Getting linked by Instapundit is supposed to be the sine qua non of free blogger publicity, producing a fabled Instalanche (Insta plus avalanche) of hundreds if not thousands of new unique visits. So imagine my surprise when my first such link, at about 5:45 a.m. today had, by just a few minutes ago, failed to produce one fifth of one hundred. Yep. Only fifteen, according to Sitemeter. There could be a few more which, for some reason unknown to me, failed to get listed as referrals by Sitemeter. After all, I did collect thirty-eight visits altogether, which is almost four times my normal daily average. But most of them came from people clicking on comments I had left on other blogs in the past few days, or the six three blogs which blogroll me, or referrals from Google searches on various subjects. Fourteen were counted as unknown referrals, a few of them daily constant readers plus some others checking in weekly, or whatever. Not that I am not grateful to be linked by Professor Reynolds (I am, I am), just puzzled at how far off the predicted result has been. Maybe it will improve overnight. I can’t stick around to find out, as must arise early to get Mr. Boy to school. Mom, who usually takes him mornings, is away, traveling on business.
UPDATE And the overnight total? Wait for it. Two.
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Gee talk about tracking responses! It’s amazing what one can do if they know where to go.
I’ve tried in vain to reply on earlier post but to no avail. It wouldn’t send without a URL??? Anyway it worked this time so I’ll reply from time to time.
Keep up the good work
Sorry about that, Tom. If it fouls up again, send me an email and I’ll see if I can fix it.
Congratulations, Dick, you are probably the only person in the history of the blogosphere to get a link from Professor Reynolds and not get the consequent Instalanche. Still, it’s an honor, or so I am told, to even get the link; the struggle to get noticed by the good professor is positively Dariwinian in its intensity. I’m surprised that bloggers dont show up on his doorstep dressed like they wanted Monty Hall to call on them on Let’s Make a Deal. Everyone wants a Instapundit link, even the people who say they dont. I’d like an Instapundit link, but I dont think I’ll ever get one; dealing with issues like the crash of the housing boom in Munchkinland or Tina Fey’s opinion of Paris Hilton will get me nowhere, I fear. Ah well, such is life, I guess.
Thanks, I think. I still don’t understand what happened. I’m glad for the honor, but wondering what (if anything) I did to screw it up.