One of the things I’ve found most interesting since starting this blog is studying the statistics for Highliners and Homecomings. These statistics include a daily record that tells me how many people have found their way to this blog and what they were looking for when they found it.
When I log on to my “dashboard,” I can read an anonymous list of the specific things that people were searching for when they purposely, or inadvertently, stumbled upon this blog. (Again–just in case you’re wondering—no, I don’t know where or from whom the searches originate. They remain a mystery.)
For example. The following is a list that I copied directly from yesterday’s statistics page and pasted here. It shows specific items of interest that people were looking for just before they were directed to Highliners and Homecomings:
“dungeness crab fishing stories”
work on commercial fishing longliner
what is family life like to a commercial
dungeness crab season
pictures of f/v halibut longliners
spike walker
most deadly job and stats
halibut long line equipment
After I put Eva to bed tonight, I logged on and checked my stats. To my surprise and delight, I enjoyed a good laugh when I read the latest search term that lead someone to this blog. Here it is:
Today
how to deal with a commercial fisherman
Oh, how I wish I knew the answer.
Does anyone?! Let us know!
