Cancer is good for your hit count, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

When it comes to web statistics, I intentionally remain innocent. I am well aware of the fact that I could engineer my site better to increase my traffic and, presumably, any trivial income potential of the site. But the truth is, I just don’t care. I would continue to post here even if the only feedback I ever got was the sound of crickets.

But I got curious about my statistics the other day when I was listening on my car radio to an interview with an aspiring comedian. My ears perked up when he made the comment,”Look, anyone can draw a crowd by standing up and saying ‘I have cancer,’ but try and draw a crowd by standing up and telling jokes!”

Later I laughed in agreement when I decided to check out my stats and found this...

GULP!

I was shocked at the increase in traffic in the past month. And, though I am afraid to ask the question, I must ask:
Which is it, people? Did you come here because I have cancer or are my jokes just getting that much better? Okay, okay, don’t answer that. I think I know the answer.

I must say, though, that I am thrilled that Depot Dad appears on the first page of google results for the search query “Waldorf School Gnomes.” In fact, that query alone has sent A TON of traffic here. The fact that people curious about the incomprehensibly bizarre world of Waldorf education are actually finding their way to my own little experience with Waldorf is inspiring to say the least.

The idea that I might somehow be providing a real public service by informing innocent parents about the evils (as I see them) of the Waldorf educational system is perhaps the most satisfying thing I have done with this site. If I can continue to fight that fight, I will be a happy man. In fact, if it will bring more people to Depot Dad to hear what I have to say about it, it just might be worth while to re-engineer the site to improve my google rankings after all.

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