This morning, like I do most mornings, I jumped on the web to check the stats from my blog. I always like to stay on top of what sorts of traffic I get. Granted, it’s never a lot. I average maybe 50 unique visitors a day or so.
Well, this morning was different. When I first checked, I had some 300+ visitors since midnight. Wow… what the hell is going on, I wondered. I checked where these hits were coming from and most of them were coming from a comment I made on ESPN.com a few days ago on a story about Super Bowl foods. I simply posted, “I’m personally going to whip up some Stroganoff Dip. It is ALWAYS a hit.” with a link to my blog post with the recipe.
Lo and behold, somehow that quote got “featured” on their main page. Check the image to the left, bottom. I have no clue how or why. All I know is that as of right now I’ve gotten 374 unique visitors and over 800 page views. The most interesting part is that I’ve gotten a big spike in traffic from Google from people searching “Stroganoff Dip Recipe” and finding my site that way as well.
The web is an amazing thing.
So, welcome folks from ESPN. Stick around if you like. I’ve written about Sports in general and Boise State specifically quite a bit. Maybe you’ll find something you’ll enjoy.
He’s gone Global! Yee Haw, good dip by the way. 🙂 Enjoy your notoriety…:)
Yep the WEB is quite a place all right. But getting a quote on the front page of ESPN, You made the big time.
That dip rocked, by the way.
I knew that Stroganoff dip of yours was going to be famous one day! I say psh to the crockoff voters! You don’t see anyone else’s recipes generating that type of interest!