Ten years since I started regular blogging as free service in Sept. 2011; #HelpTen goal seems to have been achieved; Some blog stats and search ranking data

Last updated on 7 Jun. 2024 

7 Jun. 2024: Some sensitive content has been snipped. 

Note: The long blog post starts with an introduction and then is divided into summary and details sections. Readers could choose to go through only the intro. and summary sections and skip the later details sections. As this post is a long one, it was published as an in-progress post on 11th Sept. 2021 and got completed (no longer in-progress) on 17th Sept. 2021.

Introduction

I started regular blogging as a free service (Seva) activity ten years ago, in September 2011. I felt it appropriate to capture and share some blog stats, and a few remarks about this work. Further, I think this post may help some novice free service blogger/social media writer or some people who are considering to do this activity. So I decided to invest the time in gathering the data and then putting up this post.

My inspiration to take up this regular blogging activity was the teaching of my beloved and revered Gurudev, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, of "Padi mandiki sahayamu cheyi" (in Telugu) which means "Help ten people" with ten being a figurative number indicating few people. I have heard Bhagavan say this in his discourses which I have heard live sitting in Sai Kulwant Hall. So I got this teaching directly from the source! #HelpTen 

Given some health and other challenges that I face, I felt that I may be able to help a few (ten) people through my blogging, which later moved into Facebook as well, after which I called my work as social media writing. I think that over the past ten years (Sept. 2011 to Sept. 2021) pubic writing on social media has been my main activity though, at times, my public writing work would take a backseat to other private activities.

At the time I started the regular blogging activity, one well wisher questioned: "Who will read (your posts/writings)?" I think that was a fair and proper question to ask at that time. My primary motivation to write was to express myself on some topics that I had an urge to publicly express myself, and I was aware that typically only a niche audience would be interested in what I write. My life journey has been very much influenced by writings of others including spiritual writings but not limited to spiritual writings - I have been a voracious reader for most of my life. I wanted to give back to the world of writing - books, magazines, newspapers, Internet blogs and similar websites etc. - by sharing some of my views and thoughts. I also wanted to do it as a free service activity mainly on the public Internet so that anybody on the Internet could freely read my writings if he/she was interested. However, perhaps if nobody visited my blogs/Facebook, I would have lost the motivation to write on social media. I think I looked at "ten people" reading my writings as a kind of measure that would justify my social media writing work.

As the blog stats shared below show, I do think I have achieved the "ten people" readership goal in my writings.

Another well wisher mentioned that I will not get much support from any readers of my blog in my time of need. I think that too was a fair and proper point. Prior to my getting into regular blogging from Sept. 2011, my regular service work was in an ashram system from Jan. 2003 onwards where I was viewed as regular (free service) staff, even though my official designation varied with time. I should also mention that along with my blogging work, from Sept. 2011 to March 2012 I continued to do small amount of free service work for the ashram system. As I completely stopped my free service work with the ashram system in March 2012, I lost the ashram support system that I had enjoyed as (free service) "staff" since Jan. 2003. So from March 2012 onwards, I was leading a completely outside ashram system life with my primary activity being (free service) blogging. Given this background, the well wisher's point was very appropriate, and raised out of concern for my well being.

I took inspiration from the many spiritual aspirants India has had over millennia who led far more challenging lives than mine at that point. As an example, Ramana Maharshi ran away from home at a tender age and lived the life of a renunciate for many years and faced many challenges before he got recognized as a spiritual master and acquired a following. Note that Ramana Maharshi comes from the same Iyer community that I come from, due to which I am able to relate to Ramana Maharshi's family background quite well. In comparison to the great challenges that Ramana Maharshi had to face in the early years of his spiritual journey, after my retirement from commercial work in Aug. 2002, as a single (unmarried) spiritual aspirant, I was leading a fairly decent lower middle class Indian life on my retirement income.

Perhaps sometime in second half of 2012, I also read Mother Teresa's biography by Navin Chawla, which describes the challenges Mother Teresa faced when she quit the comfort zone/protected life of her convent in Kolkata (Calcutta) where she was a teacher, and took the plunge of serving the poor in Kolkata through a mission of her own. How Mother Teresa started her mission with very little money and catered to sick and very poor people, as described in Navin Chawla's book, was a big inspiration to me.

With this background, I had taken the plunge into blogging as a selfless free service and main activity. In particular, I had no expectation of any support from readers of my blogs. So that addressed the point raised by the well wisher mentioned above of not getting any support from readers of my blogs (or my Facebook posts).

Over these years as my social media writing work became more known among a small/niche community of interested people, I have received ***public*** appreciation and encouragement comments for this work from quite a few persons on my blogs and on Facebook. I thanked them at that time, and I take this opportunity to thank them again for their appreciation and encouragement for my social media writing work.

In the COVID pandemic, the volume of my social media writing work has come down. 

I expect to be spending more time on some private activities in the coming years due to which I expect to spend less time on social media writing work.

Summary: Blog stats

I decided to share blog stats of all my blogs (6 in all) on this post, as this blog has turned out to be, as of now at least, my main blog.

Before I get into the blog stats, I should mention that I blogged very rarely prior to September 2011. I had put up 10 posts from 2007 to 2009 which were about devices I was using, and which posts were made under a pseudonym (Gabbar Singh).

