We’re Getting There…

Let’s see here…

March:  849
April:  1,407
May:  867

That would be my hit counter for each of those months.  I’m actually reasonably happy with the results - April’s numbers were skewed by me kissing Rachel’s ass rather vigorously.  Since then, I decided to kind of back off on that.  It was great from a “Rachel links to me and I get some hits” perspective, but I noticed I wasn’t keeping much of that traffic; part of the problem, I suspect, was that my blog was getting lost in the “Rachel’s echo chamber” zone that I was slipping into.  Though I enjoy Rachel’s blog as much as anyone, I needed to find my own voice, y’know?  Consequently, I’m not feeling too bad about my traffic numbers - I got better numbers than March with fewer plugs from Rachel.  That’s a step in the right direction.

Proof, of course, is in the pudding - I’ve even discovered other blogs linking to me, like A Gator in the Desert - it’s always nice to see a fellow IT guy blogging in the desert, even if it is one that’s more flush with cactus than sagebrush.  Yeah, sagebrush might be a little boring, but, hey, it doesn’t require 100+ degree temperatures to grow, and, at least to me, that’s all that matters.

categories blog-referential | David Colborne | datetime June 1, 2008 11:19 pm

2 Comments

  • By Rachel Lucas, June 2, 2008 @ 6:48 am

    Now you must die.

    Not really. Actually I totally relate to what you’re saying, I’ve been through kind of the same thing. It takes time to build your own audience based on your own identity but you’re doing it, because you’re good. But that doesn’t mean I’m gonna stop linking you; in fact, that Sex In the City post is about to get its ass linked HARD.

  • By Gator, June 3, 2008 @ 12:27 am

    Thanks for the link. I don’t remember where I came across yours. Rachel’s site, probably.

    I don’t post as often as I’d like to. Some days I just don’t have anything intelligent to say. Most days though, I’m just having so much fun reading everyone else’s posts that I neglect to post anything of my own.

    I really should make it a point to post something every day.

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