One year ago today, I put up the first post on ConorGlassey.com. As a journalism student at the time, I had a passion for writing, but no satisfying outlet. The thought of becoming a small-town reporter and having to write about high school swim meets wasn’t appealing at all. I wanted to write about baseball! To do so, I decided to start my own website. Here, I have the chance to write frequently about the game I love, express my opinions and meet other people with similar interests. And, how can you talk about baseball without talking statistics? With that in mind, let’s check out some of my statistics for my first year as a blogger…
TOTAL POSTS: 117
TOTAL HITS: 163,546
TOTAL VISITS: 32,779
TOTAL UNIQUE VISITORS: 14, 981
STATES THAT HAVE VISITED: 45 (and really…who cares about Wyoming, New Mexico, Mississippi, Rhode Island and Maine?)
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE VISITED: 68!
FUNNY SEARCHES…
“Lindsay Lohan Topless” – Yeah, I titled one of my posts this in order to scam some cheap hits. It got me 67 extra hits from some very unsatisfied customers.
“What does the name Conor mean?” I believe it means dog lover. Seriously…
“gum glassey face” What was this person looking for?
“Bobby Higginson sucks” Yes he does.
“Conor the moron” I’m not number one!
Sure, it may look like small potatoes to some of you, but those numbers took me by surprise and I can’t wait to improve upon them from year to year. In 2006, I hope to write more than 200 posts, and hopefully my visitors will increase as more people link to my site and I develop more regular readers.
After a year of publishing my own blog, I know that this is something that I want to continue doing for years to come. However, in the near future I will stop posting on ConorGlassey.com because I have registered a new web site that will be strictly devoted to baseball. My new site is www.StopTheWave.com, and it will hopefully be up and running before Opening Day. If you’ve ever been to a ballgame with me, you know that I can’t stand “The Wave.” In fact, very few things at a baseball game bother me more (unfortunately, www.StopThatIdioticDancingGroundsCrew.com was already taken), and it saddens me that “The Wave” was apparently started in Seattle.
It's been a great year and I can't wait to have many more! Stay tuned...
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