Most Popular Posts & Why Stay on Blogger

   A few months back, Jeremy of Black Magic Craft shot a video in which he was sort of reflecting on all the things he’d built since the beginning of his YouTube channel, looking back at his entire journey. Personal inventory, et cetera. I couldn’t help but think, “Is he about to call it quits?”

   But he wasn’t. Thank the gods.

   As a blog admin, you get a nice little control panel with all sorts of numbers and statistics and traffic info, so you can confirm that 12% of your blog’s visitors use Firefox – that sort of thing.

   Every time I check those “statistics,” it’s always like, USA 50 views, Canada 35 views, UK 25 views, Germany 12 views... and there’s always: Mozambique 1 view.

   Mozambique? That’s awesome! One person in Mozambique checks out my blog every time I post a new article? One person in Mozambique loves hearing about old-school tabletop role-playing games. I absolutely love that.

   Or maybe Blogger is in fact throwing random statistics in your face just to keep you happy, as they are wont to do. Who knows?

   Blogs do not get tons of comments. It’s not Facebook. The blogosphere is definitely not a Like-based or a Share-based platform. People read a post, they agree, or perhaps disagree, but they still move on to the next post – or the next blog. I’ve been reading lots of blogs since 2010, and I don’t think I have written much more than 50 comments in all those years.

   Blogger is frustrating, that’s for sure. Fonts keep changing randomly, line spacing keep changing, and sometimes you have to tweak the very same thing three or four times before it looks okay – and it looks okay in the web version, but not on phones.

   I read somewhere that no serious employer will ever contact you if your blog has a blogspot address. Well, okay then. A talented person in a cheap car, or a dumbass in an Alfa Romeo, is that really the question?

   Bottom line is: if Blogger was good enough for Grognardia and Chirine’s Workbench, then it’s good enough for me. You’d probably have to tweak as much stuff on WordPress anyway.

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   Looking at my most popular posts is an interesting and funny exercise. People come to my old-school tabletop role-playing games blog for the things that aren’t old-school tabletop role-playing games. Welcome to the Twilight Zone.

Blibdoolpoolp

[January 2015]

   This post was just plain silly. I wanted to speak about the goddess Blibdoolpoolp, that’s all. But I made the mistake of mentioning a porn star. And that’s it. That is my blog’s most popular post. If you mention a porn star, you’re gonna get traffic, even if it only pops up on the sixth or seventh or eight page of search results.

   If you want to read this one, read it now, because I might delete it soon.

The Desperate Housewives One Page Dungeon

[August 2014]

   This one is my second most popular article. It was also quite silly, although not as much as Blibdoolpoolp. Let’s assume that it gets this much traffic because of the “Desperate Housewives” part, and not because of the “One Page Dungeon” part.

Behold!

[June 2014]

   Third most popular. This one was made mostly for my friend Jerry who is obsessed with Beholders and has always wondered how Beholders manage to reproduce. I’m not sure what key word gave it away – or maybe it was just a couple 10-year-old boys who found it and sent the link to all the other 10-year-olds. It’s the Internet.

   Really not one of my best articles.

Arneson and Saint Paul (not the city)

[March 2016]

   In my top four, this is the only one that sees traffic because of actual RPG reasons, and not a TV show or a porn star or whatever.

   This is a good one indeed, and I still like it five years later.

Top Five Monsters

[August 2015]

   What do you know – a post on the top five monsters or role-playing games is in my top five most popular posts! I like that. Well done, monsters. Especially you, cultists.

   Guess what? I’m not about to call it quits. We’ll see how it goes. I won’t mention porn stars or TV shows or Shawn Mendes unless I absolutely need to.

   According to those mysterious Blogger statistics, I get something between 80 and 100 readers per article. That’s good enough, right? So I’ll keep blogging for a while.

   I’m doing it for you, Mozambique.