I was tagged last week by James Higham of the Nourishing Obscurity blog, to set out the two posts that have received the highest traffic on my blog. However, I decided to wait until the page load speeds on my blog were back to normal. No point linking to archives if they take a long time to load.
Here we are:
The post with the highest traffic was the second one I had written about the BNP ballerina. I later gathered from Google Analytics that it was the subject of fevered debate on BNP blogs and forums.
The post with the second highest amount of traffic was the one entitled ‘Prisoners’ payout for cold turkey in jail’. Many of the people who had found their way there had done so by searching google with the words ‘How to claim compensation for cold turkey’. Interesting, that. Didn’t know there were so many affected prisoners out there. Unfortunately, my article didn’t address the ‘how to’ aspect of the thing, so I wonder where they went after that.
While we’re here, I might as well add my third and fourth highest traffic posts:
Third highest: yes, the BNP again. My first article on the ballerina, in which I condemned the Guardian for ‘outing’ her, and questioned whether holding unpleasant views automatically stripped one of all rights, including the right to privacy.
Fourth highest: an article criticising a charity for suggesting that the morning-after pill should be as accessible as Nurofen.
If you haven’t read them before, Sunday afternoon would be a good time. The BNP and morning-after pill articles yielded great debates in the comments, and I learnt a lot from the people who gave their views.
March 11th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
I think one of mine was when I announced that I was giving up blogging for a while. It crossed my mind that people were dropping by to confirm that I’d finally gone, so I thought, “Right, you b******, you won’t get rid of me that easily.”
I’ve been happily posting ever since.
March 11th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Yes, John, I remember that.
Kinda like when people turn up at a funeral merely to confirm that the deceased has truly gone.
Happens all the time in soaps.
March 11th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
I’d be interested to see the discussion it caused on far-right forums, Bel. Do you have any links?
I seem to remember making- erm- some comments myself in that debate and just want to ensure I’m not on some death list.
I seem to remember who had the last word- but maybe now you’ve set it off again? I’ll have to go recruit some allies…