Through Google Analytics, I can see what searches bring people to my site, and also how long they stay once they find me.
It’s very interesting.
Don’t worry, I can’t see anything about the person who searched, just the search words.
So here’s a list of some of them, leaving out things like my blog name or Nony the Slob.
Declutter. (Makes sense)
Kids Daily Checklist.
“24 year old daughter a slob” – (Why that one is in quotes, I’m not sure.)
Cleaning schedule.
Checklist to a clean house with kids.
Children chore chart wood. (hmmm . . . )
Chore chart.
Clean my house quickly.
clean slobs bedroom. (Is “clean” a verb or an adjective here?)
Daily checklist for ____________. (lots of different things here)
Hospitable. (Interesting)
How to change habits of a slob.
How to help when daughter in law is a slob. (If my mil knew how to search the internet, this would have been her.)
i cannot keep my house and he is a slob. (This one makes me laugh.)
i read the total money makeover.
laundry routine.
living with a slob or clueless person. (this one makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up)
mil tells hubby im a slob. (This one makes me grieve for her – the slob, not the mother-in-law.)
mother slob organizing daily tasks template (I like this one.)
My wife is a slob and i am going crazy. (No need for comment on this one, except that I wonder if I am the only person out there who would capitalize “I” even on a google search.)
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I find all of this interesting, but it also makes me see that there are people out there struggling with the things I struggle with.
But here’s what really fascinates me – out of all of these, which ones would you guess actually spent time on my blog?
I would have hoped that it would be the frustrated husband, or the Mother-in-law. I would have hoped that they could read and find out that their hopelessly unorganized loved-one is not a bad person. She (or he) is just someone whose brain works differently than theirs. I would have liked for them to gain some insight and have some compassion.
But generally those types of searches resulted in people “bouncing” or basically clicking right away. I wonder what they were hoping to find?
And what were the winners? Decluttering and declutter did well, as well as things to do with checklists and charts. “How to change habits of a slob” did well, and “mother slob organizing . . . ” stayed a while too.
But the big winner, the one who stayed 30 minutes on their first visit? You’d probably never guess. “i read the total money makeover.”
Seriously. That cracks me up. It also makes me happy, because it shows that maybe it’s not just me. Maybe it is true that getting your finances in order and getting your house in order really are related.
If you’re reading now, and you found me through one of these searches, I’m so glad to have you here. However people find me, I’m happy. I’m learning more and more that there are slobs everywhere, in every walk of life, some of us just hide it well.
It's really cool that you can see how people find you through searches. I read Total Money Makeover too, but I wasn't the searcher who found you that way LOL!
I found you by random chance through one of your link-ups on another blog. I think it was Money Saving Mom when they were having the pantry cooking challenge. The name of your blog caught my eye, and I had to come check it out!
Curious, does other analytic software exist to tell you how people found you outside of searching?
For example, I “Liked” the Facebook page for DFW Chevrolet (or something like that) and saw your Facebook page listed under “others who liked” the same page. Curiosity and hope made me go to your FB page which lead me to your blog.
AND, since I’ve been hanging out on your blog now for…….um… ..about a week now!! I’ve got to hold the record as the “longest visit!”
If I had even thought about “searching for a cure” or at least an over-sized band-aid; my search would have been something like………
HELP! My husband is an ADHD slob! or something along those lines.
I love seeing other people reading backwards at almost the same time as me! I think I clicked a linky from an organizing website?? Such luck that out of so many links I was grabbed by your title and picture. “When the student is ready the teacher appears”. I think I would use “guru appears” though since guru is “trusted counselor and advisor” and “guide” and “teacher”.
Aaack! I will get busy now before they are all awake!
Maybe you should have an “Ask Nony” post.
I would ask “Has the blog not only held you accountable, but do you feel you learn better by (doing your best) to set an example and teaching others?”
Yes, but that also scares me. I try so hard to make it clear that I DON’T have it together yet, and probably never will. I just want to let people know it’s worth it to keep going.
I am new to the blog world and I found you through the search engine and I looked up declutter. I am a big slob. You inspire me so much and you are the reason that I turned to blogging although I am not having much luck lately getting my house under control I am not going to give up but sometimes I want to. Thank you so much for sharing your process with us. I hope I can achieve as much as you and get my house in order.
