Happy New Year Everyone,
It’s that time of year again. WordPress provides an annual report for all the blogs. Below you will see mine. It is amazing to me. Last year I got about 75,000 hits, but this year the numbers increased to around 260,000. People in 169 countries have visited the blog. Isn’t that incredible. I don’t know the total number of countries in the world, but I think it is around 195.
When I started the blog, I had no idea that it would grow like it has. I am so thankful for the blog followers. I believe the blog has grown thanks to the followers spreading the word. You folks are the best! I want to send a special thanks to Corel Master Painter Karen Bonaker. Her blog, The Art of Karen Bonaker, referred many folks to my blog. As a matter of fact, of all the referrers, she ranks in second place. Thank you so much Karen.
Take a look at the report. The map is a little hard to read; the countries that are darkest blue generated the most hits. Lighter blue indicates fewer. There has been only one visitor for 10 or so countries and another 10 have two hits. Those will be almost white. Regardless of the color, the blog has had visitors from 169 countries. I know I said that in the first paragraph. Guess what? I’m going to say it again. Folks in 169 countries visited Skip Allen Paints. I’m sorry, but that just blows my mind.
Thanks everyone for making my 2012 a fabulous year. And thanks WordPress for preparing the year-end report.
Happy New Year,
Skip
“Hold on mister! Are you going to mention me and tell everyone that I wish them a Happy New Year, too.? I didn’t get a chance to wish anyone a Merry Christmas, nor did I get any presents from you. I think that is just tacky!”
Those who are new to the blog may not have met Kevin, the resident “good” computer virus. According to Kevin, a good virus is sort of like the good witch in the Wizard of Oz. I’m not so sure.
“Hello Kevin, I was wondering when you were going to show up. I don’t have much time today, so get it out of your system. Wish everyone a Happy New Year.”
With a snort, he said, “No need now…you blurted it out already!” And with that he turned and vanished.
I think I really hurt his feelings this time. I’ll make up later.
Enjoy,
Skip
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 260,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 5 years for that many people to see it. Your blog had more visits than a small country in Europe!