Go Read the Damn Book, Idiots!
My stats are spiking again. Normally that means a certain little message board has gotten its panties in a twist, and its members are popping over here hoping I have something to say about it, even though I haven't posted there in a LONG time. Not this time. This time there's only two things that people are googling for and hitting me:
Dante & Virgil
Read the damn book, people. And then, as a further precaution, THINK about it. As a teacher of freshman composition & rhetoric, I can tell you that google is not your friend when it comes to writing a research paper. Stop googling your essay questions, and then stop checking my blog for the answers. If you can't tell that this blog has nothing to do with your term paper, you deserve the "F" you're probably going to get. Here are some search parameters that've popped up so far; some of the implied questions I actually found interesting:
Virgil is an appropriate guide for Dante
Virgil Dante father son relationship
Dante Vergil 21 years old
a true crime today and where dante would put him in hell
Read the book. We know when you've plagiarized a paper. You want to know how? It doesn't read like any of the crap you've been turning in all semester. So, the first thing we do is type a bit of it into google, and it usually pops right up. Idiots.
Oh, and as to the second thing: West Fuckin' Virginia t shirts
You buy them in the Pit before a game. Bring cash. Don't wander in if you're not a Mountaineer Maniac.
--Virgil
posted by contemplator at Thursday, November 16, 2006
19 Comments:
excuse me, but what are you talking about?
No need to hide, sweetie.
I'm talking about my statcounter. I can see who comes to my blog and where they come from (which is how I know you left the comment). I've gotten a spike in hits recently. They're from students googling some combination of "Dante & Virgil" or looking for a t-shirt that says "West Fuckin' Virginia."
Any other questions?
Damn, how did you know it was me, The Sausage King of Chicago?
Has it ever occured to you that you're the only one who does such things, and that regardless of the TECHNOLOGY that busts you, I could tell anyway?? :D
I have a quick question? Where did you get your "stat finder"? I would love to add one to my blog.
Thanks in advance and good for you for busting these lazy students. You go, girl!
Oh, Kari, you'll love it, it's great, and it's free! Go to www.statcounter.com and sign up for it. They walk you through the process and they give the html code for it and you basically just cut and paste into your template. It's great!
Hold on a second here, how do you know that the people who do searches for 'Dante' and 'Virgil' are students, let alone YOUR students? Do their IP addresses include the string "student" in them? And if so, does the IP address/user agent string contain the words 'student of Dante's Virgil'?
Well of course they're not MY students, I don't teach literature. I teach composition. I also work in a university around other teachers. So I'm pretty familiar with what a paper prompt looks like. And "true crime today and where dante would put him in hell" reads like a dumbass student's rendering of an essay question.
Who else would be googling these questions or wanting West Fuckin' Virginia t-shirts? Best guess? It ain't yer grandma.
Good job catching the Sausage King of Chicago. I would have never guessed it was him, especially considering that I have never seen him post anything on your blog before.
thanks so much. I'm going there now to download it.
Off topic...MadDog, I miss your posts. I keep checking to see if you have returned to your writing. Sadly, you have not. :-(
WooHoo! It's now attached and working. Thanks again.
Um, what are you talking about, Kari? I have a bunch of responses in Dante's Virgil's blog postings, especially this month.
Kari: I'm glad it worked! I love it. I'm off to hit your blog now so you can check your statfinder. :D It's addictive. Be sure to check the "visitor's paths" button on the left hand side. That's what tells you where people are from, their IP address, how many times they've been there, etc.
How many times have I been here?
md: you should be able to check for yourself. Look at the very bottom of my blog and you'll see a stat counter. You should be able to click on it and it should allow you to view my stats.
Where does it say how many time I, personally have been on your site?
Well, I'm not going to give your IP away, but if you look for your IP under Visitor Paths, it will show you how many times you've loaded the page and at what dates and times. It doesn't count though, I don't think, how many times you may have had the page open but just hit the refresh button. And it only keeps visitor paths for three days.
Unless you're talking about how many times you've been to my site since you first found it. That, I have no idea. I wouldn't even want to hazard a guess. :)
http://www.moeschwag.com/noname5.html if ya'll are looking for the 'WEST FUCKIN VIRGINIA' tees!
hey i dont know if u are still blogging but i was wondering if u know where i can get the west fuckin virginia t-shirt. if you have a working link or something...i really need that n i would appreciate if you helped me. thanks...
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