Comments on: 2008′s most popular posts http://www.nostalgiaforinfinity.com/2008/12/2008s-most-popular-posts/ Missives on cultural detritus with a slurred punk-rock spin. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shaun CG http://www.nostalgiaforinfinity.com/2008/12/2008s-most-popular-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-3500 Shaun CG Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:42:27 +0000 http://www.nostalgiaforinfinity.com/?p=290#comment-3500 Woah, 237 times?! So one of your posts has several thousand hits? That's crazy! But good for you. Thanks very much for your kind words. I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek in my post, but I'm nonetheless reassured. :) Woah, 237 times?! So one of your posts has several thousand hits? That’s crazy! But good for you.

Thanks very much for your kind words. I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek in my post, but I’m nonetheless reassured. :)

]]> By: Neil http://www.nostalgiaforinfinity.com/2008/12/2008s-most-popular-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-3489 Neil Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:36:36 +0000 http://www.nostalgiaforinfinity.com/?p=290#comment-3489 "The people, they want the good fiction (probably why my own stories appear quite far down this list)" - Almost certainly not a reflection on your fiction. Actual search volumes on Google for fiction are remarkably low given the number of people posting stories. This is more likely to be the reason for it not being at the top of your stats. I have the same issue. My most popular post is 236.58 times my highest viewed piece of flash. Not because the post is my best written but because the search volume for the subject in question is huge. I think your stuff is good and, judging by the comments, so do other people. “The people, they want the good fiction (probably why my own stories appear quite far down this list)” – Almost certainly not a reflection on your fiction.

Actual search volumes on Google for fiction are remarkably low given the number of people posting stories. This is more likely to be the reason for it not being at the top of your stats.

I have the same issue. My most popular post is 236.58 times my highest viewed piece of flash. Not because the post is my best written but because the search volume for the subject in question is huge.

I think your stuff is good and, judging by the comments, so do other people.

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