Thanks A (Half) Million

There's seems to be a flurry of milestones going on some of the blogs I read or lurk on... and I certainly don't want to be left out here at W&C.

Early Monday morning, W&C had it's 500,000th visitor!

Here is the lucky, non-prize winning visitor from T'ai-pei, Taiwan.  The landmark visit pretty much sums up the very important work I'm doing here at W&C...

... the entry (and exit!) page was for my post, Is There A Career Path for A Chippendale Wannabe?

Yes, I am beaming like a proud papa!

I am not sure how long it took to reach 500k... when I started blogging (September 2003) or when my first blog morphed into W&C here on TypePad (July 2004)...  the most "valid" number is that I have had 300k visitors since tracking on SiteMeter in December 2005 (I carried over 200k from somewhere).

That averages somewhere around 15,000 visitors/month... that's pretty crazy... but in the past few months, visits have alarmingly risen (another side effect of global warming?)... from July 2006-March 2007, the monthly range of visitors was 7,400-12,600... in April 2007, it shot up to 21,000... and every month since, it's been hovering around the 30k mark.  I have no explanation.

I'll will gladly admit to getting enjoyment at looking at the numbers.  However, I am not deluded to think that only 10% (at absolute best!) are people reading anything I have to write... most are frustrated search engine users... with most of those looking for someone in some state of undress.

Thanks to everyone... especially to those of you read down this far!

Comments

[Scott-O-Rama]

Congrats! I'm sure that your blog provided valuable insight to the Taiwanese Chippendale looking for career advice!

[Scot]

Don't you know the truth yet? Its the comments. People come here to read the cleaver and witty comments. That and the fact that you rarely mention Paris. I think you should show your appreciation by buying us all very expensive gifts!
Oh yea, congrats and keep up the good work!