youre not gunna believe this...

This post has been a long time coming. A few weeks ago, I was checking my (highly recommended) Google Analytics account and noticed I had a rise in hits coming from search engines. Now, this blog is primarily for friends and family to check-up on me while I'm in Thailand, so I was a little surprised to see that anyone using a search engine bothered to drop by. I waited a few days and the trend continued so I searched for "muay thai practice" myself (my #1 returning search string) and... what occurred next was like something out of a movie...

I was on the first page of results from Google.

I thought to myself "I have arrived." I couldn't believe it, and it still is a mystery why I am there. Even more amazingly, I'm still there! Go and check--its awesome! Just my "everyday blog" from one muay thai practice! I guess I should probably edit the post and put that video of Brian in there, I have a feeling people are not too impressed with the still pictures of me hitting the bag and the the paragraph that accompanies them. Nevertheless, I'm still excited about my "success."

Even more amazingly (yes thats the second time I've used that phrase this post), my page comes up before the WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE FOR MUAY THAI! I rank above my beloved Wikipedia!!!


A new strange trend has also emerged... now "ryan t. alley" ranks second on keywords returned from search engines for my site. Hopefully there isn't an infamous "Ryan T. Alley" rising in the media...

Okay, thats all for my elation.