The journey from there to here
Published on April 23, 2005 By Gideon MacLeish In Blogging

Well, I was doing some work on my sister site (linked on the sidebar), and I couldn't help but notice that I've already had my 600th visitor in less than 2 weeks' time (my average number of visitors a day at present is in the 65-80 range; not bad for a "new" site).

It only works, though, if you spend time surfing other sites to get points (you get a visitor for every two sites you visit; you can also get "mystery credits"). For the newbie, though, I would recommend surfing for a couple days before you add your blog (you might have to add it a couple of times before it recognizes it, though, so be patient). This gives you time to build up points so that your traffic flow is uninterrupted.

You can link to blogexplosion from the link on my sidebar.

In other, unrelated "blog" news, I will admit to being on a bit of an "article push"; my goal is to post my 1000th article before June 26 (my one year anniversary). I am trying to figure out the right "special" article for this momentus occasion (a pinnacle few JU'ers have reached), so if anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to add them. I'm in a slight idea drought, though, so I'm trying to "push through" (onward and upward, right?). My blog is slipping in points...badly, so I'm going to try to go back through my top articles and evaluate what drew readers here in the first place. Meanwhile, for my faithful readers, thank you VERY much. Your readership is much appreciated.


Comments
on Apr 23, 2005
I must be doing something wrong. With the exception of gaining a couple of Pimme and Workman as both readers and blogs I read (and reading a lot of really great and really awful blogs outside of JU), I haven't seen a change at all. Like I said though, I'm probably not doing it right.
on Apr 23, 2005

How many points do you have? You have to surf a lot and get a boatload of points.

In my case, I have to have a whole lot accrued by Saturday as I can't get online on Sunday (the library's open, but it's not worth an extra gallon of gas!)