Just before I launched into regular blogging, I put up a small post titled 'God is One' in August 2011 (only post in August 2011 and no posts earlier in 2011 or in 2010). The regular flow of blog posts started in September 2011.

I have used blogger and WordPress stats. These stats may not accurately reflect the number of people who viewed my posts, as these stats seem to include automated crawling of my blogs by programs. So actual human viewers would be lesser, in some cases significantly lesser, than that shown by these stats.

[For most of the pics in this post, especially full screenshots: On PC desktop, to open pic in larger resolution, right-click on pic followed by open link (NOT image) in new tab/window. In new tab/window you may have to click on pic to zoom in.]


Above pic is a composite having graph and audience info. for 4 of my main blogs. Individual blog top-level view stats including graph and audience info. pics for each of my 4 main blogs, are provided below.







Summary: Blog or associated blogbook search rank in Internet search engines for various search terms

Internet search engines are an important gateway to websites including blogs, for users searching for information on specific search terms. So how my blog (or associated blogbook) and various posts on it rank in search engines for some search terms, is one way I have used to assess the (limited) influence/impact of my blogs.

I should mention here that the blog statistics provide limited info. about search terms used by users who visit my blogs through Internet search engine queries. Over time, I have seen quite a few search terms reported in the blog statistics. But when I view the consolidated (all time) blog statistics for the search terms, I find that many search terms which I recall seeing in weekly stats are not shown in the consolidated (all time) blog statistics. Note that older weekly statistics are not available for viewing in blogger (Google's blog platform/medium) statistics - only current week, current month, current year etc. are available.

Given below is a summary of search ranks for various terms. Some of the searches were done in  September this year (2021). Some were done in earlier months & years with the results captured in posts. The corresponding details section will have some associated screenshots and some more details. The search engines used are Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo. The searches were done using incognito Chrome browser window.

Only four of the six blogs are considered for this section and the order of the blogs below is different from the order used for the blog stats section. Here the two spiritual blogs are listed one after the other, followed by the Indian CS & IT academic reform blog, and then the Worldly (miscellaneous) blog.

Summary: Ravi S. Iyer: Spiritual blog, ravisiyer.blogspot.com search ranking

The following search terms are for the blog rather than the posts therein, even if the search results are of some posts in the blog:

In Sept. 2021, for search term: spiritual blogs india
  • Google: 40
  • Bing: 23
  • DuckDuckGo: Around 68
In Sept. 2021, for search term: Indian spiritual blogger
  • Google: 34
  • Bing: 17
  • DuckDuckGo: Around 24
In Sept. 2021, for search term: spiritual blogs sai baba
  • Google: 22
  • Bing: 6
  • DuckDuckGo: 17
In Sept. 2021, for search term: sathya sai baba blogs
  • Google: 7
  • Bing: 24
  • DuckDuckGo: Around 34

Some top-ten (in at least one search engine) search rank terms for posts in ravisiyer.blogspot.com are given below:

In Sept. 2021:
  • sathya sai baba on whether Rama and Krishna are historical figures
  • historicity of rama and krishna
  • Sathya Sai Baba on truth saving in long run
  • Sathya Sai Baba on Advaita
  • advaita darshanam jnaanam
  • Sathya Sai Baba atheists self-realization
  • Mohammed Rafi Sathya Sai Baba
  • divine awareness meditation
  • Sathya Sai Baba b. n. narasimhamurthy
  • Narendra Modi Sathya Sai baba subtle body
  • Narendra Modi Sathya Sai Baba madhusudan naidu
  • sachin tendulkar Sathya Sai baba madhusudan naidu
  • sunil gavaskar Sathya Sai Baba madhusudan naidu
  • Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Sathya Sai Baba madhusudan naidu
  • Rajashree Birla Sathya Sai Baba madhusudan naidu

In March 2021:
  • sathya sai baba miracles scientific investigation
  • sathya sai baba miracles investigation 

In 2020:
  • criticism of fictional Rama statement by Hinduism academic scholars
  • Sathya Sai Baba on Shiva Lingam worship
  • Sathya Sai Baba on truth
In 2019:
  • Is Madhusudan Naidu having spirit of Sathya Sai Baba?
  • Has Sathya Sai Baba spirit entered Madhusudan Naidu?

In 2015:
  • Sathya Sai baba Muddenahalli subtle body
  • Sathya Sai baba Muddenahalli subtle form
  • Sathya Sai Baba Muddenahalli light body
  • Sathya Sai Baba subtle body
  • Sathya Sai Baba subtle form
  • Sathya Sai Baba light body
  • Sathya Sai Baba light form

Summary: I am I blog, iami1.wordpress.com search ranking

The following search terms are for the blog rather than the posts therein, even if the search results are of some posts in the blog:

In Sept. 2021, for search term: vedanta and science blogs
  • Google: 9
  • Bing: 12
  • DuckDuckGo: 6
In Sept. 2021, for search term: vedanta, god and science blogs
  • Google: 1
  • Bing: 2
  • DuckDuckGo: 2
In Oct. 2020, for search term: existential question who am I?
  • Google: 13
  • Bing: 4 (excluding images)
  • DuckDuckGo: 6
In Oct. 2020, for search term: answer to existential question who am I?
  • Google: 18
  • Bing: 4 (excluding images)
  • DuckDuckGo: 4

