There’s always something to howl about.

Wayward Politician Generates Website Visits

You may have heard that Bob Etheridge, a politician from North Carolina, hugged, embraced, cuddled, shared a tender moment, or assaulted two men who were asking him some questions on video about his support for Barack Obama’s agenda as he walked down the street in DC.

Apparently, one of the major sites – www.newsbusters.org – that posted the video, also posted a link to my, dare I say, helpful discussion on North Carolina assault law (which was sort of odd since Etheridge, if he violated a law, violated DC’s assault laws).

This generated something like 6,000 visits yesterday, which is more than twice what I get in a month. But, as far as I can tell, no business from those visits.

All this reminds me that website visits are only very loosely correlated with business: visits don’t pay the bills. But, I suspect, they will help the website move marginally up the Google ladder.

Which is to also say: having comprehensive, well-written content can pay off in ways that I didn’t imagine when writing it, which is that I become the go-to source when a politician manhandles a constituent.