Monday, November 9, 2015

This website is doing really well... because our lives are horseshit

So, this site gets about a hundred fucking hits a day. That's sad. Overall, the calendar has been viewed about twenty thousand times. So has the article about ODSP payment dates. That's pretty fucked. Almost all the site's traffic comes from Google. Almost all that traffic comes from search terms related to finding meal programs, or finding out when ODSP payments come out. But finally, an actual website, not just a comment, but an actual website, has linked to this one. Thank fucking god:


Like this site, it's completely anonymous. And mysterious. Whatever.

Anyway, this site gets good search engine recognition because it provides decent content. Actually, it does well because other sites don't provide that content. Other sites don't talk about ODSP payment dates, especially not government sites. Other sites don't talk about how our benefits compare with the cost of living... oh, wait, yes they do. Like newsmedia sites. Other sites don't talk about meal programs... oh, wait, yes they do - newsmedia articles, when they're talking about how easy it is to find a meal in Toronto and how you'd have to be "fat, lazy or stupid" in order to go hungry. I guess we all missed the part about "...or have any dietary restrictions whatsoever."

Anyway, this site does well because it's not bullshit, and because it's had time to do well. Here's how well it's doing:

Every once in awhile, we get a bigass spike to like 200 hits in one day, wow!



And then, of course, some months are busier than others, like December:




Of course, the big SEO curse is not being able to index for the name of your own site. So of course it's a good thing to come in number one for this. And I'll take any chance to rub it in everyone else's face. Especially since they've got the jobs I wanted when I was trying to be a web designer.



And of course, now that it's November, people are starting to wonder about Christmas... don't worry guys, I'm sure it'll be even worse this year than it was last year. Somehow.



So, yeah. This site rules, and its rising popularity is only making our voices of outrage louder and louder.

3 comments:

  1. That's my site! I started it in the spring, then did nothing with it for 6 months until yesterday, so it is embarrassingly empty now. I'm going to work on it. I think it could be a really good site. Check back later when it's got more in it. I used to have a fairly popular site in the 90s. You know me, I'm your avid correspondent. I've posted three comments here. : )

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  2. right on Karen! thanks a million

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