The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.
Crunchy numbers
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 210,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at The Louvre Museum, it would take 9 days for that many people to see it.
In 2010, there were 91 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 575 posts. There were 284 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 22mb. That’s about 5 pictures per week.
The busiest day of the year was September 22nd with 1,089 views. The most popular post that day was Communicating Disasters: Lessons From Titanic to Asian Tsunami by Arthur C Clarke.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were dragtotop.com, mahalo.com, en.wordpress.com, search.conduit.com, and facebook.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for titanic, nelson mandela, girl video, strange creatures, and pay it forward.
Attractions in 2010
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
Communicating Disasters: Lessons From Titanic to Asian Tsunami by Arthur C Clarke December 2007
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Obama Girl: Can this little video change history? November 2008
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Asian Tsunami of December 2004: A moving moment frozen in time December 2007
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Why do we still go to the movies in the 21st Century? January 2010
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Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009): Mixed celebrity, entertainment and good causes June 2009
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Open Minds! (formerly: Moving Images blog) 