I few weeks ago I accidentally helped break the Google Earth story and got linked from Slashdot, which resulted in an inundation of visits to this site.
People have been asking what that’s like. Take a look:
You can see it all. The left half of the graph is my initial pitifully low traffic. On May 28th, you can see a bit of a bump where Google Blogoscoped linked to me. Then, right at the end of the month, I get a link from Slashdot. Slightly after that, ten thousand visitors drop in.
That arcs down beautifully for the next couple of days, and then starts to pick up again when I get linked from some 3D sites. That was arcing back down until today, when there was a slight uptick. I’m guessing that’s just rebound after the weekend.
Sigh. I’d rather people visited my site for my my witty writing, my beautiful photography, and my erudite opinions. Instead, everyone just wants to see Google Earth. Then again, I’ve made ten bucks in Google AdSense. Woo-hoo!
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