Last year I posted 922 blog entries and received approximately 32,000 page views. Feedburner estimates that I have 139 readers per day, and I have 91 regular readers either following the blog or subscribing via emails.
I would let you know what my ranking was in BlogNetNews, but sometime last June or July, BNN went out of business. Looks like they're gone for good... but I was ranking pretty highly those last few weeks.
We've tried some interesting things in the past year. We tried producing weekly audio pieces called "Counterpunch," in which Sherry Walker (from the leftist blog Left in Alabama") and I basically would take opposite sides of an issue and give one-minute arguments. While it was fun, we just never had enough listeners to justify the effort... which was considerable. So that feature passed away after 19 episodes.
I also joined Twitter this year, and my blog posts automatically produce a tweet. In less than a year, I've attracted 98 followers... so if you haven't found me on Twitter, please swing by and follow. I do occasionally tweet a one-liner or two... though I haven't done that in a while. I'll try to do so more often.
No Facebook page in the offing, yet. (grin) And I really don't want one.
For the upcoming year, I'll continue with my commentary as usual. There will be some disruptions, as I'll be auditioning for plays AND, for the first time in a few years, my wife and I will be taking a well-earned vacation... more on that later.
I have no special plans for this year, but I am open to suggestions. I WOULD like to get some other posters on board, providing content from their own point of view. I asked a few months ago, but the only respondent changed his/her mind. I AM interested in having more posters on the blog... send me an email if you'd like to participate (PoliticsAlabama@Hotmail.com).
If you have any comments on the blog so far, or if you have any recommendations or requests for something you'd like to see, please let me know. You can either email me or place it in the comments to this post.
Either way, join me in wishing Politics Alabama a rousing
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteIt is a fairly decent blog on Bama politics...I will admit.
As for the vacation...I hope it's somewhere beyond Gulf Shores where most Bama guys sign up for when the wife finally forces them on a real vacation. :)
Thanks for the compliment.
ReplyDeleteAs to the vacation, at some point this year my beautiful bride and I will be boarding a ship and taking a 5-day cruise. Our first one, and fitting for our 25th wedding anniversary.
We'll be having a friend house-sit while we're gone.
Congratulations on your second birthday.
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