Some top-ten (in at least one search engine) search rank terms for posts in iami1.wordpress.com are given below:

In Sept. 2021:
  • are vedanta and science compatible?
  • are Vedanta, belief in divine power and science compatible?
  • belief in God that is compatible with science
  • Chandogya upanishad chapter 6 Tat tvam asi
  • Sathya Sai Baba Chandogya upanishad chapter 6 Tat tvam asi
  • Sathya Sai Baba Chandogya upanishad Tat tvam asi
  • Sathya Sai Baba Tat tvam asi

In 2020:
  • Chandogya Upanishad revelations

Summary: Indian CS & IT Academic Reform (Past) Activism blog,   eklavyasai.blogspot.com search ranking

Some top-ten (in at least one search engine) search rank terms for the blog are given below. These search terms are for the blog rather than the posts therein, even if the search results are of some posts in the blog.

In Sept. 2021:
  • indian computer science and information technology academic reform
  • improve teaching of software development in indian academia blog
  • improve teaching of software development in India blog
  • improve teaching of software development in India
  • improve practice of software development in India
  • computer science academic reform blog
  • improve teaching of software development in academia blog
  • improve teaching of software development blog
  • improve teaching of software development
  • improve practice of software development

Summary: Ravi S. Iyer: Worldly blog, ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com search ranking

Some top-ten (in at least one search engine) search rank terms for posts in the blog are given below. All the searches were done in September 2021.
  • history of computer pioneer An Wang and Wang Laboratories
  • Wang VS computers software development India
  • Lalit Kanodia one of the pioneers of Indian software services export industry
  • John Chambers Cisco Wang Labs Padma Bhushan Indian award
  • history of Baan outsourcing software product development to India
  • history of Baan software company in India

  • Videotex worked over telephone lines before web
  • COBOL projects in Indian software exports of 1980s
  • Higher education costs driving students into debt, apprenticeships must be revived

  • whistleblower view of criminal and civil defamation law in India
  • truth-lovers sometimes have to walk alone - ekla chalo re song

  • viewing sanskrit documents on iPod Touch

  • My memories of the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts
  • role of Indian quislings in British conquest of India
  • sacking of Baghdad by Hulagu Khan led Mongols in 1258 and end of Abbasid caliphate

  • Hollywood's Danny Kaye was an inspirational figure for Kishore Kumar
  • ab tera kya hoga kaliya sholay dialogue

  • Fire in Babylon documentary movie about West Indies cricket team dominance in 1980s

  • PC UPS sealed Lead-Acid Battery and allergic rhinitis

Facebook work


I started regular posts activity on Facebook from April 2015, even though I had my current Facebook account (above link) active from July 2013. Almost all, if not all, my posts are public access.

I do not get view stats for my Facebook posts (Facebook pages provide view stats but I rarely use Facebook pages). Almost all content that I write on Facebook is captured on my blog as well. Note that short Facebook posts that I write are typically captured in monthly or bi-monthly miscellaneous Facebook posts & comments blog post naming the concerned month(s), and with worldly content going to Ravi S. Iyer: Worldly blog and spiritual content going to Ravi S. Iyer: Spiritual blog. While I do get more reactions and comments on Facebook than I get on my blogs, due to lack of view stats, I don't think any other data I am able to gather from Facebook (like total posts I put up) would be appropriate to mention in this post.

Perhaps I should mention that as of 16th Sept. 2021, I have 1086 Facebook friends and 369 followers. The screenshot below shows this.



Summary: My self-published part autobiography book search ranking

I think I should also make a short mention of my self-published part autobiography book titled, "Autobiography of an Indian Software Techie and Spiritual Aspirant – Part 1" and sub-titled, "Covers Mumbai & Dombivli based life with some foreign stints, till 2002 (age 40)", whose ebook version is available for free download and whose print version is on not-for-profit basis for me. The search ranking for the book for a search term is given below.

In Sept. 2021, for search term: software developer and spiritual aspirant autobiography
  • Google: 1
  • Bing: 1
  • DuckDuckGo: 1

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Details: Blog stats

The screenshots of the blogs and their stats in below sections have been taken in early Sept. 2021.


Ravi S. Iyer: Spiritual blog stats

Blog description/sub-title: This blog is about spirituality and religion



Above pic: Home page



Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: Posts made each year from 2013 when the blog was created.



Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: All time views of blog - 691,909, total posts - 1,354




Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: All time views graph



Above pic: Cropped screenshot of all time views - top audience countries


Ravi S. Iyer: Worldly blog stats

Blog description/sub-title: Covers social issues, history incl. Information Technology history, democracy & free speech, govt. policies & related politics, movies, songs etc.


Above pic: Home page



Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: Posts made each year from 2007 when the blog was created. Note that only 10 posts were put up from 2007 to 2009 under a pseudonym of Gabbar and the blog link was also different then - gabbarsing.blogspot.com or something like that. I started regular blogging on this blog from 2014 under my name (Ravi S. Iyer) and I think it was at that time that I changed the blog link to its current address of ravisiyermisc.blogpost.com .




Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: All time views of blog - 205,827, totals posts - 998




Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: All time views graph



Above pic: Cropped screenshot of all time views - top audience countries


Indian CS & IT Academic Reform (Past) Activism blog stats

Blog description/sub-title: Peaceful and Amicable Indian Computer Science (CS) & Information Technology (IT) Academic Reform (Past) Activism

Blog home: https://eklavyasai.blogspot.com 

Note that initial posts were made under username Eklavya Sai Maalik (anonymous user). Later I started using my name (Ravi S. Iyer) for posts on this blog.


Above pic: Blog Home page


Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: Posts made each year with monthly posts info. for first year of 2011. Screenshot shows that first post of blog was made in August 2011.




Above pic: Cropped screenshot with first post of blog with post title "God Is One", made on 14th Aug. 2011



Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: All time views of blog - 54,557, total posts - 215




Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: All time views graph


Above pic: Cropped screenshot of all time views - top audience countries


I am I blog stats

Blog description/sub-title: THE Ultimate Answer to THE Existential Reality Question

Blog home: https://iami1.wordpress.com 

Note that initial posts were made under username iami1 (anonymous user). Later I started using my name (Ravi S. Iyer) for posts on this blog.

[On PC desktop, to open pic in larger resolution, right-click on pic followed by open link (NOT image) in new tab/window. In new tab/window you may have to click on pic to zoom in.]


Above two screenshot pics are of the home page of I am I blog


Above screenshot pics including zoom-in pic of right hand side of screen, shows the months and years in which I wrote posts on this blog.



Above screenshot and zoom-in on part of screenshot, informs us that total views of this blog as of 8th Sept. 2021 is 7,404 and that the blog has a total of 25 posts.




                       

Above 2 screenshots and their zoom-in pics give the year-wise views and visitors stats from 2011 till 2021 (till Sept. 8th 2021)



Above screenshot and zoom-in pic of part of it, shows the top audience countries for year 2019. I was not able to figure out how to get top audience countries' stats for all years.

Above pic shows file download stats for year 2020.

A related post on downloads of file:  https://iami1.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/chandogyachapter6someshlokas.pdf which has document title: "Chandogya Upanishad – Chapter 6 (Dialogue between Uddalaka and Svetaketu) – Some Shlokas": Over 1000 downloads from July 2019 of my 12 page compilation on Chandogya Upanishad chapter 6 (Tat Tvam Asi chapter) key verses and commentary of great masters/scholars, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2020/09/over-1000-downloads-from-july-2019-of.html , 10th Sept. 2020.



raviiyer.org blog stats

Blog description/sub-title: Service to Society is Service to God

Blog home: https://ravisiyer.wordpress.com (http://raviiyer.org maps to earlier link though some times the domain page is not accessible).

I started this blog in Sept. 2011 writing under my name (Ravi) with the intention of it being a gathering point for interested free service volunteers who would contribute to IT (Information Technology) Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) that would cater to society's needs. As examples, I promoted a Spoken English application and a rural agricultural portal. However I did not get any volunteers and over time, I suspended this main objective of the blog. In later years I wrote posts on this blog related to computer and Internet usage under Misc category (and menu), and that has been the only active part of this blog from May 2013 onwards.




Above pics: Home page of blog



Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: Right hand side shows the months and years in which I wrote posts on this blog.





Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: Total views of this blog: 21,534, and total posts: 99.






Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshots: Graphs of year wise views and visitor stats




Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: Top audience countries for year 2020


Ravi S. Iyer's Software Lab. Courses blog

Blog description/sub-title: RAVI IYER TEACHES PROGRAMMING 






Above pics including zoom-in of part of one screenshot: Home page




Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: Total views of blog: 2,854, Total posts: 35



Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: Graph of views and visitors stats year-wise




Above pics including zoom-in of part of screenshot: Top audience countries for year 2014


Details: Blog or associated blogbook search rank in Internet search engines for various search terms

Given below are details of search ranks for various terms. Some of the searches were done in  September this year (2021). Some were done in earlier months & years with the results captured in posts. The search engines used are Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo. The searches were done using incognito Chrome browser window.

This section has a few associated screenshots.

I took screenshots of most search results as a sort of record and have uploaded it to my Google Drive as two zip files with public access, whose view and download links are given below. The sizes of the zip files are 41.5 MB with 140 screenshots and 6.9 MB with 22 screenshots in it.


Details: Ravi S. Iyer: Spiritual blog, ravisiyer.blogspot.com search ranking (for blog and its posts, directly or indirectly)

The following search terms are for the blog rather than the posts therein, even if the search results are of some posts in the blog:

In Sept. 2021, for search term: spiritual blogs india
  • Google: 40
  • Bing: 23
  • DuckDuckGo: Around 68






In Sept. 2021, for search term: Indian spiritual blogger
  • Google: 34
  • Bing: 17
  • DuckDuckGo: Around 24



In Sept. 2021, for search term: spiritual blogs sai baba
  • Google: 22
  • Bing: 6
  • DuckDuckGo: 17

In Sept. 2021, for search term: sathya sai baba blogs
  • Google: 7
  • Bing: 24
  • DuckDuckGo: Around 34




The following search terms are for specific posts in the blog:

In Sept. 2021, for search term: sathya sai baba on whether Rama and Krishna are historical figures
Result link: Sathya Sai Baba on historicity of Rama and Krishna,  https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2015/01/sathya-sai-on-historicity-of-rama-and.html
  • Google: 1

