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2011: The 100 Most Popular Keyword Searches no comments
These are the (slightly sanitized) 100 most popular keyword searches given to search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing which brought visitors to Columbia Closings in 2011:
| Keywords | Visits |
| columbia closings | 975 |
| (not provided) | 971 |
| club kryptonite myrtle beach 2011 | 815 |
| waccamaw pottery | 429 |
| top of carolina | 407 |
| mermaids | 385 |
| http://columbiaclosings.com/wordpress/ | 360 |
| gamecock theater | 326 |
| bonwit teller | 321 |
| luigi's italian kitchen | 305 |
| "wade hampton hotel" | 293 |
| columbia closings steakhouse | 293 |
| "poor richard's"+columbia | 274 |
| woolco | 269 |
| columbia closings hudsons | 235 |
| passbook | 226 |
| getting inside freestyle music park | 218 |
| http://www.columbiaclosings.com/wordpress | 202 |
| old timey meat market | 199 |
| peaches records | 180 |
| capstone restaurant columbia sc | 179 |
| d's wings beltline | 177 |
| 1215 assembly street columbia | 175 |
| rosa linda's murrells inlet | 164 |
| corner of gervais and assembly | 160 |
| joyful alternative columbia | 160 |
| john paul's armadillo building columbia,sc | 158 |
| motel "sumter highway" | 157 |
| chappy's fish and chips | 154 |
| sandlapper magazine state house tunnels | 148 |
| filling station devine street | 146 |
| graceland of lexington | 146 |
| taco cid | 142 |
| 7510 two notch rd. | 141 |
| jerome hotel columbia | 140 |
| peaches records and tapes | 140 |
| top of carolina restaurant | 140 |
| gamecock theater cayce, | 136 |
| gibbes planetarium | 133 |
| +"beaulah's" "columbia, sc" | 132 |
| vic mantolay columbia, sc | 129 |
| "2341 broad river road" columbia, sc | 128 |
| birds on a wire columbia sc | 128 |
| salley manufacturing closed brown sign | 126 |
| 902 gervais st., suite f. | 125 |
| http://columbiaclosings.com/wordpress | 125 |
| stonefire american grill sc | 124 |
| scrivens alley | 116 |
| columbia sc closings ted | 112 |
| irmo piggly wiggly closing 2007 | 112 |
| stewart sandwiches | 112 |
| waccamaw pottery myrtle beach | 111 |
| columbiaclosings | 110 |
| sc place | 109 |
| peddler's porch - columbia, sc | 108 |
| site:columbiaclosings.com grace's wau | 105 |
| mermaid | 104 |
| eckerd drugs lunch counter | 102 |
| lums restaurant | 102 |
| "sir george's royal buffet" columbia, sc | 96 |
| the book dispensary | 90 |
| last catch columbia herman muenster | 89 |
| greenbax stamps | 87 |
| talbots closings 2011 | 86 |
| 380 columbiana dr. and columbia closings | 85 |
| rosa linda's myrtle beach | 85 |
| forest lake | 84 |
| rosoc itian forest acers | 83 |
| pelican inn pawleys island | 81 |
| planetarium columbia sc | 81 |
| hurricane hugo sumter sc | 80 |
| parkland plaza cayce | 78 |
| top of carolina restaurant columbia sc | 78 |
| site:columbiaclosings.com bubble tea | 77 |
| the great train store | 75 |
| winn dixie | 75 |
| www.columbia closings.com | 73 |
| stivers lincoln mercury | 72 |
| "scrivens alley" | 71 |
| lionel playworld | 71 |
| columbia closings shoplifting | 67 |
| book dispensary | 66 |
| columbia closing | 66 |
| what became of the old w j kennan high school? | 66 |
| chipotle harbison | 65 |
| gibbes planetarium columbia sc | 65 |
| pass book | 65 |
| piece goods shop | 65 |
| chipotle site:columbiaclosings.com | 64 |
| sunbeam thrift store old bush river road | 64 |
| "blue martini" columbia woody | 62 |
| applegate's landing | 62 |
| pelican inn pawleys island sc | 61 |
| site:columbiaclosings.com piggly wiggly | 61 |
| colony house going out of business | 60 |
| krispy kreme garners ferry road | 60 |
| "foodmax" +"plane crash" | 59 |
| red wing rollerway columbia sc | 59 |
| "1928 broad river road" | 58 |
| decker mall | 58 |
| ashley furniture harbison | 57 |
2011: The 100 Most Popular Posts no comments
These are the 100 most popular posts or pages for the year 2011 as determined by Google Analytics. Notice that the post may not have been made in 2011, what is measured is its popularity (in pageviews) for 2011.