God Bless
Heather
The way I found your blog was by clicking on one of your videos on You Tube. I think I probably saw a title in the sidebar and it piqued my interest, so I watched it and then went to your channel page? Something like that anyway. I found the addy for your blog, came here and read for at least an hour, then subbed(?) to your RSS feed where your new posts appear on my Yahoo home page. I always read the newest one, then continue by clicking the links to older articles. I probably visit at least 3 times per week, and stay for at least a half hour, often a lot longer. I’m addicted to you now! Thanks for sharing so much.
I found you when searching for a recipe to use already cooked ground beef. But I had been thinking about my slobbish ways for a while and have tried many ‘methods’ to ‘fix’ myself. I have been reading daily for over a week & think maybe a blog might also hold me accountable. (of course that has distracted me into learning about blogging). (I DO have ADD). But I have started making 3 things I sometimes do daily into non-negotiables. Thanks for the inspiration!
I found you when my sis-in-law sent me a link to your article about stealing socks (do other mom’s count socks, I think it was titled). She sent it to me as I used to call her when we had visited and realized one of my kids had left socks (or underwear, or hairbrush, or toothbrush) behind, and I would call to see if she had found it yet so i could get it back….never realized what a stress I was putting on her!
I LOVED the article, laughed, and started reading backwards. I am hooked. Your transparency is inspiring, as is your tenacity.
Oh it makes me laugh that she sent you that post!!! Welcome!
I found you through a mention (though not a link) on someone’s blog. I googled it and found you and have been working my way from the beginning. You won’t believe how many amazing things you have inspired me to do. So I come back every day for another few doses of encouragement. I really hope you are still going by time I catch up!
THanks for commenting! I love hearing how people found me!
How interesting! I found you through searching something like “How to clean (or was it declutter?) when I don’t know where to start” Or maybe it was “My house is a disaster and I don’t know where to start”. Either way, I was feeling overwhelmed and discouraged. And yes, I capitalize I even on Google searches!
This blog has been far more helpful to actually get me cleaning consistently than any other site I’ve read, providing useful mental tools that actually work for me (like “Do the Easy Stuff First”) and invaluable encouragement. Thank you!
I found you through a link in someone else’s blog. The thing is, I was reading that blog in a casual way, that’s why I don’t remember which one it was! But I’ve kept reading yours, and just like Shirls above, I hope you’re still writing it by the time I catch up with you. And yes, I also capitalize “I” when doing a Google search!
Hi Nony,
I found you on Amazon, while looking for books on cleaning. I loved the reviews that had been posted so bought your first book. Loved it! Bought your second book! Loved it! Then bought them again for my mom. We giggled the whole way, cause you’re funny! And cause it was us 🙂 Thank you. Your books and blog have helped so much.
I love hearing this, Sarah!! I was just talking to a friend who’s scared of the lack of control of reviews on Amazon and I told her that I just look at the bad ones as confirmation to the people who really need it that the book is as simple as I claim!!
I think I found your site recently from an old bog post on Organizing Junkie, but it might have been on another blog with a link on that one. It was the name of the blog that caught my eye, not the title of the post, so I can’t even tell you where I started. But I can tell you that after that initial post I went to the home page and have been reading from the beginning. I have 3 (YES, THREE) bookmarks – two to favorite posts and one to the most recent one I’ve finished. I have also sent a link to a friend who has similar struggles to the ones you write about and with which I identify. Your blog is helping me in more than just house clutter ways…self clutter, too, and actually doing what I know I should do when I notice it rather than just walking by – again. Thanks for your honesty and openness. You make a difference!
I found a mention of your books on Pinterest and went from there. The thing that has helped me the most in the week I have been reading is the totally novel idea that I could have all the most marvelous tools and systems but unless I actually used them, they only contributed to my problem. I think I was expecting “The Good-Housekeeping Fairy” to show up and do the actual work.
Hi Dana! I found you by pinterest. I am a french speaking person from Québec province. So I practice english while I read your wondrful blog! Hope you understand me! I am so happy I found you! I think we were sisters in a previous life! Most of the time I could believe you write about me! I am the mother of 5 ( from 5 yo to 17 yo ). We live on a family size dairy farm. It is a great place to rise children! But it is also a lot of work. Our house was so-so while my father in law help us on the farm but he died four years ago and since I lost control of the house! When I do not work I just want good time with kids and hubby. But being happy with all the clutter is almost impossible ! I begin un-negociable task, for me and the kids, it is a bit better. You are a sunshine ray in my darkness!
