The previous high water mark for traffic on this little blog was about 2,500 pageviews in a single hour, and this was set a couple of years ago when the Web Fire Escape button idea picked up coverage from a Blogger article about their recommended methods for the avoidance of sudden, enforced unemployment as a result of blogging, back in late 2003.
But yesterday, the new record was set at 8,803 pageviews in a single hour which, if it was sustainable (which it's not, obviously) would equate to a monthly run rate of about 6.5 million pageviews. Awesome!
PS. What tickles me is that a simple blank image with two words on it can generate so much explosive interest like that; this must surely be a record for the least amount of creative energy ever expended to generate such a surge of interest.
For my next trick, a blank screen with one word on it...
But yesterday, the new record was set at 8,803 pageviews in a single hour which, if it was sustainable (which it's not, obviously) would equate to a monthly run rate of about 6.5 million pageviews. Awesome!
PS. What tickles me is that a simple blank image with two words on it can generate so much explosive interest like that; this must surely be a record for the least amount of creative energy ever expended to generate such a surge of interest.
For my next trick, a blank screen with one word on it...