100,000 Page Views for Gopher Genealogy

At about 3:30 this afternoon the blog Gopher Genealogy reached 100,000 views. The blog began on April 24, 2011. Then in four years-time on February 28, 2015 it reached 50,000 page views. In less than two years it has now doubled the amount of page views. These views are from all around the world, but just over 59,000 come from the United States. When starting the blog it was a novelty and many other genealogists were doing the same. Geneabloggers has about 3,000 blogs listed at their website. Today the website posted an interview entitled, "May I Introduce You to Susan LeBlanc."

This is a short piece from the post:

“This month is my all-time high for page views almost 7,000, for a total of 86,568 in 5 1/2 years. My followers are consistent at 71, but many more see my posts through Google and Facebook. It amazes me that while I have not written as much as at first, the page views continue to grow. I still have plenty to write about and hope to do more writing in the coming year.”

http://www.geneabloggers.com/

The all-time monthly high was surpassed in December 2016 with 10,314 for that month. It continues to grow and it amazes me that this means of communication has generated such a response. Here are some of the statistics from the blog:

Top 10 Posts Viewed

Entry     Pageviews

               

Genealogy Serendipity Moments – The Riggs Family, May 13, 2011, 1398

Genealogists - How Our Brains Assimilate Informatiion, Jan 24, 2012, 3 comments, 760

GopherGenealogy Two Year Blogiversary, Apr 21, 2013, 2 comments, 736

Fascinated by Charlestown, MA and the Tidd Family, Sep 25, 2012, 1 comment, 705

Ancestry.com and Adapting to Change, Mar 10, 2014, 653

SLIG 2015 - Part I, Jan 27, 2015, 646

The Moehnke Family Moves to the New World, Aug 27, 2012, 2 comments, 637

Genealogy Education - Enhance Your Research, Jun 25, 2011, 1 comment, 601

Ruth Chauncey Bishop, May 29, 2015, 597

This is what has been keeping me busy for the last..., Oct 6, 2016, 555

Top 10 Pages Viewed

Entry     Pageviews         

GFO Bulletin Articles, May 14, 2015, 4702

Portland, OR WWII Article, Oct 22, 2012, 2807

Daniel Tidd Article, May 3, 2014, 1385

Adril Gates - War of 1812 Soldier and POW, Feb 5, 2015, 901

Calendar, Oct 30, 2016, 860

Book Reviews Published, May 14, 2015, 835

Lectures, Nov 17, 2015, 746

Book Wish List, Jun 25, 2011, 697

Amos Tidd Family Revolutionary War Patriots, Feb 5, 2015, 675

Ole A. Brown Article, Apr 15, 2013, 673

Audience – Top 10 Countries

Entry     Pageviews

United States 59610

Russia 7076

Germany 5820

Netherlands 3905

France 3882

Ukraine 3228

Canada 922

United Kingdom 688

Poland 582

Latvia 568

Pageviews by Browsers

Entry     Pageviews

Chrome 35625 (36%)

Firefox 28330 (28%)

Internet Explorer 24310 (24%)

Safari 6407 (6%)

Opera 2417 (2%)

BingPreview 548 (<1%)

Mobile Safari 430 (<1%)

OS;FBSV 289 (<1%)

Mobile 256 (<1%)

GSA 199 (<1%)

Pageviews by Operating Systems

Entry     Pageviews

Windows 64930 (65%)

Macintosh 23498 (23%)

Linux 4604 (4%)

iPad 1987 (1%)

iPhone 1981 (1%)

Android 1574 (1%)

Other Unix 526 (<1%)

Unix 419 (<1%)

Compatible 113 (<1%)

Windows NT 6.1 62 (<1%)

Now after six years of writing posts my goal is to continue to do so. This is my 302 post. There are so many family stories that need to get out of my head and notebooks and into a format that my family, friends and associates can enjoy. Do you have a blog and are you continuing to add to the content? We need to write and continue to build on those skills as we come to understand how the past impacts the present and eventually the future. My serendipity moment of the day is reaching 100,000 views and having my interview with Geneabloggers happen on the same day on January 9, 2017. Thank you to those who share the love of writing and reading about our ancestors.