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Monday, 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 commentsMonday, December 01, 2008
SmokeLong Quarterly Pushcart Nominations
SmokeLong Quarterly is thrilled to announce its six nominations for the Pushcart Prize:
"How 9) Strange" by Laird Hunt SLQ #19, December 2007
"Taco Foot" by Jack Pendarvis SLQ #19, December 2007
"Trestle" by Matt Briggs SLQ #20, March 2008
"The Folk Singer Dreams of Time Machines" by Matt Bell SLQ #21, June 2008
"Fatback" by Jeff Landon SLQ #22, October 2008
"Tenderoni" by Kathy Fish SLQ #22, October 2008
Labels: Jack Pendarvis, Jeff Landon, Kathy Fish, Laird Hunt, Matt Bell, Matt Briggs, Pushcart Prize, SmokeLong Quarterly
posted by Randall Brown at 6:16 AM 1 commentsMonday, June 02, 2008
Top Ten Page Views for May 2008
Well, Almond's "Pornography" is back on top again. I think I always sort of knew that at least part of its page views were coming from folks who weren't necessarily looking for a good story to read. Now that we have our referrers being tracked, it's become a little clearer that that's the case. In looking at the top referrers for "Pornography," seven of the top ten referrers are searches for "Porno" on various different Microsoft search enginges. Ah, well. I hope that a few of them get over their disappointment at not finding pud-pulling material long enough to give it a read. It's a hell of a story.1. (2) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
2. (1) The Cockroach by David Barringer (3/15/08)
3. (5) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
4. (4) Trestle by Matt Briggs (3/15/08)
5. (6) Scrape by Utahna Faith (3/15/08)
6. (3) Worried & Wondering by Aaron Burch (3/15/08)
7. (7) We by Patricia Parkinson (3/15/08)
8. (8) Dead Dog Rising by Kate Hill Cantrill (3/15/08)
9. (NR) The Last Stop by Jenny Halper (3/15/08)
10. (9) Last Fall by Katherine Grosjean (3/15/08)
Expect a shake-up next month, as our birthday issue goes live in a hair under two weeks, so there'll be lots of new content to read.
Labels: Aaron Burch, David Barringer, Jenny Halper, John Leary, Kate Hill Cantrill, Katherine Grosjean, Matt Briggs, Patricia Parkinson, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Top Ten, Utahna Faith
posted by Dave Clapper at 11:47 AM 0 commentsWednesday, May 21, 2008
Top Ten Page Views for April 2008 (stats are back!)
Woohoo! Stats are working again! I'd like to apologize for the downtime we had with the site for a couple days over the weekend and hope it didn't panic anyone too much. On the plus side, having to talk to our web host prompted me to mention that we'd really like to have our stats working again. And now they are! I've gone through and backfilled the missing top tens. If you click here, you should be able to see all of them that were missing (and, at some point, I'll go back and put tags on all of the top tens ever, so they'll all be viewable on one page). April saw another new #1, David Barringer's cockroach micro.1. (3) The Cockroach by David Barringer (3/15/08)
2. (2) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
3. (6) Worried & Wondering by Aaron Burch (3/15/08)
4. (5) Trestle by Matt Briggs (3/15/08)
5. (1) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
6. (NR) Scrape by Utahna Faith (3/15/08)
7. (NR) We by Patricia Parkinson (3/15/08)
8. (8) Dead Dog Rising by Kate Hill Cantrill (3/15/08)
9. (NR) Last Fall by Katherine Grosjean (3/15/08)
10. (NR) Raymond Carver by Dan Chaon (9/15/07)
SO glad to have stats working again. I'll be compiling the stats for the last two issues in a bit, and will be posting them as well.
Labels: Aaron Burch, Dan Chaon, David Barringer, John Leary, Kate Hill Cantrill, Katherine Grosjean, Matt Briggs, Patricia Parkinson, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Top Ten, Utahna Faith
posted by Dave Clapper at 12:38 PM 0 commentsTuesday, April 01, 2008
Top Ten Page Views for March 2008
John Leary jumps back into the top spot again, with a challenge from an old powerhouse. And a bunch of stories from the latest issue start getting much-deserved attention.1. (3) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
2. (8) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
3. (NR) The Cockroach by David Barringer (3/15/08)
4. (2) The Off-Season by Jami Attenberg (12/15/07)
5. (NR) Trestle by Matt Briggs (3/15/08)
6. (NR) Worried & Wondering by Aaron Burch (3/15/08)
7. (6) Holiday Inn by Kim Chinquee (12/15/07)
8. (NR) Dead Dog Rising by Kate Hill Cantrill (3/15/08)
9. (1) 8x10 by Elizabeth Ellen (12/15/06)
10. (NR) The Last Stop by Jenny Halper (3/15/08)
Labels: Aaron Burch, David Barringer, Elizabeth Ellen, Jami Attenberg, Jenny Halper, John Leary, Kate Hill Cantrill, Kim Chinquee, Matt Briggs, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Top Ten
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