Danny Novo
What the people want: gassy dogs, speakers, and snowflake charities
My stats package for this site keeps track of what search terms people have used to find this site. So far, nothing scurrilous has crossed my shores, but three old posts have been dredged up by visitors.
- Someone from Israel searched for “novo loudspeakers” and came up with my post on the second time I was approached in the street by someone wanting to unload some hot speakers: “Hey buddy, wanna buy some speakers?”
- Another person was looking for “robertssnow” and found my post on Robert’s Snowflake, a cool little charity that sells unique snowflake ornaments by illustrators.
- Finally, someone was searching for “gassiest dog” and found a post from 2004 about a company (now defunct) selling a dog gas prevention product. They had a survey-produced list of the ten gassiest dog breeds, and poodles were sixth on the list.
I just thought you’d like to know.




I used to love looking at that stuff back when I was hosting my own site. Webalizer logs were always good for a laugh. I was always amazed by how many people searched for information on fast food hamburgers.…
They found your site when looking for fast food hamburgers? And you’re not hosting your own site, now? Where is it hosted? I’m using Shaun Inman’s Mint for stats on this site, and I love it. Makes so much more sense than all the information Google Analytics throws at me.
nicheplayer.net is now hosted at Site5, thanks to a friend who had a couple spare virtual domains in his hosting package. I’ve been mostly pleased.