Sunday, March 15, 2009

Shout Out to Montenegro!

I am interested who is reading the blog. As mentioned before, Google Analytics is a powerful tool. You can see who visits, from where and how long, etc. Since the blog has been live, several hundred people per seek visit, but no one cares to comment. A blog can be interactive as well as helpful. As mentioned before, I frequent a local Dubai Expat Forum, a decent tool for advice whether visiting or considering a permanent move here.

I'd be curious to know what is on the reader's mind. I find it amazing that most South Africans read the blog from beginning to end, spending almost half an hour on average on the site. The next is Iran. Albeit only 5 unique visits, they spend an average of 15 minutes.

I am still considering a national tour in Malaysia. 97 unique visitors?!?! What are you learning? What do you need to know? What is the connection between Malaysia and Dubai?

Comments are open, readers. Chime in!



P.S. Montenegro....your board of tourism needs some marketing lessons. Those ads on CNN look like they were produced by a high school media class. Looks lovely, though.

3 comments-click and leave one of your own.:

blue G. said...

lol visitors from Malaysia?!!!

well buddy, I live in dubai and I hopein to your blog every now and then and I got to admit the press should hire the likes of you...

you point out interesting issues and i like the of humor you plot in your articles.

keep em coming

peace

Naseem said...

those walk in visitors from search engines rarely comment because (maybe) they look for specific information than reading how bad RTA or how media press publish non-sense in Dubai :P

my two fils

Reality Check said...

@blue G. Thanks for taking the time. The whole point of this blog is to illustrate that Dubai is a kooky place. We're not all Lambo-drivin' big-villa-livin' people. Sometimes it is just bananas here, as you know. If I can help (good or bad) ONE soul on their quest to move here, my job is done.

@Naseem. You should "know" me by now! This was not intended as a "bitch blog" but a constructive tool for potential n00bs to Dubai. I WISH I knew what I knew then what I knew now. There are a MILLION things that make this place rock, but sadly a few that make it blow goats. I STRONGLY FEEL that folks need to be active in Forums and reading blogs before they come here. I try to tell it like it is, you know? I'm not that hard done by, let's get real....permission to car pool (ref. a previous post).

If it were not for the longtime posters at DHH and DF I wold not be here today. If I ever meet any of them I will deal swift justice! (lol)

The point is not to mention that the media publish nonsense, but to make sense and offer an (I think) qualified opinion of that nonsense.