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TWO MONTHS
Sunday, April 27, 2003
TWO MONTHS
Today Peaktalk is hitting its two-month anniversary, and no, I am not going to mark every monthly anniversary, but it is a good time to do some analysis. It may be a coincidence, but the two-month mark coincides with a link from Den Beste for which I like to thank Steven and welcome all who have come here through his USS Clueless. I have had about 1300 unique visitors since the launch of Peaktalk, the majority of them from the US, followed by Canada, The Netherlands, the UK and Germany. The traffic to a very large extent was generated by the following top referrers: 1. InstaPundit The Instalanche came at a very awkward moment; I had barely started so there was not that much content at the time and that got me a little worried. In any case, I have had some generous referrals over the past two months and where possible I have always returned the favour or referred to sites that are just worthwhile linking to. Links have also determined my ranking on the Truth Laid Bear’s ecosystem, the unofficial blog rank list where Peaktalk is now qualified as a Slithering Reptile on number 628. To be honest, rankings and numbers are not that relevant at the moment, but somehow regardless of that you start to measure yourself against these very numbers which is not a very wise strategy. What is important is that I wanted to run this blog in order to engage in writing, analyzing and discussing current affairs which has been a lifelong passion but I have never had the time or the venue to really explore the writing and analyzing part. What happened is that I have started to write about a variety of topics, analyze them and develop opinions and ideas that I probably would only have had subconsciously before. An audience forces you to think it through, word it and re-word it until it clearly crystallizes what you want to say. That in itself is a great achievement and that is certainly why I will continue on this interesting journey. Thanks for visiting and reading. The other thing that happened is that my mode of newsgathering has changed: other blogs have now become a source of primary newsgathering. That brings me to the following point, below. 
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