What I Learned From 2007 - Will Taft
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Inquiring minds want to know: What were the most amazing, profound, surprising, or even whacky things you’ve learned over the last year?
Here’s a contribution from Will Taft of Will Taft.com - Healthy Living for People and Planet Earth:
I believe much of what I and the readers of my blog learn from my site is contained in the comments on my articles. So as a tribute to my loyal readers and commentators, I thought to include here the articles from my site that each month generated the most comments.
As the site has only been up for 2007, comments have increased a lot as we approach 2008. This made me realize that comments alone are not the best judge of the most popular posts. So I also factored in the number of times a page was viewed and found in search results. If the winner in a given month is really different than I might have chosen on my own, I’ll own up.
So, with a precision drum-roll….. Here are my choices for 2007. Enjoy!
A Post From Every Month of 2007:
January: What is Simple Living? A few thought on sustainability and simple living.
February: First Small School Opened A bit of a critique on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Small School Initiative.
March: Bird Friendly Coffee A widely read, no comments, article on why you should try to purchase this certified coffee.
April: Find Local Food Sources The first article in a series on the importance of eating locally produced food.
May: Chemicals in Farmed Salmon: The winner in readership, but I would have chosen this article on Economic Sustainability.
June: Soap Changes the Sex of Fish Absolutely no adult content here, just serious concern about what we put down our drains.
July: How to Eat Less To Lose Weight Won in readers by a hair over the one I would have chosen, The Dirty Dozen of Food.
August: Eight Fact About Myself Probably won because of a link from my “about” page, but it does let you in on a few secrets!
September: Turn Out The Lights - Or Not? I was very surprised by the popularity of this article.
October: Eat At Least Three Hours Before Going To Sleep This one had 12 comments, but hundreds of readers.
November: Can Eating Well Prevent Alzheimer’s? November’s winner.
December: Will Earth Survive? One Humble Opinion The most popular article of the year with a bunch of comments and over 2,000 views in the first 5 days.
Wishing happiness to all in 2008!
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So what’s it all about?
Friends, if you’ve written about it at your blog in 2007, then you’re invited to join us for this special edition of What I Learned From… Care to share with us your favorite/ best/ most controversial/ strangest, etc. posts? (You get to pick one from each month you’ve been blogging in 2007.)
Well, don’t just sit there like a bump on a pickle; click the link, check out the simple instructions, and jump right in! Get your entries in by Sunday night, January 13, and I’ll publish them all right here at Middle Zone Musings.
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10 responses so far
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What a wonderful collection of posts! I especially like How to Eat Less to Lose Weight, both the title and content.
Nice collection of posts. I enjoyed reading “Will Earth Survive? One Humble Opinion”. It is great that there are many people who respect the Earth.
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Hi again Will! I enjoyed this round up too - learning from what’s popular with our readers and visitors can be a stretch and challenge to our thinking, can’t it?
I often write something that I think will get lots of attention… which is followed by… silence - while something else that I didn’t agonise over is what people respond to (maybe there’s a blogging lesson there:-))
Joanna
Joanna: I know exactly what you mean! I must say too - it’s really irritating! In a good way. Sortof.
I mean, it helps me see new things, after all! :-\
Thanks Brad! Sort of serendipitous how it ended up in the same month as “The Dirty Dozen of Food”!
-Will
Yes Joanna, I echo Robert’s comment. It is nice to have those readers and commentators to keep us focused though!
Will, I enjoyed your ‘8 Facts About Myself’ post. What a wonderful variety of interests you have!
I found myself drawn to the ‘Turn Out the Lights — or Not?’ post as well. I’ve wondered that myself. A great read, thank you.
I appreciate your insight and the consideration you give each post, Will.
This helps me so much in understanding one of my guest-bloggers
Well done, Will, you’ve got me hooked
Hi Will, congrats! The writing project - seems like interesting project. Wow, you are really good in analyzing your bloggers and comments, you have really good analytical mind. Thanks for sharing, Anna