On Wednesday, a day when there was just a single post (Wonder Woman Wednesday) on HeroPress, the site limped over the 750,000 hits mark.
Average hits per day are now down to just over 600, which is about half what they were last month (when we were averaging well over 1,100 for the entire month), but we've now reached an impressive three-quarter of a million hits - eight months after we passed the half-million mark.
However, I'm still clinging to the hope that this is all to do with a change in reading methods, as there are now plenty of ways to view this blog that probably don't register as "hits" - ie through a reader.
What would be nice, of course, is to get more comments. But I guess to do that I have to write something that is comment-worthy... and, barring my reviews, such material has been thin on the ground of late.
Anyway, the cherry on top of the 750,000 hits cake is that we've gained a new Follower this week, so please join in welcoming him to the fold:
- dramatic katastases of dramatic katastases (a wargaming blog)
And don't forget to cast your vote, and make your opinions known, in our Hobbit trailer poll.
Congrats. That is impressive. I find I get the visits but not the comments. Those blog readers are a fickle bunch of numnuts...myself included.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Tim! I read Heropress normally through a reader (Google Reader) and click through to the site if I want to make a comment. You can get reader stats if you use something like Feedburner, may be worth looking into...
ReplyDeleteokay, i love this place... i hate, hate, hate... the word "please prove you're not a robot" verification at the end... i read stuff and try to comment my damn eyes.
ReplyDeleteso if you know... i love, love, love this site and congratulations to large group of clicks on your way to a million... i just reached 100,000, which 60% is due to the name switch over and all the nudity! okay that was almost true... but it might make people come over and visit.
Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]
Howlin' Wolf Records: On-Line Magazine
Thank you, gents, for your kind words. It means a lot. I don't want you all to think I'm obsessed with numbers/hits etc as I primarily write this nonsense for myself and am just pleased when others share my peculiar world view ;)
ReplyDelete@Jeremy - are you saying you have to deal with one of those daft word & number CAPTCHA widgets if you want to comment? I thought I'd turned it off? It doesn't seem to dissuade the spammers anyway!
I have to enter a captcha if I want to comment, even if I'm logged in (Normally via my Google account).
DeleteThat is disappointing. I thought I'd turned that off :( I'll try again then...
DeleteCAPTCHA... is the worst.
Deletefree, i tell you free... it is gone!
DeleteExcellent news! Hopefully I'll get some more comments from now on ;-)
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