Wordless Wednesday: Word from Google

Wordless Wednesday: Google Maps

Wordless Wednesday: Word from Google Maps

Infographic: Maybe It's Time for A Tick in the Bellybutton Dot Com

Every day I like to check and see what Google Stats are trying to tell me.

Today I was seeing all these things people are using to find stuff on my blog and decided I'd make an infographic out of it. 

So, I took a screenshot to prove, I DON'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP.

People use Bing, Yahoo and Google to search.

They are looking for stuff like birds, flowers, dogs, fish, festivals and funerals.

But, most people coming to Mike's Ryukyu Gallery, today were searching for

ticks on the bellybutton !

Do you think I should grab the domain name

TICK IN THE BELLYBUTTON DOT COM

Before somebody else gets the idea ?




POSTS ABOUT TICKS AND BELLYBUTTONS:


SWISS ARMY KNIFE PRODUCT REVIEW

SWISS ARMY KNIFE, TICK (PHOTOS) NO BELLYBUTTON THIS TIME

TICK IN A BELLYBUTTON (PHOTO) JUST WHAT I NEEDED ! 

VISIT MY HOMEPAGE FOR THE PHOTO OF THE DAY

Five Girls Worth A Google

Today I'll give you a list of five girls I Google all the time. No, it's not what you're thinking. This photo just happened to have the right amount of girls in it and they were demonstrating, I don't know what, on the beach one day for me. They did get me some recognition as a photographer, though so, I figure they deserve a little exposure, too. So, here they have it. But no Google.

The Five Girls Worth A Google are these:

1. Anne-Sophie............. Sophie's World
2. Muza-chan.................Muza-chan's Gate to Japan
3. Nancie McKinnon.....Budget Travelers Sandbox
4. Neva Flores...............Changeful Storm Poetry
5. Sabina Lohr...............Solo Female Traveler

Now, you might wonder why Google them?  I'll tell you why I Google them. They are all good friends of mine and I have their websites saved to my favorites (some of them 17 or 18 times) and it's a real pain in the neck trying to find them in all the columns of favorites, bookmarks, whatever you call those stupid things poppin' up all over my dashboard.

So, I just let Google find them for me, instead. It's a heck of a lot quicker and it helps the economy, too.

See, if we keep Google busy, they can create more jobs, turn the world economy around and make life a whole lot better for all of us.

Just grab one of those little yellow sticky notes and write these five girl's names down. Whenever you feel like it, Google them and find out what's going on in their part of the world. They probably won't mind if you drop in on them, any time of the day or night. I bet they love it.

This is a simple job you can do while you're sitting on your duff but, it could turn the world economy around !  Why didn't someone think of this two years ago when I was still younger ?

Another good thing about Five Girls Worth A Google is they might just Google ya back.

Imagine that ?

Don't forget to keep your eyes on my speedometer For the Shoot This Blog Contest.
It's going to hit 99,999 anytime now and I sure would enjoy giving away a free photo to one of my regular followers.

What's An Eisa Dance?

Living in Okinawa for over half my life I sometimes forget that things I may see everyday and take for granted would be news to folks back on the other side of the world.   Eisa Dancing?

It's something that has its roots in Buddhist Culture and has to do with Ancestor Worship, old time religious ceremonies, stuff Priests and Priestesses would do at funerals.

There ain't no sense in me trying to explain all the morbid details here when you can Google or Wiki-whatever and see what the experts have to say.

This time of year I get real busy running all over the island trying to keep up with all the Festivals going on and catch as many photos as I can to share with the world. There aren't enough hours in the day for me to keep shooting, developing and posting new material, daily on my blog and website so, I get caught recycling not-so-new material, every now and then.

Well, this picture and the one on my Homepage are brand-spanking new, shot last night, just down the street from where I live.

In fact, I have to chase these gals down and get them to sign Model Releases. I don't throw anybody's photos out for public viewing without their consent, usually.

These gals are no problem. They want their photos on my website. They know, once they sign my Release Forms, they'll get a High-Gloss Print for free and maybe even a framed picture of them will adorn the walls of my bar.

There will be a crowd of anywhere from 30-50 of these characters filling-up my little karaoke bar , singing and drinking 'til the wee hours, every weekend from now until the end of Summer.

See, they're regular customers of mine and if I get any complaints about the photography it'll be from the ones who didn't get their picture taken, not those who did get captured on digital film.

During Obon, the season where all this dancing and drum-beating originated, they even bring the whole gang of twenty-some year olds inside my bar and perform, making a racket that'll split the ceiling plaster.

If you want to know more about Eisa Dancing and see a variety of photos, some that may surprise you, have a peek at Matador Network. I've got to charge my batteries, clean some lenses and get back out on the road before Summer ends.