A Thanksgiving overview of the past year’s blog statistics:

Growth in visitors over the past year

Traffic sources

Click here to see a full list of search terms that have led people to this site.

How to apply for a rifle and shotgun permit from the New York Police Department (NYPD)

Insights from this analysis:

• There are definitely things I can do to optimize SEO keywords on this site to bring visitors in from Google.
• Forgive the use of big fonts, redundant text, and unnecessary links – I’m optimizing my keywords in this post.  In case you didn’t know, that is why most websites are so irritating, poorly designed, and badly written – they want more visitors.
• It seems like searches for my full name are leading some people to this site.  I don’t mention my name anywhere, and this site doesn’t show up in my own Google searches for my name…. what’s going on here?
• Thank you Handy for all the traffic – you’re a popular guy.
• Clearly there is a dearth of information online about how to apply for a rifle and shotgun permit from the NYPD.  I’m going to see how much of that traffic I can grab by optimising further for those keywords, so forgive me for redundant content.
• But don’t forget to check out my post: Acquiring a Gun, Part I (How to Apply for a New York City Rifle & Shotgun Permit from the NYPD), which goes into great detail on how to call the NYPD to get information on how to call the NYPD.  Part II is coming.

Ramen Noodles:  Rai Rai Ken, Setagaya, Menkui Tei, Bibim Bar

• There is a significant number of people looking for a good ramen.
  
• Rai Rai Ken is really not very good ramen.
  
• Bibim Bar is ok for a quiet Korean meal.

Russian Baths – Banya – Sauna

• There is room for a competitive site with information about banya (Russian baths) locations and reviews.
  
• BRC Sauna amd Spa (the New Jersey Banya), Mermaid Spa, and the Wall Street Banya (i.e. Spa 88) all feature strongly in the search terms that have led people here.
  
• However, the search terms used to find Russian baths are not standard, probably because the word banya is not familiar to many people, and there is no good translation, although sauna is the closest.
• Have 42 people really searched for “Paul Glimcher what kind of person is he”?

Officer Martinez: Hello, Handguns, this is Officer Martinez, how can I help you?

Well-spoken male caller: Hi, I’m interested in applying for a rifle and shotgun permit, and I want to make sure I have the correct documents ready before I make the trek out there.

Officer Martinez: We don’t do rifles and shotguns, only handguns…. Hold on…. [yelling to co-worker]…. Shotguns?…. [inaudible]….. Okay… 718-520-9300

Well-spoken male caller: That’s the Rifle and Shotgun permit division.

Officer Martinez: Yes.

Well-spoken male caller: Great.  Thanks.

…

Officer Rodriguez: Rifle and Shotguns.  Officer Rodriguez speaking.

Well-spoken male caller: Hi, I’m interested in applying for the rifle and shotgun permit, and I want to make sure I have the correct documents ready before I make the trek out there.

Officer Rodriguez: Do you have a computer?

Well-spoken male caller: Yes.  If you’re going to tell me to check out the web site, I’ve already done that.  But I want to double-check that I have everything prepared correctly, since the information is unclear.  What forms do I need notarized?

Officer Rodriguez: It should say that on the forms.

Well-spoken male caller: Yes, but I wanted to double-check.

Officer Rodriguez: Everything should be on the form.

Well-spoken male caller: Okay.  Where are you located?

Officer Rodriguez: 120-55 Queens Boulevard.  In the basement.  Room B-11.

Well-spoken male caller:  You said in the basement.  Can you repeat the room number?

Officer Rodriguez: Yes.  Room B eleven.

Well-spoken male caller:  And you’re open Monday through Friday.

Officer Rodriguez: Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 3:30pm.

Well-spoken male caller:  Thanks.