Woohoo! There is life on the web
I checked my referrer logs today and discovered that it’s not just the robots and search-engine crawlers that know about my site. I’ve had visitors. That’s not a typo, it’s in the plural. So here’s a warm HELLO to both of you and any who follow.
Admittedly, you were very odd visitors and I don’t reckon you’ll be back, but you’re the first, and will always be special to me.
From Slovakia with Love
Visitor #1 hails from that most central of Slavic European countries. You were searching google.sk for information on kraw maga, that very practical Israeli martial art. I’ve been practicing krav maga for about nine months, and it’s been great for my general fitness and streetwiseness.
I don’t expect to ever get into a fight, but it’s a good confidence booster for those nights that you’re coming home a little later than usual. I recommend it to everyone, especially if you can find a good instructor who’s more interested in the practical side than in strictly following the curriculum.
This was an odd googling, since I couldn’t replicate it. Also, until this page, kraw maga didn’t appear anywhere. Perhaps google is doing some automated anglicizing of slavic search terms. Even then though, I shouldn’t rank anywhere for ‘krav maga’.
From Canada, looking for somebody else
Visitor #2 came from my very plain home page. They got there by google.ca, searching for someone named ‘Phil’, which clearly isn’t me. Leastwise, they’re not anyone who knows me well, since I always go by ‘Philip’ and try to educate the Neanderthals who truncate names in an effort to be chummy.
Trying the search myself though reveals that I’m not alone with that name. Most of the links that actually contain the whole name ‘Phil Hellyer‘ are Australian. There’s a cheesecake recipe, a couple of links for the Bluegrass restaurant in Alice Springs, and a couple for the Mount Dare homestead.
I ranked 3