In Sept. 2021, for search term: historicity of rama and krishna
Result link: Sathya Sai Baba on historicity of Rama and Krishna, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2015/01/sathya-sai-on-historicity-of-rama-and.html
  • Google: 28
  • Bing: 2
  • DuckDuckGo: 11



In Sept. 2021, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba on truth saving in long run
Result link: Sathya Sai Baba on Truth from 1958 discourse,  https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2014/11/sathya-sai-baba-on-truth-from-1958.html
  • Google: 3 (excluding video results)
  • Bing: 1
  • DuckDuckGo: 1

    In Sept. 2021, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba on Advaita
    Result video link: Sathya Sai Baba's Advaita Teachings By John Hislop Ph.D. (on my youtube channel),  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl9izOvsUJg
    Result video transcript: Sathya Sai Baba's Advaita Teachings By John Hislop Ph.D. - Edited Transcript of Video, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2013/11/sathya-sai-babas-advaita-teachings-by.html
    • Google: 3 (video result with video transcript on blog)
    • Bing: 1 (video result with video transcript on blog)
    • DuckDuckGo: 2 (excluding image results)



      In Sept. 2021, for search term: advaita darshanam jnaanam
      Result link (with search screenshot pics update): Sathya Sai Baba on Advaita Darshanam Jnaanam - experience of non-dualism/oneness is wisdom/knowledge; Sathya Sai lived in that experience of oneness, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2015/06/sathya-sai-baba-on-advaita-darshanam.html
      • Google: 1
      • Bing: 1
      • DuckDuckGo: 1

      In Sept. 2021, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba atheists self-realization
      Result link: Sathya Sai Baba said atheists can also get self-realization; Sai Baba's words about Sai-Baba-speaking-through-somebody-else claims,  https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2014/03/sathya-sai-baba-said-atheists-can-also.html
      • Google: 1
      • Bing: 1
      • DuckDuckGo: 1

        In Sept. 2021, for search term: Mohammed Rafi Sathya Sai Baba
        Result links: Pic of Mohd. Rafi sahab and Manoj Kumar sahab with Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2017/03/pic-of-mohd-rafi-sahab-and-manoj-kumar.html?m=0
        Sathya Sai Baba referred to Mohammad Rafi as "God’s own soul": Hindi film star-director veteran Manoj Kumar, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2017/08/sathya-sai-baba-referred-to-mohammad.html
        • Google: 1 (excluding videos)
        • Bing: 2 (excluding videos)


        In Sept. 2021, for search term: divine awareness meditation
        Result link: Hope to get back to divine awareness meditation on a regular basis now; Meditation affirmation-and-helper statements that I use now, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2019/05/hope-to-get-back-to-divine-awareness.html
        • Google: 1 (excluding video results)
        • Bing: 3 (excluding video results)
        • DuckDuckGo: 3 (excluding video results)


        In Sept. 2021, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba b. n. narasimhamurthy
        Result links: B.N.Narasimhamurthy, MAIN MAN behind Muddenahalli group needs to ponder seriously about STOPPING Madhusudan Naidu communicator DRAMA, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2016/12/bnnarasimhamurthy-is-main-man-behind.html
        Satyajit opens up on Narasimhamurthy and Madhusudhan Naidu; I (Ravi) recommend PIL against Madhusudhan Naidu, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2015/10/satyajit-opens-up-on-narasimhamurthy.html
        • Google: 5 (excluding videos and images)
        • Bing: 8 (excluding images)

        In Sept. 2021, for search term: Narendra Modi Sathya Sai baba subtle body
        Result links: PM Narendra Modi using words 'sukshma roop' (subtle body) is fine so long as he does not say Madhusudan Rao Naidu in that context, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2016/12/pm-narendra-modi-using-words-sukshma.html
        Did Prime Minister Narendra Modi seek guidance & blessings via so called communicator Madhusudhan Naidu?, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2016/02/did-prime-minister-narendra-modi-seek.html
        • Google: 1 (excluding videos)
        • Bing: 2 (excluding images)


        In Sept. 2021, for search term: Narendra Modi Sathya Sai Baba madhusudan naidu
        Result links: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Sathya Sai Baba statue in Naya Raipur hospital, and praises Sathya Sai, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2016/02/prime-minister-narendra-modi.html
        Note to BJP leaders about Madhusudan Naidu saying Kali Yuga is over and Sathya Yuga has started, which is against Sathya Sai Baba statement, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2017/04/note-to-bjp-leaders-about-madhusudan.html
        • Google: 4
        • Bing: 1


        In Sept. 2021, for search term: sachin tendulkar Sathya Sai baba madhusudan naidu
        Result links: Very disappointed to see Sachin Tendulkar share stage with impersonator Madhusudan Rao Naidu, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2017/11/very-disappointed-to-see-sachin.html
        Open letter to Sachin Tendulkar to BEWARE of Madhusudan Rao Naidu's FALSE CLAIMS wrt Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2017/08/open-letter-to-sachin-tendulkar-to.html 
        • Google: 1
        • Bing: 1

