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The Best and Worst of March 2015
I don’t know about you guys, but March just flew by for me. We’ve been having beautiful weather here in general although we’re currently experiencing a bit of a snowstorm. But then it’s supposed to be nice again by the end of next week, so I can’t really complain. Things are generally going well for me and I’m super excited about Game of Thrones Season 5 premiering next Sunday (because I totally haven’t mentioned that before).
Stats-wise March was okay. I received a total of 5,708 views with 3,549 of those being unique views. That’s up from 5,169 views in February so things are looking up. I expect as soon as Game of Thrones begins to get more hits than usual because of my SEO-heavy article (completely by accident, I assure you). And here in April I’m hoping to do another Game of Thrones article as well as another Forgotten Figures article. It’s been quite a while since I’ve done articles on either topic but I feel I’m ready to sink my teeth into both fantasy and history once more.
So what were some of the best articles this month?
1. Why Girls Hate Game of Thrones—A Rebuttal
2. How to Read 100 Pages in an Hour
3. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
4. The Mad Reviewer is Open to Review Requests (Temporarily)
5. Why no Writer Wants to Tackle Chronic Pain
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you! I can’t believe that the Game of Thrones article was once again #1. But in all seriousness, I’m really not all that surprised with the top 5 articles this month. I’m getting lots of links from class wiki pages on my Hunger Games article and my speed reading article has always been popular because it’s something a lot of people aspire to. Maybe next month a new article will actually appear in the top 5.
What were the worst posts this month?
1. The Return of the Weird Search Terms
2. Discussion: Blogging Pet Peeves
3. Sins of the Lost by Linda Poitevin
4. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Meh. Once again there are no real surprises here. My reviews of Crashed and The Historian have appeared on the 5 worst list before and I’m sure they’ll appear on here again eventually. They’re just not all that popular in terms of search engine traffic. Which is fine because they’re definitely balanced out by the insane amount of search engine traffic I’m still getting on my usual top 3 posts. As I’ve said before, they’re all pretty good books. They’re just not that popular.
Well, that pretty much sums up my March. How was yours? Which articles of yours get the most search engine traffic?
The Best and Worst of January 2015
Well, January was a pretty good month for me in terms of posting. I posted every day except Friday and I didn’t post that day because I was pretty sick. So far, so good. Hopefully in February I can honestly say that I posted every single day in keeping with my new year’s resolution. And while blogging was pretty good for me, my personal life wasn’t too bad aside from the aforementioned sickness. I’m fine now, however, and am looking forward to both The Walking Dead and John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight returning next Sunday.
In January I received 6,644 views in total with 3964 of those being unique views. I noticed that my comments were way down for most of the month but that’s probably because I didn’t post anything too terribly interesting/controversial other than some Saturday discussion posts. I’m not going to lose any sleep over it and I’m just happy that January did so much better than December and that I’m back on a regular posting schedule.
So what were the best posts this month?
1. Why Girls Hate Game of Thrones—A Rebuttal
2. How to Read 100 Pages in an Hour
3. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
4. Best Seller by Martha Reynolds
5. The Mad Reviewer Reading and Reviewing Challenge 2015 Sign Up
Once again, there are no real surprises here. All of the top four have been in the top five for at least the last three months and my reading challenge sign up is always popular. I just have to get around to updating the official list since more people joined! It’s not as many people as last year but I think those people that did join this time around are more serious contestants. I can’t wait to see how everyone does with their goals!
So what were the worst posts this month?
2. The Best and Worst of November 2013
3. Goddess Born by Kari Edgren
4. Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars by Sheri Holman
Um, ouch? My Forgotten Figures article on Zenobia seems to be truly forgotten by pretty much the whole internet since it only had one view in the entire month. I spent two hours writing it and far more time researching it so yeah, that’s one of the most disappointing ‘worsts’ in quite a number of months. The others aren’t that surprising as they’re not the most popular books or they’re quite dated but I was sad to see Goddess Born by Kari Edgren on there since that is an amazingly underrated novel. But, like Zenobia, my beloved main character Selah was forgotten.
Well, that was how my January went. How was yours?