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Yes, this post brings both good and bad news. Search engine traffic is at an all time high and unfortunately, so is spam. But lets start with some good stuff.

Top Search String for July: wpsermons
My new WordPress plugin has garnered a small bit of attention from several webmasters looking for a way to upload mp3s. Checking my referral stats, it seems that it is being used for several personal blogs as well (posting music and such).

Top Search Keyword for July: safari
My brief review on Safari for Windows brought in a whole slew of search phrases ranging from “safari vs firefox” to “safari scroll thinkpad” to “maximize window javascript safari.” Also a few humorous ones which I will share later.

Also, I received a record number of searches from Google Images this month. In addition, this is the first time I recall being found through Google Cache.

Here then, to bring a smile to your face are some humorous searches that led to my site (with some commentary, of course).

• things that tick me off - I hope this site isn’t one of them…
• pianist my website - am I supposed to read that as a verb??
• how to pronounce kliewer - you might ask Phrank, but I believe it sounds something like “cleaver” as in “meat cleaver.”
• private piano teacher in ny 2007 updated - that wouldn’t be me, sorry.
• private piano teacher in usa 2007 updated - I guess they couldn’t find one in New York…
• dovnload midifil happy birthday - just goes to show how good Google is at correcting spelling mistakes
• rebeam what means - well, it means to rebeam…
• relaxing violin midis - did I hear you right? Sorry, but the first mental image that a violin midi sound conjures up is anything but relaxing.
• pronounce angel - not nearly as challenging as my last name.
• wordpress template conference - that sounds like fun.
• safari browser annoys - you ain’t the only one.
• can’t find the back button on safari - its in the same place as your other browser. I assure you.
• pandiatonicism tutorial - not here, not now.
• what does bju dorms look like dorm pictures - not all too glamorous, but quite sufficient I suppose.

In other news, I’ve been receiving an incredible amount of referral spam. When I saw from my stats list that I had received clicks from 765 different websites, I knew something was awry. So, I installed a nice WordPress plugin called Bad Behavior which is starting to stop some of that.

I think eventually I will start showing off how many spam comments Askimet has caught and how many bad links I have stopped to date….

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Yesterday, June 11th, 2007, Apple released a version of it’s prized internet browser, Safari, for the Windows platform. I decided I wanted to get in on the action and take it for a spin. After all, I am a webmaster. Inevitably I will have people visiting my websites using this new browser/platform combination and I should get to know how it works (and also make sure that all my current websites check).

Naturally, I will not be able to cover every minute detail about Safari here, nor will I try. But this browser is distinct enough that you don’t have to look very hard to find things you like or dislike about it. And that is how I am going to base this review - my likes and dislikes about Safari. I am also aware that Safari for Windows is still in beta. Obviously, Apple intends to do more work on it, but I shall review it in its current state nonetheless. I should also say that this is not a comparison of Safari for Mac vs. Safari for Windows as I have never used the Mac version. Let it be known that I am an avid Firefox user (and that I find IE7 more and more repulsive every time I open it). So you may see this review as being part “Safari vs. Firefox” and part “Safari vs. Itself.” If any browser is going to move me away from Firefox, it had better be pretty good.

So without any further ado, here’s a two-cents rundown of my likes and dislikes of Safari for Windows. Unfortunately for Safari, the “dislikes” outnumber the “likes.” But lets start with the good news first…
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