Home Companions #2

We are currently enduring the silliest and most transparent bot campaign I’ve ever seen. It’s ridiculous. Starting on January 2nd, we’ve seen a massive increase in daily visits to our site. At the same time, we’re blocking multiple comments a day that say something like “Capitalize on your traffic! Join our affiliate program today!” The “traffic,” however, is entirely fabricated. Our tracker not only reports the total number of page views, but also the number of unique visitors. Not to toot our own horn, but human visitors typically click on at least four or five of our posts while they’re on the site. The bots hit the home page only, and that’s it. So we get stats that say “129 views, 127 visitors, 1.02 views per visitor.” Pathetic.

Anyway, happy Valentine’s Day to those who celebrate! These two photos are copies from a professional shot we recently came across, though Holden insists that the photo, while artistic and intimate, was actually an ad for the vodka that was in the foreground. I was just happy to be able to put on some long socks, since it was chilly in the house at the time, and this pose was much easier to achieve than last week’s! Take care, y’all. ~C