Popularity

Surprise

Something has happened.
I don't really know what it is.
Only 9 days ago, I was celebrating the popularity of my little blog, as it reached the number (huge as it seemed to me then) of 20,000 views.

Now, only 9 days later, the counter is showing over 25,000.

What changed?  I don't know, but being of an enquiring mind, and having a scientific curiosity, I tried to find out.

The single most popular post is The Peter Principle, but Walking the Dog is very rapidly overtaking it, with about 1200 views a week compared to Peter's 100.

Is it something special about that post?
Admittedly it's a bit humorous, with good comments from many, including AliX and Clive (Anonymous), and it has a very cute picture of a Bichon puppy at the start, a nice nude silhouette of a lovely lady, and a big picture of Melons.  The referring sites don't seem to have changed that much either, with dear old Richard [of Richard's Bass Bag] still number one.  Well done Richard [of RBB], but be careful, Hestia's Larder is coming up fast, seemingly not being weighted down by a massive gallstone.
However, I began to wonder if somewhere out there in cyberspace, the twistedscottishbastard.blogspot had some sort of reference, a display of the blog I didn't know about..

Search the World

So I started an exhaustive search on the Interwebhighway, using various keywords and subtle codes known only to those members of the New Zealand Association for Computing, Digital and Information Technology Teachers, otherwise known as either "The Computer Wizards" or "Those grumpy old bastards" and I found some rather worrying information.

The name of my little blog is out there, bit it's not where I would have expected it.
It's not referred to on a site which glorifies the beauties and the subtleties of the English language.
It's not referred to an a site which has exemplars of twisted and black humour.
It's not even referred to on a site which tries to maximise the design knowledge of web designers, using my attractive (I don't care what the votes on the blog say) and semi-patented green on blue web page theme.

I discovered a reference on the site pictured below.

Apparently my little site MAY be famous for having a picture of a young lady in a leather bustier.

I knew there was a reason for putting all those pictures of pretty girls in lingerie on the posts.  It just wasn't to satisfy the carnal lusts of Richard [of RBB] or the depraved tastes of The Curmudgeon, or even the salacious appetite of Basket Maker.

It was for the fame.

Only for the FAME