Why Are People In Vietnam Reading My Blog - On Buying, Matching And Altering Clothes? Post 734.

The readership of my blog varies, from zero for a post in the first five seconds after I have written it, to more than 500 by the end of the day. My travel blog got more yesterday, 8,725 in one day for a post on the Canary islands. I can click on the statistics to see which days I got more readers and for what subjects. 

But my question is, who is reading my blog? It is in English, although anybody can use Google translate. But why would they? 

When I first started writing, I expected to get only readers in London, England, who shopped in my local shops, and travelled to similar places. Then I found that |American readers outnumbered the British readers. I was surprised. My husband, who is a statistician, said the obvious answer was that there are more English speaking readers in the USA. 

Today, in March 2026, I tried asking AI why I got more readers for my blog on clothes which mentioned clothes from Temu. My son, who works in Google analytics, SEO - search engine optimization, told me that if I used well known names, such as Marks & Spencer, or famous people, presidents and pop stars, I would turn up in more searches and therefore get more readers. 

But why would I get readers in Vietnam? Was it because I had written a lot about Vietnam and Singpore in my travel blogs, and readers then read my clothes blog?

Was it because Vietnam is nearer the Far East? Would the cost of postage be less for them?

Was it because I am short?  I am under 5 foot 2 inches, closer to the height of people reading in Asia than the models of the clothes in the catalogues and on the websites.

Vietnamese flag

Vietnamese Population

Firstly I checked the population of Vietnam. Much higher than I expected. More than 101 million! Growing every year. And an ageing population with large numbers over 60, which is my age group.

Temu and Vietnam

But why are they reading my blog post about clothes from Temu? 

Temu had recently opened for business in Vietnam. The low prices were attractive. The government had restricted the business at some point. Consumers were worried about quality. My blog from another country was seen as an indepedent and useful, reliable feedback. For those speaking English. Temu had published its website in English, so the readers were those Temu users who spoke English, or were adept at using translation services.

How did Google Get The Information?

How did Google do it? On the right side of my screen were lists of sources on these very subjects. Previously I had not bothered to check the sources. But this time I thought about it. Basically, Google had found a series of articles on Temu business in Vietnam. 

Google did not need to search millions of articles. It needed only the top three or four, recent news reports, to compile an answer. The short, succinct AI answer gives you the option of more detail, which means more from the same articles or others..

AI Summary Sources

In the olden days you were simply sent lists of articles on your subject. Now the system summarises the most popular articles.

Understandable Answers

In the olden days, you sometimes got results which were too technical and detailed, and time consuming to read. 

Today the system used easy to understand English. So it sounded just like a very well-informed person chatting to me. 

Brilliant. Google AI had saved me hours of time searching and reading and re-reading trying to understand. My question had been answered. If I wanted to check the facts, I had all the original sources. 

How AI Answering Services Work

Now I know how those answering services for websites work. The company does not have to plan answers to frequently asked questions. They simply make all their information available, such as prices, good stocked, postage costs and times, guarantees. Add a greeting and goodbye message. Let the system search for facts on the subject of the question, and summarise, and/or direct the reader to the right page on the website.

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