        --snip
        In Sept. 2021, for search term: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Sathya Sai Baba madhusudan naidu
        Result links: Should country level top leaders and/or Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis share stage with Madhusudan Rao Naidu who now claims that Sathya Sai spirit has assumed his body? Will that be following Raj Dharma?, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2018/11/should-country-level-top-leaders-andor.html
        Open letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis about false claims made by Madhusudan Rao Naidu wrt Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2018/08/open-letter-to-maharashtra-chief.html
        • Google: 1
        • Bing: 1

        In Sept. 2021, for search term: Rajashree Birla Sathya Sai Baba madhusudan naidu
        Result link: An open letter to Mrs Rajashree Birla about false claims made by Madhusudan Rao Naidu wrt Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2018/08/an-open-letter-to-mrs-rajashree-birla.html
        • Google: 1
        • Bing: 1


        In March 2021, for search term: sathya sai baba miracles scientific investigation
        Reference link: Glad to see pro-Sai or neutral links as top results for Internet search terms: sathya sai baba miracles scientific investigation; sathya sai baba miracles investigation,  https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2021/03/glad-to-see-pro-sai-links-as-top.html
        • Google: 2
        • Bing: 2
        • DuckDuckGo: 1

        In March 2021, for search term: sathya sai baba miracles investigation
        Reference link: same as above
        • Google: 3
        • Bing: 3
        • DuckDuckGo: 1

        In March 2020, for search term: criticism of fictional Rama statement by Hinduism academic scholars
        Reference link: Sharing my satisfaction on seeing my 2014 & 2015 posts on criticism of fictional Rama statement by top Hinduism academic scholars, being listed in top ten results of Internet search engines,  https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2020/03/sharing-my-satisfaction-on-seeing-my.html
        • Google: 3
        • Bing: 4
        • DuckDuckGo: Not listed in top twenty results

          In Feb. 2020, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba on Shiva Lingam worship
          Reference link: My high search ranking posts on views of Sathya Sai Baba and Prof. Diana Eck on Shiva Linga worship, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-high-search-ranking-posts-on-views.html
          • Google: 2
          • Bing: 1

          In Jan. 2020, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba on truth
          Reference link: Quite freaked out by Bing search engine giving my blog post as one of top results for SATHYA SAI BABA ON TRUTH, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2020/01/quite-freaked-out-by-bing-search-engine.html
          • Bing: 2
          • DuckDuckGo: 2

          In Nov. 2019, for search term: Is Madhusudan Naidu having spirit of Sathya Sai Baba?
          Reference link: Two questions to Google Search about Madhusudan Naidu (spiritual fraud) false claims about Sathya Sai, which give our change.org petition as "featured snippet" result, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2019/11/two-questions-to-google-search-about.html
          • Google: 1 (my change.org petition)

          In Nov. 2019, for search term: Has Sathya Sai Baba spirit entered Madhusudan Naidu?
          Reference link: same as above
          • Google: 1 (my change.org petition)

          In Mar. 2015, for search term: Sathya Sai baba Muddenahalli subtle body
          Reference link: Subtle Swami (Sathya Sai Baba) controversy blog post search ranks and stats; Let us resolve this confusion NOW, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2015/03/subtle-swami-sathya-sai-baba.html
          • Google: 1

          In Mar. 2015, for search term: Sathya Sai baba Muddenahalli subtle form
          Reference link: same as above
          • Google: 1

          In Mar. 2015, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba Muddenahalli light body
          Reference link: same as above
          • Google: 3

          In Mar. 2015, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba subtle body
          Reference link: same as above
          • Google: 4

          In Mar. 2015, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba subtle form
          Reference link: same as above
          • Google: 5

          In Mar. 2015, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba light body
          Reference link: same as above
          • Google: 4

          In Mar. 2015, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba light form
          Reference link: same as above
          • Google: 5


          Details: I am I blog, iami1.wordpress.com search ranking (for blog and its posts, directly or indirectly)

          The following search terms are for the blog rather than the posts therein, even if the search results are of some posts in the blog:

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: vedanta and science blogs
          • Google: 9
          • Bing: 12
          • DuckDuckGo: 6

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: vedanta, god and science blogs
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 2
          • DuckDuckGo: 2



          In Oct. 2020, for search term: existential question who am I?
          Reference link: Improved Internet search ranking of 'Who am I? I am I ...' book for queries on: answer to existential question who am I?, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2020/10/improved-internet-search-ranking-of-who.html
          • Google: 13
          • Bing: 4 (excluding images)
          • DuckDuckGo: 6

          In Oct. 2020, for search term: answer to existential question who am I?
          Reference link: same as above
          • Google: 18
          • Bing: 4 (excluding images)
          • DuckDuckGo: 4

          The following search terms are for specific posts in the blog:

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: are vedanta and science compatible?
          Result link: Are Vedanta and science compatible?; are Vedanta, belief in divine power and science compatible? - Internet search results show my book/blog,  https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2020/10/are-vedanta-and-science-compatible-are.html
          • Google: 3 (my search-results post that points to blogbook)
          • Bing: 1 (my search-results post that points to blogbook)
          • DuckDuckGo: 2 (my search-results post that points to blogbook)

