Well. Perhaps not really that big. My blog, yes, the one you are reading right now, raced past the 50,000 visitor mark today. It’s a pretty big five-oh for me, although I might reserve the actual party for 500,000. Or maybe even 5 million!
Not that the number of visitors is really all that important. I started keeping a blog to give my writing more focus, way back in June 2006. And it has done its job and then some. I don’t think half of what has happened with writing since then would have without this blog. I’ve given a couple of talks recently on using blogs and social networks as a writer. As much as they might play a part in promoting a book, their real value for me is in providing a focus of activity. I’ve never really sat down and looked back through my blog and I’m not planning to do so for some time, but I am looking forward to doing it many years from now and being reminded of all the weird things that happen when you set out on a career as a writer. Wherever that career takes me, I like knowing that my blog can and will go with me. Until then a few stats from the last 50,000 visits:
- The busiest month was December 2009 with 2,856 hits
- My most popular post is To Self Publish or to Not
- Top referrer is SF Signal. Thank you!
- Most used tag is Neil Gaiman. Yes, I am a sad fanboy.
- Most common search term this quarter is ‘iPad Fail’
congratulations to you and your blog and long may it continue.
It’s okay to be a sad fanboy when it’s Neil Gaiman.
I tend to read your posts through google reader, so you may not be seeing all the readers you are getting.
Interesting comment Richard. Its a weakness of WordPress that you can’t see how many people are following your RSS feed. Although, feed stats can be very misleading!
>>Top referrer is SF Signal. Thank you!
You’re welcome. That’s why we’re here. Apparently.
Seriously, congratulations!
Hi Damien,
Kerry Featherstone gave me your name, i was wondering whether you could help me with a Univeristy coursework? I need to gather info on the Publishing world. Any help you can give would be brilliant. Thanks, Ali
Hi Ali,
You’ll need to send me an email. You can find the address here on the site.
Damien