Perhaps someone can respond to this.  I really don’t get it.
This is a blog about learning Japanese language and culture, granted it’s a somewhat limited audience. I was never expecting to have a large following. But after looking through my stats, something caught my eye.  As of this writing the most popular post on this site is…
‘Blood is thicker than water‘ with 666 total views (no I’m not making that up).  That is more than 6 times the page views for the number two spot.
I was curious as to why that singular post was the most viewed. It wasn’t better written, or more funny, or more novel.  It didn’t really stand out from any other post, then I started looking at search terms…
Here are the top three search terms that brought people to my site:
blood              556
hirigana         35
blood cells    20
Also in the list are ‘blood images’, ‘blood cell’, ‘blood pictures’, ‘images of blood’, and ‘blood picture’.  I’m sure the ones looking for a picture were disappointed, just a small thumbnail for their trouble.
Makes me wonder how popular phlebotomist’s blogs are…

So perhaps I can help? If you have reached this blog searching for blood you aren’t going to find much here, may I suggest:

American Red Cross (Donating Blood)
Food Network (Bloody Mary Recipe)
Blood+ (Anime)
Hematology Library (Science-y blood stuff)
Urban Dictionary (Slang meanings for blood)