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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Top Ten Page Views for January 2009
Another month of big activity from StumbleUpon. The pieces by Pendarvis, Kinsella, Maltezos, Hunt, Leary, Chopan, Bundy, and Cooper all had higher referral rates from there than from any other site. Huai's hits came from her inteview, which in turn got its traffic from China Adopt Talk. AichenbaUm, Chopan, Bundy, and Cooper got most of their hits from the front page of SmokeLong (which makes me wonder if it's unfair to some authors to list the contents on the front page alphabetically... hmmm). Leary's hits are largely from people googling for very short stories.1. (2) Taco Foot by Jack Pendarvis (12/15/07)
2. (NR) Phoenix by W.P. Kinsella (12/15/08)
3. (3) Beautiful by Antonios Maltezos (10/2/08)
4. (NR) Thirteen by Tai Dong Huai (12/15/08)
5. (5) Ants by David Aichenbaum (12/15/08)
6. (1) How 9) Strange by Laird Hunt (12/15/07)
7. (NR) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
8. (NR) The World Before This One by Jon Chopan (12/15/08)
9. (10) Earthrise by Christopher Bundy (12/15/08)
10. (NR) Ghost Bike by Thomas Cooper (12/15/08)
In total, it was another good month, with 107,988 page views.
Edit: By the way, our total page views for last year (I just checked) was 1,108,463. How cool is that?!
Labels: Antonios Maltezos, Christopher Bundy, David Aichenbaum, Jack Pendarvis, John Leary, Jon Chopan, Laird Hunt, SmokeLong Quarterly, Tai Dong Huai, Thomas Cooper, Top Ten, W.P. Kinsella
posted by Dave Clapper at 5:34 PM 0 commentsMonday, January 05, 2009
Top Ten Page Views for December 2008
Well, that's a really interesting shakeup, huh? In looking at specific referrals, a ton of the traffic that propelled several of these into the top ten in page views was from StumbleUpon. Most of those were added to Stumble when we announced our Pushcart Prize nominees. One was an experiment on how to use StumbleUpon when I first set up the ShareThis links on stories. The pieces just outside the top ten had enough traffic than in any other month, they'd have fairly easily made the top ten. They're still getting the same page views, but pages that are Stumbled are getting that much more. In fact, without StumbleUpon, the top ten would have been largely comprised of stories from the December issue (which is what usually happens when a new issue is released).All of which is to say: authors, if you want to vastly increase your number of readers, join StumbleUpon and start Stumbling your stories (and if you're published here, it's even easier—you can find a link at the end of your story that opens up abilities to share your story on several different sites). And readers, if you absolutely love a story, whether it's here or anywhere else, help spread the word about its greatness to tons of folks you've never met. The more this kind of technology evolves, the more readers will be able to control which authors are gaining the most notice (and, eventually, publishing deals). It's an exciting new world.
1. (NR) How 9) Strange by Laird Hunt (12/15/07)
2. (NR) Taco Foot by Jack Pendarvis (12/15/07)
3. (NR) Beautiful by Antonios Maltezos (10/2/08)
4. (6) Tenderoni by Kathy Fish (10/2/08)
5. (NR) Ants by David Aichenbaum (12/15/08)
6. (NR) Fatback by Jeff Landon (10/2/08)
7. (NR) Trestle by Matt Briggs (3/15/08)
8. (8) Asian Girl by W.P. Kinsella (10/2/08)
9. (3) Innocence, Briefly by Jenny Arnold (10/2/08)
10. (NR) Earthrise by Christopher Bundy (12/15/08)
All told, our page views for the month were 121,084, our highest ever, breaking the previous high of 111,740, set in October.
Labels: Antonios Maltezos, Christopher Bundy, David Aichenbaum, Jack Pendarvis, Jeff Landon, Jenny Arnold, Kathy Fish, Laird Hunt, Matt Briggs, SmokeLong Quarterly, StumbleUpon, Top Ten, W.P. Kinsella
posted by Dave Clapper at 12:53 PM 0 commentsFriday, June 02, 2006
Top Ten Page Views for May
And Almond keeps his intense grasp on the top slot. Landon makes a big jump and Mike Young has a re-birth eleven months after publication. Y'know one of the things I love about these lists? I may be mistaken, but off the top of my head, I don't recall a single month when one author had more than one piece in the top ten. I think it's pretty damned cool that, even though people are clearly reading more than just the current issue, the wealth of readers' eyes always seems to spread out across many authors. Gotta love that.
