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Judging from your often poetic search phrases, you are all looking for how much He-Man would charge to create a steampunk flash website blog logo. Or possibly information on what to do when a Renaissance man steals your identity and plagiarizes your blog.
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One of the most valuable skills a person can learn these days is how to properly construct a keyword phrase on a search engine. Often asking a question in English will work, as will boiling your search down to the most unique words.

I've been looking through the search phrases people type in to reach my site. This is a handy feature of Google Analytics. Often I'll type in the exact same search phrase just to see how far down the list I am. For some keyword searches like "steampunk photoshop tutorial" I'm coming up first. Which is sad, since it's not really a tutorial at all.

I've compiled a list of some of the most interesting ones. Here are the answers to the burning questions that you asked Google:

3232 design
This one makes sense to me. But why not just surf to '3232design.com' if you already know the name?

photoshop steampunk tutorial
This one refers to my first 'Steampunk'd' article. The fact that I'm the #1 spot just shows how little there is out there on this subject.

how much does a really good website cost?
I get this one a lot, but the answer I provide probably isn't as concrete as people would like. For those of you who haven't read the archives, the answer is 42.

google analytics why so many direct hits
Oh, Google Analytics, you confound me; why, can you tell me why?

graphic design and fear
Please, use your gifts for good and not evil. Unless you were looking for intentiophobia resources (that's the irrational fear of graphic design), or this article.

how much charge design blog
Design blog not charge much. Have cash? Also accept goat.

how much costs the graphic design hour
Much better. Very poetic. Ask not what cost the graphic design hour; rather ask what your budget will get you.

identity theft fear appeal
I show up as #4 on the list for this keyword construction. I'm not sure whether to be worried or not.

most hit design blog
Thank you, really. I'd like to thank my clients, fans, and family for this award. I couldn't have done it without you.

radical graphic designers
Totally.

simply put everything we look at is the result of graphic design
I think you might be trying to find evidence of plagiarism. I tried this search, and it looks like nobody's plagiarized you yet. Including yourself.

steampunk he man
I think you were searching for this (which is pretty cool), but how did you end up three pages into that search on my page? You've got too much time on your hands, my friend.

that's nice that is design blog
That's not that is makes sense. I can has search?

top rated business logo design
Again, I'd like to thank my clients, fans and family...

what is a two-page spread
A 'two-page spread' is the term for a design that crosses the gutter (where it's stapled or sewn together) of a magazine or book. Think of a playboy centerfold, but without the fold-out bit and not necessarily on the center spread. Care must be taken not to place important text or graphic elements too close to the gutter or they may be obscured do to misalignment of the pages.

what was expected of a renaissance man
I'm sorry, could you phrase that in the form of a question?

what was expected of a renaissance man?
I couldn't say for sure. I believe they were required to hunt and gather, as well as recite poetry. And come up with witty blog entries every day or so.

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