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Bloggging Hit sends site over 1000 mark, should I care?

I post about what interests me or what catches my eye. I try to post with some consistency as well, even though I hate to write. I don't always have the time but I almost always have the desire. It's an interesting pull, this tug I feel, to place my thoughts here. Thoughts that help express, over time, who I am or what approach to life I have. Lately, I've found good half-thoughts, if that makes sense. Tons of them. If I could put enough of them together perhaps they will some day make a complete thought and be worthy of the electronic ink.

To post for ratings or big hit counts seems like it might be fun from time to time. I don't normally go for that sort of thing though. However, I have seen some interesting things happen here after a post made in March. Sitting at home one night, I happened to catch a TV ad. The idea of the ad, basically a new twist to an old song, struck me as interesting and inspired. I posted my thoughts about it and things changed. I noticed traffic to the site hitting that post. I was surprised at how much I could learn from viewing the hit and visit information. People were just as interested as I was, but unlike me, they were looking for more, the video. I could tell by the search words "video" or "lyrics" included with the referrer information. I finally found the video and posted he link and well as the lyrics.

These changes brought a rather large increase of traffic to the site. People on their way to the video and other links included. So much so, that this site has topped the 1000 visits mark (my visits are ignored).

I find fun is reading what the hit traffic tells me. By watching the information Sitemeter tracks, it's possible to tell when the TV ad plays and, sometimes where. People all over, at different times, reacted the same way I did one night. They saw a TV ad and searched for it on the web...and found my comments which took them right where they wanted to go...

...to see the ad again.

Yes, Blogging is big and here to stay.

Tag: blogging

posted by Kev @ 5/28/2005 12:15:00 AM