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Friday, 20 November 2009

Things seem to have settled down ... a bit

After having had 1539 'hits' yesterday, things have settled down a bit today.

So far this blog has had just over 500 'hits' today, and although this is still well over what I would normally expect, it seems to be dropping back towards a more normal level.

I still don't know what caused this surge; I can hope that it is down to a sudden rise in people interested in wargaming in general and my ramblings in particular ... but I suspect that it is more likely due to a computer glitch or a virus attack somewhere on the Internet.

Let's hope that everything returns to normal soon!

6 comments:

  1. Check out FlamesofWar.com. Your answer in the increase of viewers lies there. :-)

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  2. Ah, what a nice link for them to do! You must be happy to know that there's no mysterious Internet glitch causing it all, and it's genuine traffic!

    C

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  3. Fame at last, Bob! Someone at FoW loves you!

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  4. Thresh et al,

    Thanks for pointing this out to me; it has been a very awe-inspiring event!

    I never, ever thought – even in my wildest dreams – that anyone at one of the large, commercial wargames websites would bother to read a blog like mine ... and then put in a link to it! As CWT says, it was a nice thing for them to do.

    It only shows how important Edward Woodward was to so many people when they started out in wargaming. His character – Callan – gave a lot of new wargamers a feeling of confidence and self esteem. He made it ‘cool’ to be a wargamer because he showed that you could ‘play with toy soldiers’ and still be an Alpha Male.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  5. You might investigate installing a service like StatCounter, which not only counts hits but gives you considerable information about where readers are coming from (and more).

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  6. EastwoodDC,

    Thanks for the tip. I thought that I was supposed to get that information from my current hit counter provider but somehow it has never worked.

    All the best,

    Bob

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