Earlier this week I reached 40,000 views on this blog and 550 followers – a pretty nice milestone for an old retired guy living in Florida who tries to write poetry (not very well) and sundry other posts.
Some ten thousand came in the last six months. Ten thousand times in the last 6 months someone in the world visited my blog and clicked on something. That’s pretty good traffic considering I am not on any social media, have no Facebook page or Twitter account.
My eldest daughter laughs. She said she is getting very tired fingers clicking on my blog to make me feel good!!
While I am pleased to have reached this milestone I am prouder still of the number of countries where these visitors reside – 112 countries..
Countries ranging from Jordan, Iraq and Palestine, Saudi Arabia to Turkey, Pakistan, India, Russia, the U.K., Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
It’s nice to have so many readers in countries other than my own.
Sincerest thanks to those of you who come by to visit – I hope you continue to visit and hopefully enjoy. Special thanks to my 40 or 50 “regulars.” You know who you are.
This Memorial Day weekend I will be visiting my expectant daughter on the east coast. See you all again next week.
Best regards from the Gulf coast of Florida!
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That’s a nice roundup of your blog, Frank. It always fascinates me to see where the people who read my blog come from. Though most are from English-speaking countries, the far-flung and unusual places pop up regularly, and make me imagine someone there sitting reading my musings.
Enjoy the weekend with your family.
Very best wishes, Pete.
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Congrats on the milestone, Frank! Enjoy your visit with your daughter 🙂
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Well done, Frank!
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Frank, I remember when I first began my blog and had no sense of what it would bring or who could possibly be interested in my ramblings. Then I started putting photos and videos of my cats in it, and the followership increased by hundreds in a short time. It still amazes me that there is that much interest in cat bloggery and that every continent but Antarctica is represented among the 817 followers of my blog.
That said, your blog is a natural for expansion, and I was surprised it isn’t followed by more people, it is such high quality. Your thoughtful poetry, your poignant recollections of your military duties as a member of a team that notified families of the combat deaths of their sons, your remembrances of your wife and the son who didn’t survive all combine to make your blog one of the best written, most readable and worthy efforts in the blogosphere.
I wish you the best for more hits and more followers in the future! I can’t think of a blog more worthy of major distribution. Let’s add a few zeroes after the 550!
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Very nice going. Keep up the good work. I enjoy reading your blog.
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Yes, enjoy your visit with your daughter.
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We love you, we love you! Here’s to 40,000 more!
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Well done! I’m in Canada and happy to visit the blog to say hi 🙂
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Congratulations, this is s great achievement! 🙂 – Michelle
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Fantastic, keep going it’s so worth it. I must admit I enjoy your blog.
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I am glad for you sir, I hope all is going well with your daughter. God’s blessings to you all.
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