2010 in review

January 2, 2011

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

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The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 72,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at The Louvre Museum, it would take 3 days for that many people to see it.

In 2010, there were 180 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 242 posts. There were 755 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 217mb. That’s about 2 pictures per day.

The busiest day of the year was December 6th with 565 views. The most popular post that day was Florence Nightingale: Mother of Nursing.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, search.aol.com, ifreestores.com, mail.yahoo.com, and en.wordpress.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for benjamin franklin, battle of britain, florence nightingale, leprosy, and winston churchill.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Florence Nightingale: Mother of Nursing July 2010
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2

The Unforgettable Benjamin Franklin August 2009
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3

Winston Churchill the British Bulldog August 2009
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4

Alexander Graham Bell: Inventing the future June 2010

5

Pain: Useless intrusion or gift of God? August 2009
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