a bad review can linger online forever)

What have you been looking for?

Time for a quick list of things that people have recently been searching for which have brought them to this blog:

  • megalomaniacs in the church
  • episcopate of all believers
  • multifaith chaplain uniform
  • brown bridesmaid slippers
  • anglican bishop frock coat gaiters
  • gold bridesmaid shoes
  • kilt and bowler hat
  • how do you baptise someone when you dip
  • homburg hats
  • sermon: four horsemen
  • gay friendly chapel blessing
  • tarantara

It is a salutary reminder to one’s ego that there is one thing which consistently brings people to this blog. It is not the goings on in the communion. It is not the debate on footwear in the sanctuary and it is not the Advent Candle Controversy, even though that brings people looking here every week of the year. It isn’t even +Gene.

No, the thing that people are looking for which easily tops the search terms used to find this blog is my pancake recipe which was posted in 2004. Indeed, it is responsible for more than double the number of visitors than any other single search term.

What people are looking for

The eagle-eyed (and the geeky) amongst you will have noticed that I’m now using a proper tagging system. Tags are appearing at the end of each post rather than in an ever expanding list of categories down the side of the page. Your blogging tip of the day is that tags are not categories and categories are not tags.

Such taxonomies help people find their way around the internet. They help the search engines.

So here is a list of some of the search engine terms that have brought people to this blog in the last couple of weeks:

  • “gregorian chant” nuns
  • don’t take him just because you can
  • st silas episcopal church
  • elves in the basement
  • wysiwig sermon
  • General Synod on life after death
  • No socks in church
  • shoes churches
  • the mcintosh kilt
  • general trivia
  • episcopal kilt
  • blessing civil partnerships scotland
  • african church understanding not very deep
  • church of fudge nun
  • good short sermons

Don’t know quite what to make of this list. What do you think?

Whatever you are looking for, welcome, one and all