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The Best and Worst of March
No, this is not some weird April Fool’s day joke. Honest. Although, looking at my stats this month, I sort of wish it was. My overall monthly views are up from February at 3,488 hits and 1,998 unique views, but they are still lagging behind the record-setting month of January. This very likely has to do with me taking so many holidays and posting reviews of obscure books. Obscure books = less search engine traffic = less overall views. I’m happy to say that as far as I know, I’m home all of April, so we’ll see if this is a new disturbing trend or only temporary.
Now here are my 5 best posts for March:
1. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
3. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
5. What Makes a Character Memorable?
We have two newcomers this month! Both 1984 by George Orwell and my article What Makes a Character Memorable? are completely new to my Best and Worst series. I have to say that this is a refreshing change from the usual five that top this list. Of course some of the regulars are still there, but at least there seems to be more traffic going to my newer articles. What about my ‘worst’ articles, though?
2. A Curse as Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
3. The Fourth Wall by Walter Jon Williams
4. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Once again, every single book at the list of the worst five articles is completely new. Notice that they’re all book reviews too? It seems my articles are more popular, as I observed long ago. Well, at least the good news is that my worst articles keep rotating and aren’t like the best articles where it’s pretty much the same 5 every month.
So how did March go for you?
The Best and Worst of November
It’s already December, so let’s take a look back and reflect on November, shall we? For starters, I just want to say that overall traffic is down this month, likely due to the travelling madness Thanksgiving causes in Americans. (How dare you people want to spend time with your family!) However, the good news is that in October I had 5, 421 views while in November it was only slightly down at 5, 346. Not that bad, considering. So what articles were the most popular in November? Let’s take a look:
1. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
2. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
5. Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz
If you’re thinking this sounds familiar, you’re absolutely right. A quick look back at October shows that all 5 articles that were at the top then are still at the top now. The only difference is the order. So what about the bottom articles?
1. The Historian by Elisabeth Kostova
3. The Horus Road by Pauline Gedge
4. The Necromancer by Michael Scott
Once again you’ll notice that the bottom 5 are rarely consistent. Not one of these articles I listed above has made an appearance on the worst 5 before. The only really surprising things are that The Necromancer and Uglies are part of the 5 ‘worst.’ I guess Michael Scott isn’t as popular now that his series ended and Uglies is an older YA book. Maybe the current generation will discover it like I did.
That’s how my November went. How was yours?
The Best and Worst of October
Well it hasn’t exactly been a record-smashing month like September was, but in comparing it to my normal stats, everything is up since August. In October I received 5,421 views, as compared to 4,846 in August. That’s not bad because I’m only around 1,500 views down from September, which more than makes up the difference Anne Rice’s publicity gave me. Now let’s look at which articles received the most traffic, shall we?
2. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
3. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
5. Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz
Okay, I completely understand the first four being on the list. I mean, most of my traffic is from search engines and looking at the search terms makes me suspect it’s mostly kids doing homework for novel study. But what is with Ark Angel‘s sudden appearance? There seems to be a resurgence in the now finished Alex Rider series, although I’ll likely never know why. But why Ark Angel in particular? It’s the sixth of nine books.
I’ll be puzzling over that for a while, so let’s take a look at the five worst articles in October.
1. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
2. YA News and Upcoming Releases
3. The Iron Legends by Julie Kagawa
4. Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
5. Genghis: Bones of the Hills by Conn Iggulden
Okay, I can see ‘YA News and Upcoming Releases’ placing on here. I wrote it ages ago and those kinds of articles don’t age well. However, what is with Julie Kagawa’s Iron Legends anthology placing on the worst list? Has all the hype for it died down now that The Lost Prince has been released? Who knows? The good thing is that while the best articles seem to be consistent, the worst articles seem to rotate. Well, except for ‘YA News and Upcoming Releases’.
So how was October for everyone? Stats-wise and life-wise.