Harrumph.
In a fit of entitlement inspired by Julia's April 16 entry, just last night I was asking, why aren't I popular yet? I mean, come on people. Compared to certain other sites out there, my stats are just pathetic. Inconsequential. When it comes to the numbers, I am a loser. What is the deal here? Surely, it cannot be a lack of brilliance...
Thanks to referral tracking, I believe I may have a clue as to the reason for my failure to achieve worldwide recognition, a stalker, or even one poorly spelled hate mail. It's harsh, but I've got to face the reality put forth by Tim: "Sadly, she doesn't discuss sex or violence, so there really is no reason to visit."
Ouch. That's no way to make a girl's morning bright and shiny. Where's the care? Where's the concern for a fellow blogger? This business is cutthroat, I tell you.
Posted by hilatron at April 17, 2003 12:00 PMIn my humble attempt to help your popularity, I have linked you!
The link will be seen by both people that read my blog!
Posted by: steve at April 17, 2003 01:18 PMThank you kindly!
Posted by: Hilatron at April 17, 2003 02:13 PMGreetings earthlin... blogatron. When I become rich and famous we're going to have the first combination of half-wits, they'll be twins both named Wit but, well I don't have any other way to finish this gratutious post.
When you become famous, remember that I linked to you, I scratch your back - you scratch mine - and together we procreate.
Posted by: Tim at April 17, 2003 04:09 PMIn an effort to show all two of my readers what I *want* my writing to be like, I have hyped you on my blog. It's a short hype, because I'm doing about 20 things at once and I don't quite know what all to say except "go read this" but I guess they'll get the idea.
As far as I'm concerned, your blog is right up there with Tequila Mockingbird, Boo-Blog, and candygenius. Go look, you're in my top category of blogs. And you were before the update, too.
Posted by: Lynn at April 18, 2003 02:18 AMI found you. I thought you were famous.
Posted by: Brenda at April 18, 2003 11:42 AMMy goodness, you all are so nice. I am afraid, however, that this will just reinforce the "whine for praise" mechanism. I'll try to behave, though, I promise.
Posted by: Hilatron at April 18, 2003 11:57 AMI too have linked you for the benefit of my 3 regular readers, as well as the occasional pervert who stumbles in after a Google search for "boobies."
Posted by: kathy at April 18, 2003 04:35 PMTry Sitemeter instead of Extreme tracking. You'll feel more popular immediately. :) It appears ET consistently undercounts by about two thirds. I used both for about two months, and ET consistently missed verifiable visits that Sitemeter caught.
Technically it won't make you more popular, but it will make you feel better.
Posted by: bigwig at April 18, 2003 11:54 PMi don't know... i blocked the robots from my blog and have kept the URL somewhat on the d/l but i used to get mostly referrals from google for ally mcbeal spankings and crap like that. it made me feel dirty.
Posted by: jenni at April 20, 2003 12:20 AMI have a total of maybe 3 people who read my blog; and my writing, sadly, is generally what I consider to be subpar. If it makes you feel any better, I totally see you as one of the little group of elite bloggers that are all wittier than me and probably know each other somehow. Plus you make me laugh.:)
(And nothing wrong with whine-for-praise. There are ways of getting the attention you need, and that is one of them. I'm a middle child - I should know;))