I am excited.
Who would not be?
Finally, this is another milestone in blogging. And I thought it would take me until December to rich these numbers. 500,006. Truly amazing.
When I started blogging, I ‘d be lucky if I have 50 visits to my blog posts in a day. I don’t mind how many followers I have, not all of them read my blog anyway. No offense meant but some are just promoting their own blog. Just yesterday, there was someone who posted her comments in five of my blog posts but there was really nothing there except her website. Not even a hi or hello. I really got annoyed, allowed one of her comments then I politely commented back. If she is promoting her blog which is practically new she should have a least left a nice comment in one of those posts. I have to put them all in my trash file then deleted them. The last time I checked, she deleted her comment which I approved just to answer her. That was the first time I encountered spam comments approved by WordPress. Maybe it’s because she has a legit site at WordPress. The last time I checked, Akismet has protected me from 54,456 spam comments and I have deleted them all.
Half a million views but not that many visitors. Maybe when they visit my blog, they read earlier blog posts that I wrote over the years. For me, having many views means that someone out there is reading what you write and it’s kind of inspiring in the process.
Thank you so much my blogger friends for the support. Thank you WordPress for the nice numbers.
Congratulations
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Thanks Derrick!
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Amazing indeed, Arlene. Half a million views is outstanding, and it proves that your blogging formula keeps people coming back for more.
Congratulations, and best wishes. Pete.
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Thank you, thank you so much Pete.
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Congratulations! 😺💕xxx
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Thanks again!
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So true, it is a give and take. let us support each other and bless one another 🙂
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Thanks a lot.
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Congratulations!
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Thank you Mintly 🙂
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Congratulations!!!!
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Thanks 🙂
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I agree that often bloggers just want to promote themselves but I prefer to focus on the connections that are genuine. Happy blogging Arlene.
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Thank you so much Miriam. I think it is impolite just to spam other blogs because one wants to promote her/his site. They could at least say a friendly word in greeting.
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Couldn’t agree more.
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Sorry for the typo error Miriam. I actually checked what was in my trash file. There is no blog post whatsoever, just a newly created site 😦
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Sorry Arlene but I don’t understand what you mean.
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I just corrected it. I misspelled one word….hehe
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awesomeness!
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Thank you Alesia.
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Congratulations! By the way, I also had comments yesterday on five of my blog posts that were from someone just leaving a link to her blog. It probably was the same person who left those “comments” on your blog.
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I am thinking of the same thing. Maybe that blogger could not wait for followers to find her blog. She was spamming. Thanks 🙂
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Wow! Congratulation and thank you for sharing, Arlene!
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Thank you so much Amy 🙂
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I bet I had that same person leave her web site as a comment. I deleted them too. I don’t mind new readers referring me to their blogs if they actually comment. This was odd though since there was no comment, just the address.
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it might be the same person. another friend commented that someone also did that to five of her blog posts. It was annoying.
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Great stats, Arlene! Spam in all kinds of forms seem to be a given this day and age, no matter where! I try to mostly ignore spam, sometimes more successfully than at others. 🙂
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I never read them, I just delete and delete. Thank you so much.
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