10,000 views

I reached 10,000 pageviews on my blog yesterday, which seems like a nice round number.  Anyway, for those of you who read, thank you.  It was never exactly my intention to obtain a big readership (now I feel like I have some obligation to you), but it's a good feeling to know that somebody actually reads my words.

So how did we get to 10,000 you might ask.  I know I wonder.  My oldest post goes back to June 2009, but back then I would get just a few views for each post.  A couple of things increased traffic.

Until last March, I had about 1,750 pageviews all time, and my biggest month ever was 274 views.  Then I suddenly had some time on my hands, and I started writing the Unemployment Chronicles and linked to Facebook a couple of times, and pageviews have been over 300 every month since, topping out at 1,348 last November.

The second thing that happened is illustrated by my top three posts, by number of pageviews:

What's Wrong With White People?                     952 views
Leaders                                                                 317 views
Not Quite 200,000 Miles                                      85 views

Several of my posts have gotten around 40-50 views, but those top two, particularly the top one, are off the charts.  I posted 'White People' October 28 last year, and it still accounts for more views than ony other post in January.  People are still finding it, and it will get over 1,000 views before it's done.  I do not know why.

Speaking of not knowing, I don't know know who reads my blog, and I suspect there are some readers I do not know personally, even beyond the top two posts.  This surprises me, as I am not sure how people find it or why they read.  I have never done any surveys.  But the number who I know read the blog is very small, so I am not sure about the rest.

I know that these people DO read, or have in the past and may still:  Jackie, Mike, Lisa, Pat, Susan, Raul, John, Chuck, Luis.  That's nine.  I have six followers, but I'm not sure they all read my posts still.  Anyway, I can't account for the other 20-30 views I get on some posts.

Thanks to the nine.  Thanks to everyone else.  I'll try to post an Unemployment Chronicles segment tomorrow.