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@Holistic_Health As writers we should all take note of what you say. Personalization presents a limited view that we should veer away from. I, for instance, hated that Google repatriated me to Google UK whenever I typed in google.com. Once I had discovered how to get around that I felt it my mission to let others know how it could be achieved.
I speak and write in several languages (I even write and understand American). It is a disservice that G perpetrates when they assume that because my native tongue may be English, that I should always require results in English.
With regard to personalizing adverts, I have less of a problem, except when I am in the market for something that may be available through an ad in another language.
And you are right that G is a drug - we take it intravenously, fed through tubes. It inveigles our mind. We pay the price, but at least they are giving us a chance to influence the decisions they make on our behalf. But I do wish they would not second guess what I might want. I am capable of making that decision myself.
You may be interested in my take on this - you can find it in 'SERPs: Whats wrong with Google serps' - if you get there, I would appreciate your input.
Thanks for commenting - and by the way I like what you write about.

@LEA - I agree with you entirely with regard to the data painting a picture for the whole site, but failing to be of complete relevance when it comes to individual writers. But then each of us can look, and do look, at the 'Statistics' page on Wizzley. That gives the information that you rightly note is missing from my article.
Your target audience will benefit Wizzley, all of us, and gradually have an influence on the demographic of this site, as will mine, and anyone else that joins and makes an impact. That is the way of data: it changes perspective every millisecond. Nothing is stationary. Merely looking at it, changes it.
My take on the data, at that point in time, was that Wizzley was differentiated from S and G in significant ways, that could be taken advantage of by some, or all, of us.
It is a pleasure to link to relevant information, that I believe is presented to the benefit of anyone that reads my articles. Yours fulfilled that criterion. Why would I not link to it?
Thanks for your considered input - it adds to the overall push and shows that you are writing for your right market.

That's just how I felt. But I still prefer to use duct tape for its intended plumbing use. I just think it would be so cool to have designer pipes, that look fashionable. I would just love to show them off. A lot of our pipes are exposed because our house is so old, it was built before plumbing.

Google is like a drug. Try quitting and there's a price to pay. I search the web for other people's opinions, not my own so I can do without the personalized experience.

Your look at the statistics gives an interesting picture that most of us do not see or realize. I do think that some of the information is invisible though when you look at it this way. Because individual authors have different percentages of visits from the sources that you mention.

For instance over the 500 plus articles that I have on Squidoo, my search engine traffic (per Google Analytics) accounts for 64% of my traffic, with the majority of that coming from the United States.

Of course, my writing is targeted to a U.S. audience, and even more so, to a U.S. audience in a climate with four seasons.

And thanks for the link to my article. :)

Thanks, Towanda. Happy this helped you out.

Caroline, I'm so glad you liked it. Thanks.

I finally got all my crafts organized and sorted. It's really nice. Now I just have to find more time to do them. At least I can find something when I want it. Good page.

My daughters love Origami not sure if they know how to make a dress, no they can't or I would have seen it. Well they do now, I can just see the dolls wearing origami dresses. Awesome, Iove the paper you have on this site, its great paper my daughters enjoy it. My only advice to parents would be buy all three, you will not want them to run out of the paper, the treasures they make and time they enjoy learning this art is priceless.

MiminBusiness, So sad to hear about your Dad. I now feel its best to think about being safe, imagine yourself always healthy and strong for yourself and your kids. Positive visualization for the future, as a man thinketh sort of thing. You are so sweet and I'm thrilled to have met you here. Here's to many great times and writing adventures. :)

kinworm, You are so right, thanks :) I enjoy reading your work and hearing from you, it's always a pleasant and delightful experience.

Thanks 2uesday for the helpful addition.

I have not seen zebra duct tape, but my head is spinning with ideas! love it!

Excellent article Jane. I voted for Amazon first as it is great for what I call 'collateral sales' ;-) My second favorite of the top affiliate programs would be ShareaSale, I never had much luck with CJ and, like Digby, I wouldn't touch clickbank with a long pole. I seriously think that Google might have a 'does this site contains clickbank links' in their algorithm and that could, theoretically, send a spam signal. Just my gut feeling.
I also agree with you that the average internet user, that 'only' knows about browsing, email and online shopping doesn't wipe cookies very often. I can't count the number of people I had to explain what a 'browser cookie' actually is, they were thinking I was making fun of them!

Thanks for the comment, Art Aspirations. The zucchini chips were quite good :-)

I hope you enjoy American Gods, fanfreluche! It's an unusual book (I think), but it was totally engrossing for me.