So I’m placing a brief pause on my mosaics launch (I will get there, I promise) to point out that I was “Freshly Pressed” by WordPress yesterday, and all I can say is holy cow!
The traffic poured in like I’ve never seen before. I surpassed my highest traffic day nearly 10-fold, and the comments were a steady stream that was enough just to publish let alone respond to. Jeeezzz, now I know what it feels like to make the big time, for a day anyway.
If the sampling of comments I received are representative, folks from all corners of the globe (excluding Antarctica and Greenland) took a peek at Oaktown Art yesterday.
I put together the little Google map below which cemented a few things in my mind:
- My geography knowledge is seriously lacking – like where the heck is New Caledonia? (now I know) And who knew there was a Wartburg, Tennessee?? There really is, I swear.
- My Oaktown Art map is woefully overdue for an update (internship anyone?)
- I wish I had more time to travel to exotic and distant lands (Costa Rica, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Zealand, South Africa, the list goes on and on…)
- And lastly, this internet thing is simply amazing 😉
Thanks to the good folks at WordPress for the kudos.
Here’s a partial list of visitors (those who commented or subscribed) for those who don’t want to click around the map:
| Versailles, Ohio, United States
Baltimore, Maryland, United States Shanghai, Shanghai, China Los Angeles, California, United States St. Paul, Minnesota, United States Chicago, Illinois, United States New Berlin, Wisconsin, United States Miami, Florida, United States Wappingers Falls, New York, United States Baltimore, Maryland, United States Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Seoul, Kyonggi-do, Korea, Republic Of New York, New York, United States Auckland, New Zealand Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia Reno, Nevada, United States Redondo Beach, California, United States Sakiai, Marijampoles Apskritis, Lithuania Legaspi, Albay, Philippines Atlanta, Georgia, United States San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica Collingswood, New Jersey, United States London, England, United Kingdom Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar Nashville, Tennessee, United States Katowice, Slaskie, Poland Huntington Beach, California, United States Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina Boca Raton, Florida, United States San Jose, California, United States San Francisco, California, United States La Canada Flintridge, California, United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Atlanta, Georgia, United States Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Denton, Texas, United States New Delhi, Delhi, India Miami, Florida, United States Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Memphis, Tennessee, United States Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico Hempstead, New York, United States Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Kuwait, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait Noumea, New Caledonia, New Caledonia Canton, Ohio, United States Rome, Lazio, Italy Davao, Davao City, Philippines Paris, Ile-de-france, France |
Moreno Valley, California, United States
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia Melton Mowbray, England, United Kingdom Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand Carson City, Nevada, United States Brazil Amherst, Massachusetts, United States Gilbert, Arizona, United States Killeen, Texas, United States Santa Barbara, California, United States Flagstaff, Arizona, United States Oakland, California, United States Wartburg, Tennessee, United States Fallbrook, California, United States Calgary, Alberta, Canada Bangalore, Karnataka, India Post Falls, Idaho, United States Cullman, Alabama, United States Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Edmonds, Washington, United States Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Torrance, California, United States Southfield, Michigan, United States Makati, Manila, Philippines Dayton, Ohio, United States Sycamore, Illinois, United States United Kingdom Spain Austin, Texas, United States Milford, Michigan, United States Norman, Oklahoma, United States Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Jacksonville, Florida, United States Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Portland, Oregon, United States Omaha, Nebraska, United States Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico Austin, Texas, United States Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-westfalen, Germany Vigo, Galicia, Spain Brandon, Florida, United States Portland, Oregon, United States Sweden Beijing, Beijing, China Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Tarrytown, New York, United States Imola, Emilia-romagna, Italy Geneva, Illinois, United States Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia Wilmington, North Carolina, United States |
Pretty cool, eh?
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