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: are Vedanta, belief in divine power and science compatible?
          Result link: same as above
          • Google: 1 (my search-results post that points to blogbook)
          • Bing: 1 (my search-results post that points to blogbook)
          • DuckDuckGo: 1 (my search-results post that points to blogbook)



          In Sept. 2021, for search term: belief in God that is compatible with science
          Result link: Crisp Statements of Belief in God that is Compatible with Science,  https://iami1.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/crisp-statements-of-belief-in-god-that-is-compatible-with-science/
          • Google: My blog/blogbook is not listed in first 50 results
          • Bing: 2 
          • DuckDuckGo: 4 



          In Sept. 2021, for search term: Chandogya upanishad chapter 6 Tat tvam asi
          • Google: 7 (iami1 pdf file)
          • Bing: 31 (My post on another blog which links to iami1 pdf file) 
          • DuckDuckGo: Around 34 (My post on another blog which links to iami1 pdf file) 

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba Chandogya upanishad chapter 6 Tat tvam asi
          Result link: same as above
          • Google: 1 (iami1 pdf file)
          • Bing: 1 (My post on another blog which links to iami1 pdf file) 
          • DuckDuckGo: 1 (My post on another blog which links to iami1 pdf file) 

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba Chandogya upanishad Tat tvam asi
          Result link: same as above
          • Google: 1 (My post on another blog which links to iami1 pdf file) 
          • Bing: 1 (My post on another blog which links to iami1 pdf file) 
          • DuckDuckGo: 1 (My post on another blog which links to iami1 pdf file) 



          In Sept. 2021, for search term: Sathya Sai Baba Tat tvam asi
          Result link: same as above
          • Google: 7 (My post on another blog which links to iami1 pdf file) 
          • Bing: 13 (My post on another blog which links to iami1 pdf file) 
          • DuckDuckGo: 11 (My post on another blog which links to iami1 pdf file) 

          In Feb. 2020, for search term: Chandogya Upanishad revelations
          Reference link: Upanishads have revelations; The term revelation is not used much in English language articles and texts on Hindu scripture like Upanishads; Search on: Chandogya Upanishad revelation, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2020/02/upanishads-have-revelations-term.html
          • Google: 4
          • Bing: 2
          • DuckDuckGo: 1


          Details: Indian CS & IT Academic Reform (Past) Activism blog, eklavyasai.blogspot.com search ranking (for blog and its posts, directly or indirectly)

          The following search terms are for the blog rather than the posts therein, even if the search results are of some posts in the blog:

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: indian computer science and information technology academic reform
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 1
          • DuckDuckGo: 1


          In Sept. 2021, for search term: improve teaching of software development in indian academia blog
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 1
          • DuckDuckGo: 1

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: improve teaching of software development in India blog
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 3
          • DuckDuckGo: 1

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: improve teaching of software development in India
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 1
          • DuckDuckGo: 1



          In Sept. 2021, for search term: improve practice of software development in India
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 1
          • DuckDuckGo: 1

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: computer science academic reform blog
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 1
          • DuckDuckGo: 1

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: improve teaching of software development in academia blog
          • Google: 47
          • Bing: 1
          • DuckDuckGo: 1

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: improve teaching of software development blog
          • Google: Not listed in first 50 results
          • Bing: 7
          • DuckDuckGo: 2

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: improve teaching of software development
          • Google: Not listed in first 50 results
          • Bing: 3
          • DuckDuckGo: 3

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: improve practice of software development
          • Google: Not listed in first 50 results
          • Bing: 12
          • DuckDuckGo: 6




          Details: Ravi S. Iyer: Worldly blog, ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com search ranking (for blog's posts, directly or indirectly) 

          The following search terms are for specific posts in the blog:

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: history of computer pioneer An Wang and Wang Laboratories
          Result link: Chinese-American computer pioneer An Wang (1920-1990) and Wang Laboratories founded by him: some aspects of their history of interest to me - Part 1,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2021/04/chinese-american-computer-pioneer-wang.html
          • Google: 8
          • Bing: Featured snippet result, (and) 3(rd ranked result)




          In Sept. 2021, for search term: Wang VS computers software development India
          Result link: My Wang VS computers software development work including over 30 months of assignments at Wang US & Europe centres in 1980s,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2021/03/my-wang-vs-computers-software.html
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 1

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: Lalit Kanodia one of the pioneers of Indian software services export industry
          Result link: F.C. Kohli, L.S. Kanodia & N. Patni are pioneers of Indian software services export industry, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2017/05/an-enjoyable-short-article-by-shashi.html
          • Google: 4 (excluding videos)
          • Bing: 2

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: John Chambers Cisco Wang Labs Padma Bhushan Indian award
          Result links: John Chambers of USA, Cisco chairman emeritus, formerly with Wang Labs., ex US India Business council chairman, is named for Padma Bhushan, third-highest civilian award of India, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2019/01/john-chambers-of-usa-ex-cisco-chairman.html ; John Chambers of USA, ex US India Business Council chairman, Cisco chairman emeritus, ex Wang Labs, ex IBM, receives Padma Bhushan award from President Kovind of India,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2019/03/john-chambers-of-usa-ex-us-india.html
          • Google: (2 &) 3 [2nd result is on another blog of mine which links to 3rd result on this blog]
          • Bing: 2

