Ok, it’s not that big a deal but what caused the spike in visitors? I’d been hovering at 700-800 hits per day but then, something happened.

I’m guessing it was my featuring of a pumpkin in a blog entry I wrote to stand the test of time and to align to the GoogleTrends for searches. Sure enough, that blog entry has consistently brought in hundreds of visitors each day…and it’s not even about what I like to write about.

Source: http://blog.al.com/breaking/2007/10/pumpkin.jpg

That said, I had a lot of fun writing it within the constraints of intertwining multiple, Google Trend topics–Party City, Pumpkin Stencils, and Halloween–that registered high among searches. Yes, I set out to write a story about those 3 phrases…and it worked!

Here’s the lead for that blog entry:

This past weekend, I found myself making the annual pilgrimage to the local Party City, that store where every aisle is festooned with Halloween decorations, gleaming goblin eyes glowing crimson, stacks of red gore, and 14 to 25 year olds seeking the right maid or she-devil costume that will…well, never mind (it’s disturbing, even for Halloween).

As we shuffled like zombies–the only method of perambulation possible since we were hemmed in on either side by the walking dead, other parents mindlessly trying to get what they needed and begone–through the crowd, my son spotted a Star Wars Clone Trooper costume. “I want that one!” he cried.

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