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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Top Ten Page Views for May 2009
Once again, very late posting this, due to insane work schedules. Total traffic for the month was 86,341, which convinces me that, yes, I need to find time to pimp the site again. Samuel Lee's piece is yet another testament to the power of StumbleUpon, as his story garnered over 5,000 page views from Stumblers alone. One reviewer there commented, "Thanks for the braingasm."1. (6) I Use Commas like Ninja Stars by Samuel Lee (3/18/09)
2. (4) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
3. (3) Barista by Sarah Black (3/18/09)
4. (5) Night Vision by Edmond Caldwell (3/18/09)
5. (2) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
6. (7) Star Man by Bill Cook (3/18/09)
7. (NR) The Folk Singer Dreams of Time Machines by Matt Bell (6/15/08)
8. (8) One Night at Crobar by Shane Goth (3/18/09)
9. (NR) Disease Relics by Blake Butler (6/15/08)
10. (9) Bluegills by Thomas Cooper (3/18/09)
Labels: Bill Cook, Blake Butler, Edmond Caldwell, John Leary, Matt Bell, s, Samuel Lee, Sarah Black, Shane Goth, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Thomas Cooper, Top Ten
posted by Dave Clapper at 4:33 PM 0 commentsFriday, May 01, 2009
Top Ten Page Views for April 2009
Updating this at the same time as March's stats, which shows just how far behind I got. 86,978 page views for the month. Hmmm. Might be time for me to figure out a way to get less busy at work and much busier pimping content.1. (NR) Tenderoni by Kathy Fish (10/2/08)
2. (NR) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
3. (7) Barista by Sarah Black (3/18/09)
4. (2) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
5. (6) Night Vision by Edmond Caldwell (3/18/09)
6. (1) I Use Commas like Ninja Stars by Samuel Lee (3/18/09)
7. (10) Star Man by Bill Cook (3/18/09)
8. (NR) One Night at Crobar by Shane Goth (3/18/09)
9. (NR) Bluegills by Thomas Cooper (3/18/09)
10. (3) Toes by Darby Larson (3/18/09)
Labels: Bill Cook, Darby Larson, Edmond Caldwell, John Leary, Kathy Fish, Samuel Lee, Sarah Black, Shane Goth, Steve Almond, Thomas Cooper, Top Ten
posted by Dave Clapper at 4:13 PM 0 commentsTuesday, February 03, 2009
Top Ten Page Views for January 2009
Another month of big activity from StumbleUpon. The pieces by Pendarvis, Kinsella, Maltezos, Hunt, Leary, Chopan, Bundy, and Cooper all had higher referral rates from there than from any other site. Huai's hits came from her inteview, which in turn got its traffic from China Adopt Talk. AichenbaUm, Chopan, Bundy, and Cooper got most of their hits from the front page of SmokeLong (which makes me wonder if it's unfair to some authors to list the contents on the front page alphabetically... hmmm). Leary's hits are largely from people googling for very short stories.1. (2) Taco Foot by Jack Pendarvis (12/15/07)
2. (NR) Phoenix by W.P. Kinsella (12/15/08)
3. (3) Beautiful by Antonios Maltezos (10/2/08)
4. (NR) Thirteen by Tai Dong Huai (12/15/08)
5. (5) Ants by David Aichenbaum (12/15/08)
6. (1) How 9) Strange by Laird Hunt (12/15/07)
7. (NR) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
8. (NR) The World Before This One by Jon Chopan (12/15/08)
9. (10) Earthrise by Christopher Bundy (12/15/08)
10. (NR) Ghost Bike by Thomas Cooper (12/15/08)
In total, it was another good month, with 107,988 page views.
Edit: By the way, our total page views for last year (I just checked) was 1,108,463. How cool is that?!
Labels: Antonios Maltezos, Christopher Bundy, David Aichenbaum, Jack Pendarvis, John Leary, Jon Chopan, Laird Hunt, SmokeLong Quarterly, Tai Dong Huai, Thomas Cooper, Top Ten, W.P. Kinsella
posted by Dave Clapper at 5:34 PM 0 commentsMonday, January 05, 2009
Keyhole Press announces fiction chapbook finalists
Another incredible group. Looking forward to hearing who the winner is, as judged by Michael Martone. Here are the finalists:
Jason Stout - Out Into Nothing
Thomas Cooper - Phantasmagoria
Randall Brown - Future Perfect Tense
Chauna Craig - Children, Gamblers, Drunks, and Saints
Adam Peterson - The Flasher
Stefanie Freele - Breathing Oysters
Matt Bell - The Collectors
Aaron Burch - How to Predict the Weather
Laura Loomis - Lost In Translation
Kathy Fish - It's Possible I'm Not Even Here
Congratulations to all. Keyhole's official announcement is here. Also, check out Keyhole's latest issue, their special handwritten issue. One of the coolest issues of a lit mag I've ever seen.
Labels: Aaron Burch, Adam Peterson, Jason Stout, Kathy Fish, Keyhole Magazine, Matt Bell, Michael Martone, Randall Brown, Stefanie Freele, Thomas Cooper
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