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: history of Baan outsourcing software product development to India
          Result links: Baan Company possibly first major international software products company to do software product development in India through outsourcing (1987) and then through own company in India (1989), https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2020/12/baan-company-possibly-first-major.html ; Very brief history of initial years of Baan Company outsourcing software product development work to India from 1987, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2020/12/very-brief-history-of-initial-years-of.html
          • Google: 1 and 2
          • Bing: 4

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: history of Baan software company in India
          Result link(s): almost same as above
          • Google: 2
          • Bing: 3


          In Sept. 2021, for search term: Videotex worked over telephone lines before web
          Result link: Some info. about World Wide Web and web browser early history; My exposure to private Videotex that worked over telephone lines before web,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2021/03/some-info-about-world-wide-web-and-web.html
          • Google: 4
          • Bing: 3

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: COBOL projects in Indian software exports of 1980s
          Result link: Some thoughts about COBOL projects' major role in software development exports of India in 1970s & 1980s, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2020/12/some-thoughts-about-cobol-projects.html
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 1

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: Higher education costs driving students into debt, apprenticeships must be revived
          Result link: As higher education costs are driving students into horrible debt laden lives, apprenticeships must be revived in a big way; I got into software development field in 1984 like an apprentice, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2019/12/as-higher-education-costs-are-driving.html
          • Google: Not listed in first 40 results
          • Bing: 1




          In Sept. 2021, for search term: whistleblower view of criminal and civil defamation law in India
          Result link: Civil Defamation Law in India, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2016/05/civil-defamation-law-in-india.html and indirectly: Concise whistleblower view of criminal and civil defamation law in India, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2016/05/concise-whistleblower-view-of-criminal.html
          • Google: Not listed in first 20 results
          • Bing: 3

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: truth-lovers sometimes have to walk alone - ekla chalo re song
          Result link: During testing times, truth-lovers sometimes have to walk alone; Tagore's Ekla Chalo Re,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2017/07/during-testing-times-truth-lovers.html
          • Google: 2 (excluding videos)
          • Bing: 1


          In Sept. 2021, for search term: viewing sanskrit documents on iPod Touch
          Result link: Viewing Sanskrit/Hindi documents on ipod Touch/iPhone,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2009/12/viewing-sanskrithindi-documents-on-ipod.html
          • Google: 1


          In Sept. 2021, for search term: My memories of the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts
          Result link: My memories of the 1993 Bombay/Mumbai serial bomb blasts,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2015/07/my-memories-of-1993-bombaymumbai-serial.html
          • Google: 18
          • Bing: 1

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: role of Indian quislings in British conquest of India
          Result link: Role of Indian Quislings in British conquest of India; De-industrialization of India after 1750; Re-emergence of India (and China), https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2016/05/quislings-role-in-british-conquest-of.html
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 1

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: sacking of Baghdad by Hulagu Khan led Mongols in 1258 and end of Abbasid caliphate
          Result link: The sacking of Baghdad by Hulagu Khan (& allies) led Mongols in 1258 leading to virtual end of Abbasid caliphate, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-sacking-of-baghdad-and-virtual-end.html
          • Google: 19
          • Bing: 4 (excluding featured snippet and images)


          In Sept. 2021, for search term: Hollywood's Danny Kaye was an inspirational figure for Kishore Kumar
          Result link: Hollywood actor-singer Danny Kaye was one of the inspirational figures for Kishore Kumar, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2019/08/hollywood-actor-singer-danny-kaye-was.html
          • Google: 14 (indirectly through blogbook pdf file)
          • Bing: 1 (excluding featured snippet showing another result link's data)

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: ab tera kya hoga kaliya sholay dialogue
          Result link: Ab tera kya hoga, Kaaliya? - Famous Sholay (Hindi) film dialogue exchange,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2019/10/ab-tera-kya-hoga-kaaliya-famous-sholay.html
          • Google: 1 (excluding videos)





          In Sept. 2021, for search term: Fire in Babylon documentary movie about West Indies cricket team dominance in 1980s
          Result link: Fire in Babylon - documentary movie (2011) about West Indies cricket team dominance over all other teams in the 1980s, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2019/01/fire-in-babylon-documentary-movie-2011.html
          • Google: 27
          • Bing: 3


          In Sept. 2021, for search term: PC UPS sealed Lead-Acid Battery and allergic rhinitis
          Result link: Sealed Lead-Acid Battery (Home) PC UPS seems to be bad for slightly weak lungs and allergic rhinitis patients like me, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2015/02/using-sealed-lead-acid-battery-home-pc.html
          • Google: My post is not shown in results
          • Bing: 1

          Details: My self-published part autobiography book search ranking

          In Sept. 2021, for search term: software developer and spiritual aspirant autobiography
          Result links: Autobiography of an Indian Software Techie and Spiritual Aspirant – Part 1: Covers Mumbai & Dombivli based life with some foreign stints, till 2002 (age 40) Paperback – 8 July 2019, https://www.amazon.in/Autobiography-Indian-Software-Spiritual-Aspirant/dp/1645874087 ; Autobiography Of An Indian Software Techie And Spiritual Aspirant – Part 1, https://archive.org/details/AutobioOfIndianSoftwareTechiePart1
          • Google: 1
          • Bing: 1
          • DuckDuckGo: 1


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