Now here’s an interesting question from Fandango and one which is very much based on who you were at various times in your life. I have to think far back into my life to remember how I felt about my… Read More ›
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HOT ONES AND COLD ONES – Marilyn Armstrong
A couple of years ago, I discovered my most popular post was black & white pictures of implements in my kitchen. Also well-favored were cute pictures of Bonnie and a 300-word piece on why I’d like to be called “Spike.”… Read More ›
POPULARITY – Marilyn Armstrong
We bloggers are endlessly in search of answers. All kinds of answers. I am, in particular, forever seeking an answer to the ultimate blogger query. What makes people follow me? Why are some posts popular while others — which I… Read More ›
POPULARITY: UPS AND DOWNS by Marilyn Armstrong
Recently, I got “set up” with Instagram. Assured that I could be very popular on it, I set up a password and was left still baffled by how come I can’t use one of my laptops. I don’t have an… Read More ›
POPULARITY
ONLINE POPULARITY This has been an exceptional year for SERENDIPITY. As of today — October 1, 2017 — we have gotten more views for this year than for any previous year. Having other writers helped — and especially, it has… Read More ›
CONNECTING THE STATS
On examining the statistics for Serendipity this week, I find my most popular posts (as opposed to those written by other people for the site), are black & white pictures of stuff in my kitchen. Some cute pictures of our dog Bonnie, and a… Read More ›
10 THINGS I LEARNED ON THE WAY TO 300,000
Sometime during the night between yesterday and today, my total views passed 300,000. That is an incomprehensibly big number. I never imagined having this many people look at my site when I started blogging. I began Serendipity without thought and no plan. Or objective…. Read More ›
MYSTERIES OF BLOGGING
Statistics are the eternal mystery of blogging. I’ve been blogging 2 years, 9 months and I’m pretty happy with where I am these days. I’m popular enough to feel my voice is heard, but not so busy I don’t have… Read More ›
THAT POPULAR TOUCH
We bloggers are endlessly in search of answers. All kinds of answers. I am, in particular, forever seeking an answer to the ultimate blogger query: What makes people follow me … and why are some posts popular while others (often,… Read More ›
Daily Prompt: If you feel successful, you are.
You can’t write about success without defining the term. Success is relative, after all. When I started blogging, success was ten hits in a day, five of which were no doubt my husband. Then, as numbers rose, I began to… Read More ›
Daily Prompt: The Stat Connection – How to make friends and influence people
My most popular all time whiz-bang post was written during a five-minute commercial interruption of the 2012 première episode of Criminal Minds. Over a thousand hits came pouring in for that post plus another few hundred over the next few… Read More ›
Daily Prompt: Personal Space – Freedom and Compromise
No matter how many ways you slice and dice it, there is always some compromise between blogging for oneself and designing posts to attract a bigger audience. There’s little reason to blog if no one else is enjoying your work. I’m… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 