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 So what do you do when you take a coffee break, waiting for someone? Surfing the net and checking your emails aside (because that's just a normal part of our work day, right?)
Do you check Facebook, send a tweet on Twitter, or download an application to your iPhone? How differently we live our lives now. In the 'old days' I would have pottered around the apartment, tidied the coffee table, thrown out old newspapers, stacked magazines, or even called a friend... Well, I know I have better things to do with my time but one of things I love to do is check out my incoming site traffic stats on Turismo & Travel. It's not only about seeing which places people are coming from and how they're finding me, but as a travel writer, it's some of the best research you can get. About 80% of our readers on average are coming from internet searches and I find those search results fascinating. The keywords and phrases reveal so much about travel trends, how people are travelling, where they want to go, their travel dreams and aspirations. Dubai - Turkey - Venezuela comes up daily, Australia appears often, and Syria is increasingly popping up. And occasionally I'll get weird things and wonder how they got people here, but I'm pleased it got them here all the same. Just for fun, here are some of the results from searches undertaken one day last week that brought people to www.turismo.travel: travel - travel blogs -travel destinations - island to travel to - travel in dubai - South America -Travel top 10 - Destinations top ten - Travel special things to buy - desert island job - best time to visit Australia - Angel Falls - best time visit summer great - Barrier reef - boutique hotels damascus - indian pacific platinum class - things to buy in UAE - villa luxe Calabria - thorntree Northern Cyprus - travel costs in Calabria - travel chairs - luxury rail journeys - fodors top ten destinations - guardian travel writing pieces - experiential travel lisbon - unspoilt travel destinations................... I have no idea why travel chairs came up or why someone thought they might find anything about it here, but I find the results fascinating all the same and this is probably what more and more people are searching fore. I'm keen to hear how much attention other travel bloggers pay to their incoming traffic search results... especially those bloggers who are also professional travel writers. Anyone out there got any interesting lists or insights, or want to publish it here, please log in an publish you travel article or new destination, travel deals or what ever?
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