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07
Feb
What is a Morman?
In January 2009 there were 60,500 searches on Google for the word “morman”. But what is a Morman, you ask? Wikipedia says that Morman was a Breton chieftain who was declared King after the death of the Bretons’ Frankish overlord Charlemagne in 814. He is the first personage known by name to be described as a Breton “king” and he probably ruled a warband with members drawn from throughout Brittany. He had a stronghold defended by ditches, hedges, and marshes.
That’s all well and good, but I have a simpler answer. I believe the vast majority of those 60,500…
As of this post it has been four months since I launched this blog. The site receives just over 200 visits per month at the moment, with virtually all that traffic coming as a result of the blog ranking in Google for keywords like “mormon beliefs, “mormon culture”, “mormon myths”, “joseph smith is a fraud”, “mormon dna”, “mormons and abortion”, “where did the book of mormon come from”, “do mormons believe in evolution”, “do mormons believe they will get their own planet”, and “joseph smith education level”.
While 200 visitors is not a huge amount, relatively speaking (I have blogs…
If you use Google’s Keyword Tool and type in “mormon” you get a list of the top 150 searches on Google that contain the word “mormon” along with the average monthly volume of searches for each keyword. It’s interesting to look at these words and speculate as to what people are really looking for when they type in these words.
| Keywords | Approx Avg Search Volume |
| mormon | 1000000 |
| mormons | 201000 |
| book of mormon | 74000 |
| mormon book | 74000 |
| mormon church |
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