When I reviewed my latest statistics I was surprised by the results. The top five most viewed posts were neither those that I’d worked the hardest to produce, nor those the I thought might draw the most interest.
What didn’t surprise me was that my clever titles are most often lost in the mix. The blunt ‘THERE YOU GO’ headings generally do better.
So much for subtlety. A rose by any other name basically goes unnoticed no matter how sweet it smells!
The seven most viewed posts:
1 recent-images-of-dublin-ireland
2 tracking-the-light-news-flash-photos-of-philadelphia-schuylkill-river-bridge-derailment
3 sperry-train-at-islandbridge-junction-on-august-30-2012
4 streamliners-at-spencer-photos-by-brian-solomon
5 tracking-the-light-special-post-palmer-hobbies-now-open
6 panasonic-lumix-lx100-review
7 railway-photography-tips-to-improve-your-odds-the-basics
Here’s five posts I wished you’d seen, but statistically you missed. Like a post? Please share it!
U2 went there a few days ago and it went viral; Tracking the Light visited and; crickets.
2 running-numbers-springfield-massachusetts-on-a-sunday-morning
So much for betting on clever titles.
3) ghost-of-the-lackawanna-daily-post/
Cool title, cool photo, great information, check it out! (shameless plug, I know, but hardly anyone paid attention before).
4) daily-post-irish-rail-wellingtonbridge-county-wexford-december-2005/
Ah come on, it’s like the beet, man.
5) philadelphia-a-view-from-a-canoe
Hey, what’s da matter, yous got a problem with boats or something? Eh?
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