Thursday Thirteen: Search Terms

#20 - 13 Search Terms People Have Used To Find My Blog

I always find it interesting to see what search terms people use to find a given site. Some of the following make sense, others, not so much!

1. Clean Sphynx Ears - this one makes sense. I've often talked about how my ears need to be cleaned regularly since wax builds up in them due to the lack of hair in my ears.
   
   
2. Dragonheart - that's my name!
   
   
3. photo hamburg marathon - I mentioned that my humans were running the Hamburg Marathon. I don't know that I've shared any photos of them from the marathon, so check out the one to the right. (You can click to see a larger version of it.)
   
   
4. Canadian army white mess dress pictures - my dad is a Canadian officer and I've shown pictures of him in his Mess Kit / Mess Dress, and he also let me borrow his Mess Kit for the Mr. Litterbox competition. No photos of the white (summer) Mess Kit, however. My dad only has the traditional Mess Kit, which can be worn year-round.
   
   
5. cyber pets cow - no idea how this brought someone to my site! I don't have a cow cyber pet. My only pet is my Virtual Squillion, Teal'c!
   
   
6. bathing cat - I have frequently mentioned that I need weekly baths, due to the fact that the oil my skin secretes builds up, since I have no fur for the oil to distribute itself through.
   
   
7. blue tongued Sphynx - yes, I'm a Sphynx, and yes, I've shown a few pictures with my tongue, but it certainly isn't blue! It's pink!
   
   
8. catnip mouse pattern - I love playing with my catnip mice. Sadly, I don't have a pattern for them, although my mom found a pattern to crochet some toys for me, so she's going to try that when she has some time.
   
   
9. riddles for parents anniversary - I wished my humans a happy anniversary on April 22. It was their third anniversary. Don't have any riddles to go along with an anniversary, however.
   
   
10. butterball sphinx cat - Sphynx is the correct spelling of the breed, and a Sphynx shouldn't be a butterball, unless he or she has a medical condition or is fed too much, since the fast Sphynx metabolism tends to keep us on the thin side.
    
    
11. My toes are pink as is my tail - yes, my toes are pink, although my paw pads are both pink and gray. My tail, however, is gray.
    
    
12. historical fiction - when talking about my mom, I mentioned that she enjoys reading historical fiction. Bernard Cornwell, Pauline Gedge, Diana Gabaldon, Jack Whyte, Lindsey Davis, Manda Scott, Colleen McCullough and Sharon Kay Penman are some of the authors of historical fiction that she enjoys.
    
    
13. deformed Devon Rex ears - I have mentioned Devon Rex cats frequently (the same gene produces the curly hair in Devon Rex cats and the lack of hair in Sphynx cats) and I talk about my frootbat ears all the time. However, I have never talked about deformed Devon Rex ears. Devon Rex have gorgeous froobat ears, just like Sphynx! They certainly aren't deformed.

How did I find the search terms? I've had a lot of cats ask me how I found out what search terms people use. I have Sitemeter counter on my blog, and when I click on it, and click on "By Referrals" it tells me how people found my site - whether they clicked on a link on another blog or website, whether they used a search engine, and which search engine they used. For search engines, it tells me the terms that people used when searching.

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