Caroline from Canada
Welcome, Caroline! I love hearing how people find me!
I can only imagine how consuming your family business must be!!
I know all you know from MY Google analytics info is that I came via Facebook but I know I would LOVE to know more about those people so here goes.. A friend shared an article from 5 Dollar Dinners on Facebook.. While I was reading her page.. Your Facebook page showed up in the side as one she recommends… > thank her! lol https://www.facebook.com/5dollardinnersfans
Oh thank you! I LOVE details! Any time Erin of $5 Dinners links to me is a VERY good traffic day!
I found your site when I was doing a Proverbs 31 study and Googled “how to be a virtuous woman” looking for tips for everyday life 🙂 By the way, I capitalize “I” in Google searches, too! 😀
How interesting that that search term brought you here! I like it!
I never capitalize my i’s when commenting or messaging. it’s my artistic flair.
I dont remember exactly how I found you. I think it was one of those suggested pages on Facebook, but I can’t imagine why Facebook would think that I would like you. Unless it was related to me pinning and sharing a recipe for homemade mildew remover. I don’t remember exactly what post I read first either. But what I do know is that whatever it was nearly made me cry with how well it described me. I liken the feeling to that of an addict who finally admits they are in fact an addict. I didn’t know I was a slob before I met you.
Oh!My! I found you through a linky party. Your title and picture “had” me before I read an article. Then I cried while reading the article. It was as if God was letting you blog my very thoughts that are never spoken. :). When I watched the first YouTube (the Master Bedroom series) I was crying from laughing so hard. My daughter wanted to know what was going on. When I started it over she asked me to stop. She was wide-eyed wondering if you knew me as what you were saying “is you, mom”! Oh!My! (My tears and laughter were from relief that you knew me).
For me, your way of doing things gets it done without shaming me. Thank you. God has blessed me with you and your gifts!
Yes, I is always capital! Hahaha!
Thank you so much for this comment, Carol!
I actually found your blog through Swagbucks. I didn’t want to keep reprinting the cleaning schedule I had and was looking for some new inspiration. I’ve actually started reading from the beginning and am just letting things simmer in the back of my mind. Love the posts so far!
I found your blog through your podcast – some friends of mine created a podcast called The Ration Project which had an episode about housekeeping in the 1940’s, and their challenges inspired me to look for more housekeeping-related podcasts, which led me to you!
My mom was not a great housekeeper, and would often yell at us and say that it was my and my sister’s fault that our house was messy. Now that I am grown, I accepted that it was just a fact that our apartment and someday house would be awfully messy. Then I started applying your container concept to our master bedroom, and I am starting to have hope. I am also able to let go of a lot of got he guilt I have been carrying that my mom’s struggles with her messy house and inability to invite people over was my fault, and that I was lazy (when I just didn’t really know what a clean room looked like! And when we just had too much clutter to really clean the house.) Seeing your successes has just lifted a despair off of me, and I am so glad God led me to your podcast!
Thank you so much for this comment! I’m amazed at how many people end up here through the podcast! Also love hearing your success with the Container Concept!
I found you because your 28 days of hope for your home book was in an ebook bundle I bought. I looked at your blog and was hooked. We live in a very small 3 bedroom house and his was the 3rd bedroom. We used it as an office/”shove it in there if it doesn’t have a home” storage space. Also our clean laundry haunts the Landry baskets frequently. My daughter was always hunting for shorts to wear under her dresses and skirts…. never in her room, always in the laundry baskets. I have been reading through your blog from the beginning and oh my gosh you are inspiring me to do something. I often feel like I can’t do things because I get home from worm so late and then have to get the kids to bed and then I’m exhausted. I have started whittling away at my pile… I mean mountain of dishes, staying on top of the laundry, taking the things in the living room to their homes at the end of the day (hey start small right)? My husband has noticed and said thank you and said I’m doing a great job. It makes me feel so much better. I have ADD and get super overwhelmed by the big picture. You Nony are such a blessing!
I found this blog while searching up something else entirely (what to do with way too much ground beef?) at least a month (more?) ago, and have to say, I’ve become both addicted and inspired!
I recognize myself here, and have made some small changes (daily routines) with BIG results! NO, the house isn’t perfect — probably never will be. But it’s looking pretty much OK, I’m not totally embarrassed by it, and I find I’m enjoying living here more, too. OH, and I just bought some new furniture for the living room …… and that’s something I would never have done for the house in its previous state. Wow, the room is actually clean and cleared and deserves new furniture! Embarrassing to say, but that’s actually really HUGE for me.
