Site Traffic

So today, I decided to check the stats of my blog - who was viewing it, where people were viewing it from, how they were viewing it, all out of curiosity.

I've done it before and to be honest, I usually pull in pretty average, consistent numbers. So, to say I was a little baffled when I looked today, would be an understatement.

Blogger keeps Now, Day, Week, Month, All stats. Weeks always refresh on Mondays. Looking today, around noon, I had nearly 2,000 views. To say the least, I was pretty pumped. Maybe I'd keep growing - reeling in the audience, eventually be approached by a sponsor, get paid to show some advertisements - maybe become the next Perez Hilton (HAH that'd be ironic). It was awesome - I had viewers from round the world, from at least 15 different countries. I was humbled.

But then - my dreams came crashing down. I noticed something - something very important. All the thousands of views were going to one specific post. This one : Arrival

I thought for a moment to try and figure out why everyone was looking at this post. Then it dawned on me - that picture I had used, was a drawing that had been on the internet for months - literally since when I was still a senior in college. Believe it or not - it was what was rumored the alien in the upcoming 'Super 8' looked like (don't worry - it's not). So, I did some research and if you search 'Super 8 monster' in google images - my blog is one of the sites that comes up.

Damn! That whole time I thought I was attracting people - I was actually just acting as a piece of viral marketing for the film!

Regardless...I'll help out in anyway I can since this movie is going to rock.

I can't believe so many people came to my site for that reason. Suckers haha.

Thanks for all the traffic!