I got an Instalaunch yesterday. Instapundit is one of the oldest and most popular blogs around, and in many ways he’s the founding father of the blotosphere. His blog is incredibly popular, and a link from him can give you a lot of traffic. I’ve heard stories of Instalaunches causing thousands of hits and crashing servers.
I suppose that must happen, but it didn’t happen to me. Glenn linked to me from the middle of what may be his largest post ever, and he did it on a Saturday evening. I’ve received maybe 300 more visits than I normally would. That may just be the weakest instalaunch ever.
I’m grateful for the traffic, but I it didn’t make me a star.
On the other hand, I get to change my Instapundit number. Glenn has Instpundit number 0, people Glenn links to get Instapundit number 1, people they link to get Instapundit number 2, and so on. I used to be a 3, but now I’m a 1. It’s a sort of progress.
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