I think I found your blog when I was looking up different housekeeping checklists. After that search, your blog is the only thing I’ve kept reading. I think it’s because I have a stubborn streak and the idea of following ~someone else’s~ check list on what ~they~ think I should be doing irritates me on some subconscious level, so I liked that your idea was to come up with your own check list, and keep building on it each week according to what you thought needed done most. That might be crazy, but it’s me! I’m reading backwards, like I’ve mentioned in other comments, and I read a handful of posts every other day or so to help keep my own motivation going during my deslobification or just commiserate. I gain some new insight/perspective on why we slobs are the way we are too.
I love this!
I have no idea how I found you back in 2010- but I remember watching your youtube videos and reading a few of your posts. I knew I had some struggles in the housekeeping category but I was certain I would have it all figured out “someday” (like you mentioned in one of your first blog posts.) Fast forward to 2017, I completely forgot about Nony the Slob and my house was a disaster. I had been struggling with depression for years and literally didn’t do anything in my house in at least 10 months- it was so bad, it was Hoarder status! I went looking on youtube again for motivational videos on organizing/decluttering a home and found your ‘catch-all’ spot decluttering video that you recently recorded LIVE with your friend Barbara (?? not sure of her name exactly). When you talked about your new book and mentioned that it was on audible – that was IT for me, I just HAD to have it and I went and bought the audible right away. I’ve been reading your blog posts from the beginning and your daily tasks thing is growing on me. I’m only on day 4 but I’ve done my dishes every night! Thank you for writing your book (and thank you for not having someone else read it on audible.com!)
oops, that was supposed say 2011, not 2010. 🙂
Oh I love hearing this!!!
I found your blog very recently…within the last three weeks. I think you are wonderful and very funny. I appreciate your honesty and forthrightness (I think that’s a word).
I am married to your male counterpart. I am so very grateful for your insightful ramblings about ‘normal’ people and how they see things and you see things. My hubby is also very creative and hardly ever puts anything back in the same place twice. I finally stopped trying to keep things in their proper homes and just lived with his method of storing items. This can be very frustrating at times!
However, I did start buying second items of things we both used and “hid” them from him. I know this sounds cruel…but when I need a screwdriver I need to know where it is.
Hmmmm…I’m curious if your husband ever hid anything from you so he would be able to find it later?
Anyway, I love your blog and hope I eventually get caught up. I read a few almost every day.
I saw a suggestion for a book in the comments on a Washington Post and looked it up. The library didn’t have it, but your first book showed up as a suggestion. I read it and realized you really understand how someone could be on the 13th year of a “big clean-up,” not that there weren’t plenty of attempts before that to get control of the house. Afterward, I looked for other things you had written, read your second book and then found the blog. I find I need encouragement on a near daily basis to keep going, so I started reading your blog from the earliest and am working my way through the columns. You help a lot of people, and it is much appreciated. (Oh, and our dishes have been done every night for 6 or 8 weeks; the rest is still a slow work in progress, but cooking and cleaning the kitchen are really on track!)
I found you a couple years ago after purchasing your books on Amazon. Got started, then fell off the wagon after getting my front room clean. I am back now, have read both books again, my kitchen has stayed reasonably clean for three months now, the front room is clean, the family room is tidy and I am contemplating a garage sale. We moved to our current home in 2018 . Our previous residence was 3200 sq ft, our current home is 1700 sq ft. Our finished basement is the dumping ground and we still have stacks of unpacked boxes from the move. This is after 4 loads to Got Junk before the move and 3 more since. I have way too much stuff.
Some of it was kept to help out my 3 kids when they moved out on their own, but all 3 still live here as adults because COVID.
The oldest did move out for 10 months before COVID, but then moved a 1 bedroom apartment back into 1 bedroom.
I thank the Powers that Be that I found you and this community of slobs-in-reform. It keeps me working at my own slob rehab. I really hope you are still at this blogging thing in 2024, I have been reading from the beginning, so I don’t know lol. I am also going to attempt my own blog (soon) as I have been thinking about it and discussing it with my husband for a couple years now. He is all about encouraging me and appreciating the small steps.
Thank you Dana! And thank you to all your followers for their stories too.