It’s always interesting to me what blog posts take off and
which ones don’t. Usually, I have no
clue to a particular post’s popularity.
Perhaps I gave it an intriguing title, and people just wanted to see
what I was writing about. But some posts
find a readership long after I wrote them, so I have to assume that, in some
way, people found what I wrote to be of value to their lives. So it is with the top three posts from last
month, as well as the post I wrote on Jeremy Bullock's portrayal of Boba Fett in "The Empire Strikes Back" nearly a year ago.
Some bloggers might be upset that their current month’s
posts don’t rank higher on their monthly statistics. But I’m glad that all my work is out there,
and people are finding it--and enjoying it--regardless of when I wrote it. I’m also beginning to think that the
statistics only record those who, whether as a search result or following
someone’s Twitter feed, actually went to that particular post. If so, then the statistics area (and my post
list) doesn’t give an accurate picture of how many readers are going to www.dragoncache.blogspot.com, on
a regular or occasional basis. That
means that some of the days when I get a lot of page views, readers are
actually enjoying some of the current posts more than the older posts. That’s also a good feeling.
Hey, I’ll take a ray of sunshine whenever I can get it.
Post Name Date Posted Views
1. Looking for Alec & Zoe Calendar: Pt. 1 Nov. 28, 2012 49
2. Norman Clegg's TV House July 30, 2013 29
3. Terry Brooks Definitely Doesn't Suck February 8, 2013 26
4. Ray Bradbury Loves Dinosaurs October 8, 2013 21
5. Internalizing Hulk & She-Hulk Pt. 1 October 22, 2013 18
6. Ninetine Days As Boba Fett Nov. 26, 2012 18
7. Drawn Back to Laupahoehoe Point October 14, 2013 17
8. Conan the Barbarian on Difficult Family October 16, 2013 16
9. Mark Twain on Good (or Bad) Gov. October 17, 2013 16
10. Reviewing Old Movies October 6, 2013 16
If you look at My Ten Most Popular Posts, you’ll find that some of
those listed above have landed on that list.
To a certain extent, this has to do with the weird algorhythm Blogger uses. In some cases, the page views
listed in the Statistics section for some posts have fallen to the extent that they no longer show! (How can you have a negative page view?) But if nothing else, My Ten Most Popular Posts gives you an idea of any recent trends
in reader interest, and again, it’s nice to see that some posts have, in some
ways, affected people so strongly that they shared them with their
friends. Again, that’s a nice feeling.
More Reasons To Smile |
You know, I guess I have a lot of reasons to smile. How about you? What do you have to smile about?
Dragon Dave
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