One of the cool and humbling things about the internet and the blogosphere is you can see how many times something you've written got clicked and not just that, but where, if not who, that click came from.
This is not the same as how many different people actually read what you wrote--many clicks may not have resulted in somebody interested enough to read beyond the headline. Some clicks may be the same person coming back later.
But you do get some idea.
The Phantom, for example, knows he has fewer than 10 steady readers, mostly members of his immediate family who use the stuff to open phone conversations. But it's the 21st century version of the Sunday evening family meal.
There are occasional clickers, and those numbers have sometimes drifted into the hundreds but mostly stay below.
What is really astonishing and inexplicable is the where. You can see where your clicks are coming from.
For almost a year the greatest number of clicks came from Ukraine and Russia.
For the past six months Ukraine has disappeared and Italy is big. More clicks from Italy than even from the USA.
For a week or two France will emerge as a leader-but that's almost understandable if he's written something with a French personality or France in the headline.
The Phantom had a good run with Portugal for a while.
Almost never anyone from Africa. The Phantom guesses he is just not addressing topics of interest to Africans.
The Middle East does very few clicks--apart from the occasional few from Israel.
South America may as well not even be on the map, which is actually an accurate reflection of the Phantom's state of mind.
Asia and the subcontinent run hot and cold, but none from China, ever. Japan, occasionally, and Hong Kong.
A regret is the absence of Scandinavian clicks. The Phantom is a devotee of Nordic noir. He has watched every episode of every series on Netflix, Amazon etc set in Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland. But the love and interest are not reciprocated. The Phantom is a non entity in Scandinavia. sad to say.
On the other hand, the Phantom has to this day never been able to keep those Scandinavian flags straight. They are all variations on the same cross. I think Denmark has a white cross on red, and Sweden a yellow cross on blue, but Norway has red and blue and white and so does Iceland and Finland. It's all very confusing.
Perhaps what the Phantom needs is a marketing consultant. Surely, there is someone out there who will try to sell the Phantom on the idea she actually knows why he has no appeal in those northern latitudes.
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| Clicks on the Phantom for the past week |
This is not the same as how many different people actually read what you wrote--many clicks may not have resulted in somebody interested enough to read beyond the headline. Some clicks may be the same person coming back later.
But you do get some idea.
The Phantom, for example, knows he has fewer than 10 steady readers, mostly members of his immediate family who use the stuff to open phone conversations. But it's the 21st century version of the Sunday evening family meal.
There are occasional clickers, and those numbers have sometimes drifted into the hundreds but mostly stay below.
What is really astonishing and inexplicable is the where. You can see where your clicks are coming from.
For almost a year the greatest number of clicks came from Ukraine and Russia.
For the past six months Ukraine has disappeared and Italy is big. More clicks from Italy than even from the USA.
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| Icelandic drama |
For a week or two France will emerge as a leader-but that's almost understandable if he's written something with a French personality or France in the headline.
The Phantom had a good run with Portugal for a while.
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| Island belonging to Norway |
Almost never anyone from Africa. The Phantom guesses he is just not addressing topics of interest to Africans.
The Middle East does very few clicks--apart from the occasional few from Israel.
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| Danish journalist |
South America may as well not even be on the map, which is actually an accurate reflection of the Phantom's state of mind.
Asia and the subcontinent run hot and cold, but none from China, ever. Japan, occasionally, and Hong Kong.
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| My friend in Reykjavik |
A regret is the absence of Scandinavian clicks. The Phantom is a devotee of Nordic noir. He has watched every episode of every series on Netflix, Amazon etc set in Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland. But the love and interest are not reciprocated. The Phantom is a non entity in Scandinavia. sad to say.
On the other hand, the Phantom has to this day never been able to keep those Scandinavian flags straight. They are all variations on the same cross. I think Denmark has a white cross on red, and Sweden a yellow cross on blue, but Norway has red and blue and white and so does Iceland and Finland. It's all very confusing.
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| Swedish chess |
Perhaps what the Phantom needs is a marketing consultant. Surely, there is someone out there who will try to sell the Phantom on the idea she actually knows why he has no appeal in those northern latitudes.
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