2011: My 20 Favorite Posts 1 comment
I'm not going to attempt to rank these all according to how good they are or how well I like them as that would be difficult and pointless. Instead here are my favorite 20 posts from 2011 in rough chronological order:
01) If It's Paper:
02) Myrtle Square Mall:
03) Boardwalk Plaza (older post, but massively updated this year):
04) (The Original) Lizard's Thicket:
06) Cayce Bait & Tackle:
07) Harbison Medical Building:
08) USC Bell Camp:
09) Blue Cross / Parcone at Sandhill:
10) Yo Burrito:
11) Cayce School:
14) CMC Construction Services:
15) Borders Books (everywhere):
16) Leesburg Road Garage:
17) South Carolina State Fair:
18) The Ballistic Center / Videos & Beyond:
19) Building 581 Myrtle Beach Airforce Base:
20) Kimbrell's Furniture on Main:
BONUS) Best Roadside Offer I Ever Saw:
Merry Christmas Columbia! no comments
Other than some "year in review" type posts, that's it for this year. I hope everyone had a great one, and has a very merry Christmas tomorrow.
Still Time For A New Year! no comments
Well, it's too late to give a calendar for Christmas, but remember you don't actually need them until 1 January 2012, and there's still plenty of time to get them here by then!
Columbia Closings Large Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Columbia Closings Regular Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Pawleys Island Large Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Pawleys Island Regular Format 2012 Wall Calendar
And books are good the whole year round. Why not try mine?
Today's Closing Is An Update no comments
Tick Tock! no comments
Time is running out!
...But if you order now, you can still get your calendars delivered for Christmas!
Columbia Closings Large Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Columbia Closings Regular Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Pawleys Island Large Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Pawleys Island Regular Format 2012 Wall Calendar
And there's definitely still time to order my book and have it arrive in time for you to read it and re-gift it by Christmas!
Holiday Shopping? Got that Covered! no comments
Plenty of calendars still available for delivery by Christmas!
Columbia Closings Large Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Columbia Closings Regular Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Pawleys Island Large Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Pawleys Island Regular Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Don't need to know what day it is? Just sit by the fire and read my book!
Angels, Demons & Spaceships, Oh My! no comments
Just when you thought ignoring all my calendar posts kept you safe, I have another way for you to handle your gift-giving needs and put money in my pocket!
A while back, at the end of a very unlikely chain of events, I had the opportunity to write a book with the great Holly Lisle. Hell On High has been out of print for a while, but it's finally back, and just in time for Christmas.
In today's terms, Hell On High is an urban fantasy, but since I had always thought of myself as a science-fiction writer, it has a space-ship too.
What can you expect? Well, it's a book for grown-ups, so there's a good bit of sex & violence (more of the former, probably), high comedy, low comedy, romance, fallen angels, demons, poodles and pizza.
The Kindle and Nook editions are in preparation, but right now there are two ways to order the hard copy version:
Here it is from Amazon:
And here it is from Createspace.
I read Hell On High for the first time in years during the proofing stage of this re-issue, and I think it holds up very well, and am quite proud of it. It this is the sort of thing you like, I think you'll like it too.
Have a Cornucopious Turkey Day! no comments
Well, that's it for this week's posts folks. Get out there watch some football, eat some turkey, and hang out with the people that matter.
And stay home on Black Friday: You can do all your shopping right here!
Columbia Closings Large Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Columbia Closings Regular Format 2012 Wall Calendar
Pawleys Island Large Format 2012 Wall Calendar