1. Pornography by Steve Almond (June 15, 2005)
2. Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (September 15, 2005)
3. Prey by Myfanwy Collins (March 15, 2006)
4. Voodoo by Gary Cadwallader (March 15, 2006)
5. The Rest of Your Life by Sarah Leavitt (March 15, 2006)
6. The Cellist by Antonios Maltezos (March 15, 2006)
7. Knowing Love by Tristan Moss (March 15, 2006)
8. Irvin Hammers a Cat House by Mike Young (June 15, 2005)
9. Friendship/Love by Ania Vesenny (March 15, 2006)
10. Rain or Shine by Mary Miller (March 15, 2006)
Labels: Ania Vesenny, Antonios Maltezos, Gary Cadwallader, Jeff Landon, Mary Miller, Mike Young, Myfanwy Collins, Sarah Leavitt, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Top Ten, Tristan Moss
posted by Dave Clapper at 4:30 PM 0 commentsMonday, May 01, 2006
Top Ten Page Views for April
I have way too much to do right now, so I'm not going to go into a lot of detail about this, but another month has ended, so it's time to look again at where the most hits were going. With a couple exceptions, it's all stuff from the latest issue:
1. Pornography by Steve Almond (June 15, 2005)
2. Voodoo by Gary Cadwallader (March 15, 2006)
3. Prey by Myfanwy Collins (March 15, 2006)
4. The Rest of Your Life by Sarah Leavitt (March 15, 2006)
5. Five Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (September 15, 2005)
6. Friendship/Love by Ania Vesenny (March 15, 2006)
7. Everybody in Holland Is Mad at Me by Andrew Tibbetts (March 15, 2006)
8. Mice Getting the Points by Robert Lopez (March 15, 2006)
9. The Cellist by Antonios Maltezos (March 15, 2006)
10. Shrapnel by Chivas Sandage (March 15, 2006)
Labels: Andrew Tibbetts, Ania Vesenny, Antonios Maltezos, Chivas Sandage, Gary Cadwallader, Jeff Landon, Myfanwy Collins, Robert Lopez, Sarah Leavitt, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond
posted by Dave Clapper at 4:31 PM 0 commentsMonday, April 03, 2006
Top Ten Page Views for March
Here are the ten stories that received the most page views in March:
1. Pornography by Steve Almond (Issue 9)
2. Prey by Myfanwy Collins (Issue 12)
3. Voodoo by Gary Cadwallader (Issue 12)
4. The Rest of Your Life by Sarah Leavitt (Issue 12)
5. Forks in the Road by Eve Abrams (Issue 11)
6. Axl Rose Is My Dog by Scott Ford (Issue 7)
7. Friendship/Love by Ania Vesenny (Issue 12)
8. Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (Issue 10)
9. Everybody in Holland Is Mad at Me by Andrew Tibbetts (Issue 12)
10. The Cellist by Antonios Maltezos (Issue 12)
The most interesting of these, to me, is the piece by Scott Ford. Issue 7 came out on December 15, 2004! Scott's piece was featured prominently on StoryGlossia last month, and it drew a fair number of readers. Steve Almond's piece was also featured, which helped bump its already impressive totals that much higher. This is another great example of the power of online lit mags and their ability to draw readers to stories well after they were initially published. Because they're archived and easy to find, stories are often "discovered" long after they were published. Print mags, as much as I love them for other reasons, just can't do this.
Also, it's interesting how quickly pieces garner attention once they've been published. Issue 12 was published on March 15, so all the stories within were viewable for only half a month. Like print mags, it's important for online pubs to maintain regular publishing schedules so that their readerships know when to find new content.
Labels: Andrew Tibbetts, Ania Vesenny, Antonios Maltezos, Eve Abrams, Gary Cadwallader, Jeff Landon, Myfanwy Collins, Sarah Leavitt, Scott Ford, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Top Ten
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