Where Are My Links?

I've been sharing links on Facebook, mainly because it's easy.  I see something I like, and I share the link.  And I used to be able to go back and find those links - because I wasn't just sharing them, I was saving them for later.  Except, I can't find them anymore!  I checked Facebook's help page and found this:

Where are my links?

You can access your links from your homepage:

1. Go to the left-hand navigation column, and look for the section that lists your applications.
   
2. Click on "More" to see the full list.
   
3. Find and select the "Links" filter.
   
4. At the top of the page, select "My Links."
   

The only problem is that I don't see any "Links" filter and can't select "My Links" after that.  They must be there somewhere, but for now it looks like all my links are missing.  So, facebook help was not much help.  If any of you know how I can find the links I've posted to facebook, please let me know!

But from now on, when I come across a recipe I want to try, a game I want to play, or a great source for postcards, I'm going to have to save it to my recipe blog or share it here, instead of relying on facebook - which is what I should have been doing all along.  Then, I'll be able to find them later.

Have You Seen These Rugs?

When my husband and son got our deck and pergola built, we happened to see some bamboo shades in a home improvement store.  We bought one and hung it from the pergola to block the late afternoon sun, and then went back for another one.  We love them.  They look nice, and they're easy to drop when we want to be out on the deck but the sun is too strong.  What I never realized until recently is that you can get Bamboo rugs too.  I'd heard of bamboo flooring, which I really want to use if we ever get around to putting hardwood floors in the house, but not rugs.  I really like the idea of using bamboo because it replenishes itself a lot faster than trees you get most wood from.

I really love the look of these rugs, both the mats and the shag rugs.  Who knew you could get shag rugs made from bamboo?  Apparently you can sheets made from bamboo, too.  Did anybody know that?  Have you tried them?  Now I'm really wanting to find some so I can try them out.

While I was looking at the bamboo rugs, I had to check out the Seagrass rugs too.  I think I like these even better.  They're supposed to be really durable, and they don't gather dust, and I just like the way they look.  I think they'd be nice right inside my doors, to walk onto when we come in from outside.  I'm not planning to buy rugs for a while, but I'm going to keep something like this in mind for next time I'm looking for some.

Who's Looking for Me?

I've been getting more visitors than I'm used to lately.  I'm pretty sure it's because I jumped on the bandwagon and posted something about Charlie Sheen.  In a timely manner, while everyone else is either talking about him or interested in him.  People are searching for 'Charlie Sheen sound' and 'Charlie Sheen soundbites' and they're finding this blog.  I love my Feedjit Real-Time view for stuff like that! It shows me where people come from, what browsers they're using, how they got here, and even the search terms they used.  Click 'Real-time view' on the feedjit widget at the bottom of this blog, and you can see too.

You can see whether people are looking for Medical lab coats or cute blog backgrounds, and this probably isn't important to you, but clicking on the search term usually takes you to the search results page.  It's kind of fun to see which page my blog shows up on, especially when it's Page 1 of a Google search!  Or bing or Yahoo.

So, should I just keep an eye out for trending topics in the hopes that my blog will rise in the search rankings?  Or should I continue to blog about whatever catches my eye, whether anyone else cares or not?  I'm thinking maybe a balance between the two - more trendy stuff, which means actually making myself blog about the things I'm hearing about and thinking about in a timely manner, instead of letting the opportunity pass me by, which is what I usually do.  And, still blogging about whatever catches my eye, whether I want to talk about a cute and comfy Medical Scrub top or those cute blog backgrounds - which, by the way people do seem to care about.  I get a lot of people searching for those.  I like to think I've helped a few find what they were looking for.

How do you decide what to blog about?