First things first. The blog has traditionally gotten between 2500 and 5000 pageviews per day. If I write stuff that's really, really boring it drops to 1200 pageviews. No problem for me since I generally like to write and pontificate and ramble so I'm not put off by low numbers. But lately I've been having the opposite issue with the blog and its stats. For the last month or so we've been logging well over 100,000 pageviews per day. And when I dive into the Google Blogger stats I can't find any specific source responsible for the out of control traffic.
Now, if I was writing this for money and could convert the views into cash I'd probably be pretty happy but I read a lot of spy fiction, have a short fuse for anything that feels like fraud, and would hate to think that there are still just 2500 loyal readers supplemented by 100,000 robot hits that will somehow turn into online ammunition to defraud someone who absolutely doesn't deserve to get defrauded. Right?
Be super cautious if you get any emails or texts that seem to come from VSL or my own website. I don't send any. None from VSL.
I've come to like posting photographs on Instagram so I'll probably ramp that up and post even more. It's easy and fun. I might even write some long captions there to take up the blogging slack here.
I wanted to let you guys know. This will all stay up as it is unless something untoward happens.
There it is.
In other news I'm finding it very pleasant to walk around without a huge bandage on my face. Less attention from the world at large. I feel great. My face feels a bit stiff on one side. The doctor says this is to be expected. I'll be back in the pool on July 15th at 8 a.m. I can hardly wait.
While I like all of my cameras my long time favorite seems to be the SL2. More so than the M's or the Q. More even than the D-LUX 8. It's just fun to shoot and the big files lend themselves to a square crop.
I'm taking the rest of the Summer off from any client work in order to swim and run every day. I'd like to be in better shape on my 70th birthday than I was on my 60th. --- and so on.
That's about it.
Alanis Morrisette at Liberty Lunch in Austin.
A very young and very pink Renee Zellweger.
VSL's happy place.
Super model Lou.
Kirk it's a general tend, apparently driven by undercover AI bots scavenging for content.
ReplyDeleteMany websites administrators that pay for outgoing traffic are mad at this and rightly so.
We live in strange times..
Not too long ago I read something about a hired killer who said he never wore a mask or disguise -- he just put a big bandage on his face and all witnesses ever remembered was the bandage.
ReplyDeleteNice. A brilliant disguise! I've tried that around the house but B. always seems to recognize me...
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