Hosting my blog on WordPress.com gives me a lot of information. A lot of it is really valuable in learning about where your readers come from, which posts were the most popular and more.
WordPress.com sent me a summary of my activity for the year 2013 and I’d like to share some of it with you. The first factoid is the date and post which brought in the most activity.
Crunchy numbers
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 34,000times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 13 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
In 2013, there were 164 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 1,040 posts. There were 280pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 59 MB. That’s about 5 pictures per week.
The busiest day of the year was October 13th with271 views. The most popular post that day was Sun and Sand, Sangria and Surfing plus Salmon, It’s Saturday-DAY 6.
Pasha and Fletcher
Attractions in 2013
These are the posts that got the most views in 2013. You can see all of the year’s most-viewed posts in your Site Stats.
- 1 Top Ten Things To Do in New York City during Christmastime 0 COMMENTS December 2010
- 2 Central Park Snow Scenes -19″ Snow Fall the Day After 6 COMMENTS January 2011
- 3 Bringing Back the Bundling Board 5 COMMENTS June 2010
- 4 Did You Know? Thursday’s Top 10 Interesting Facts 0 COMMENTS June 2011
- 5 Latex, Leather and Lace – Were You Invited? 4 COMMENTS September 2010
Some of your most popular posts were written before 2013. Your writing has staying power! Consider writing about those topics again. I would love to use this important data and write about these top posts but how to do so? I’ve already written about the Bundling Board twice!
Where did they come from?
139 countries in all! Including Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Russia, India and the Phillipines and Japan
Most visitors came from The United States. Canada & The United Kingdom were not far behind.
My sincerest thanks to all of my regular readers and followers and a tip of the hat to those visitors who stop by to see specific posts; Whether you’re looking for the original Candy Land board or a bundling board, or Central Park snow scenes or Central Park denizens or the Top Ten things to do in NYC at Christmastime or the Top Ten movie mistakes, thanks for visiting.
A Snowy Bethesda Fountain
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
Bill Ding and his band of clowns are the security patrol for this blog site. He is a favorite toy from the 50*s. By the way sometimes a blog is just an ego-maniacal stream of conscience.
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The pleasure is all mine. We have known each other for 62 years and reading your blog always makes me feel connected to you and your life. I am given a view of your life, grandchildren, your adopted city and your home at the beach , it’s really great. Love you.
Thanks dear friend. What I didn’t post was the following! Who were they?
Your most commented on post in 2013 was 100 Word Challenge – New York City Smells
These were your 5 most active commenters:
1 Susan 23 COMMENTS
2 Sedate Me 6 COMMENTS
3 writing bolt 5 COMMENTS
SO THANK YOU!!!!