Nine hundred ninety-nine posts ago, this blogging adventure began, and I hope it goes on for another 999 (at least!).
For post #1000, I thought that it might be fun to see what posts have been the most-viewed on The 3 R‘s during its history. Even though the first post here was March 16, 2007, stats don’t start until June 3; there were 11 page views recorded that day, and 9 of them were my own, which is probably typical for those first few months.
Not counting giveaways, these are my Top 10 posts in terms of page views, according to Google Analytics:
(This post reacting to the “Octomom” story got picked up as “related content” to an item on CNN.com, and is by far my most-viewed thanks to that.)
(This reaction to the survey mentioned in the title still gets hits pretty often – “factors of a successful marriage” seems to be a fairly popular search term!)
(This is the only Bookworms Carnival I’ve had the opportunity to host. The kidlit/YA topic attracted a lot of participation, including some of my non-book-blogging buddies, and I’m pleased that it’s one of my most popular posts.)
(This post is accessible in the linkbar above my blog header, and I try to remember to update it every time I post a new review. I’m glad it gets some use…but, come to think of it, its numbers are probably skewed because a lot of those visits are my own! I’m counting it anyway, though.)
(This was linked in
one of Susan Wagner’s fashion posts on BlogHer.com, which continues to send the occasional visitor back to it. There’s one more reason be part of BlogHer, folks!)
(I think this may have been the last time I participated in Ten on Tuesday, but it was a fun one to wind up with, and it seems to be a topic that resonates with people – no musical pun intended! I think it’s also one of the snarkiest things I’ve ever written.)
(This one seems to get a good amount of search traffic, and not just around the holidays.)
(I’m not sure why this is my most-visited book review, but thank you, Kristin Hannah fans!)
(This round-up of book-bloggers’ tributes to a beloved leader of our community was a labor of love.)
(This reaction to a post suggesting that it’s more “responsible” for adult children NOT to go out on their own after college was my most-viewed post during the
blog’s first year.)
These may be my most popular posts in terms of page views, but they’re not necessarily all personal favorites. Let me throw a few of those in here, too!
From the “reading” category, five commentaries inspired by books:
Selected “‘riting” and/or “randomness” – some favorite older posts that may be new to you:
This post will listed in the Pages index under “Popular/Favorite Posts,” so new visitors can easily see a sample of what goes on around here. And if you’ve missed any of these posts yourself, I’d love to have you check them out and comment on them!
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great round-up of your blog. Keep up the great work.
Congrats on your 1000th post! How fun to go back and look at your top posts.
Great posts and congratulations on hitting 1000 posts! My top posts in terms of page views are sort of all over the place, but yours seem to represent your blog pretty well. I'm looking forward to checking out some of your favorites 🙂
Congrats on 1000 posts!
Congrats, Florinda!
1000 post is quite an accomplishment – I'm impressed. I hope you're around for thousands more.
Serena, Wordlily, April – Thanks, y'all :-).
Rebecca – It took a while, but it really was fun to put this post together, since I hadn't looked back at some of those posts for a while.
Kim – My whole blog is sort of all over the place; you may have noticed :-).
I think you talked about doing a post like this for a Blog Improvement Project task, but I missed it then. I'm glad it's done now, though. Anniversaries and milestones are good excuses for exercises like this.
Kathy (Bermudaonion) – Thanks! I hope so too; that's why I have that "avoiding blogging burnout" goal I posted about yesterday :-).
Congratulations on your 1000th post! I have 10 more posts to do and then I'm there as well!
Michelle – Cool! So we'll be celebrating with you soon, too :-).
Congrats on 1000 posts! I've taken a look at some of those links – good way to celebrate 🙂
Fern (Booktrash) – Glad you've enjoyed exploring :-).
Congratulations on 1000 posts, Florinda; and thanks for the round-up of most viewed posts. Some I remember (such as – the 10 songs that drive you crazy!) … I'll explore the others.
Wonderful "greatest hits" !
Dawn – Thanks! It was a lot of fun putting this together, and since that "10 songs I hate" was one of my favorites to write, I'm glad it's turned out to be popular too :-).