November 03, 2003

yeah, my visitors vanished

I want to thank you people who read me. Thanks for coming back around when I arrived back home. I appreciate that.

I needed a week off. I enjoyed the trip to the mountains and I CERTAINLY enjoyed the blog-meet. One thing I discussed with fellow bloggers there was traffic (and EVERYBODY pays attention to it). I stopped thinking about TRYING to generate traffic about eight months ago. Once I did that, I kept growing visitors every day.

Some people told me that if I left this blog alone for a week, I would lose my readership. I didn't think so. I believe that I've done what Glenn Reynolds suggested recently. You build it, and they will come.

Instalanches are great, but they only last for a day or so. Blogdom is the ultimate short-attention-span theater. If it's a day old, it's stale.

I was asked about my approach to blogging by a lot of people this weekend. I told everyone who asked, "just write." Put it out there, stuff those notes in the bottles and toss them into the ocean until your arm wears out. If you're any good at it, people will find you. If you're NOT any good, then hang onto that day job.

Anyway, first day back at 11:00 PM:

Total 447,009
Average Per Day 1,412
Average Visit Length 1:53
Last Hour 114
Today 2,066
This Week 9,887

More than 2,000 visitors today. That's a nice welcome home present.