But it is encouraging to think that people are actually interested enough to click on a link to see what I'm up to. My sporadic posting has lost me rather a lot of readers, but around 250 people a day have stuck with me despite it all, and when I actually post something, the numbers go up.
I'm a very small-time blogger. Nowhere near, for example, either His Hermeneuticalness, the lovely Fr. Blake or the incomparable Fr. Z. But I don't have any official role in the Church - and my opinions are just my own, without any authority behind them, so it's quite touching to find out that people want to read what I write. Admittedly I might be getting more readers for the kitty updates than for my views on religious matters.
With that in mind, I've just noticed that I've passed the half a million visits milestone - it took six years. I'm determined to have my Million Hits party well before 2018. Oh, and Zephyrinus... you now owe me a bottle of something bubbly (and washing-up liquid doesn't count!)
And yes, I know I said that stats are unimportant. But I took a perverse pleasure in noting that, on Twitter at least, I have more followers than the editor of The Suppository (aka The Bitter Pill)...
I tweet as @MulierFortis
Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteI like to think that size and influence are not the same thing (but only because I have so few readers...)
Blast. You remembered !!!
ReplyDeleteMany congratulations, Mac. Mulier Fortis is always
a "Must Read" and I'm delighted you've hit
the half-million mark.
Are the cats pleased ?
Bubbly on its way. [HONEST.]
Can we please have more kitty posts?
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Mac!
ReplyDeleteI once made a comment on a post you made about hair color on my blog. I had used the term "aubergine." To this day, souls search my blog for "eggplant parmesian." Odd business we're in!
D.v.
Thanks for the good wishes.
ReplyDeleteZephy - The cats seem particularly underwhelmed... unless the celebrations will include smoked salmon as well as bubbly.
JAMC - I'll do my best but "cats eat, sleep and bring me another dead mouse" doesn't really make for a scintillating blog read...
DV - You think your search terms are weird. My all-time biggest search term is chicken because I once posted "Liturgical chicken" (a game where you see how long you can listen to a new NO setting of the Gloria without being sick) and also searches for "how to induce a heart attack"...
Maybe you don't force me to read it, but I AM forced to read it!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations; it's an interesting and homey blog. Of course, I love the kitty posts. However, as I work in science, I appreciate your take on science, medical, and cultural issues.
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