The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 160,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 7 days for that many people to see it.
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Michael I believe it is going to be a good year for the likes of us. Watching ABC Sydney. Did not see any views from Kirribilli. Wonder where the genius is.
Congratulations Michael. I’m sorry I had to leave you because of hostile criticism from misguided ALP supporters who considered that sacrificing principle was o.k. if it kept Abbott out of office. Hopefully they have had a re-think and will not take such a simplistic and unethical view prior to the next election. Hopefully, too, those self-procalimed expert “award-winning” writers who abuse the language by misusing words and writing ungrammatically, will also have moderated their egos.
Even if these contributors remain and have not changed, I wish your venture every success for the future. It *is* worthwhile, in spite of those too opinionated to be able to see their feelings and consider other points of view and I know that you have put much into getting it off the ground. I, of course, as many of those regular contributors will tell you, am a nobody, but for what my opinion is worth – it’s a good thing that you’ve built and I commend you for it – and those writers who do take a fair and open-minded approach and are willing to learn from others. Well done, all.
Not bad for a site that ‘shut down’ in June! 😀
Fantastic. I love the Louvre and I love your blog. Good job!