This is my 300th post on this blog. I remember when I shifted to my own domain name last August, after awestruck by the beauty of Patrix’s blog (it is now not as beautiful as it used to be), I just has 95 posts. This blog has traveled a long way since that eventful August, 2006. Serendipity now gets around 150-200 unique visitors each day (Short stats claims that figure to be around 400-500 but I wonder why it’s so high compared to google analytics). Google adsense income is around $ 2-4 per day, which is high by my standards. On few occasions its as low as $ 0.5 but average hovers around $3. Feedburner tells me that I have around 110 subscribers. The google PR is now 4 but predictions are that it will increase to 5 shortly. The most visited post, which will be a surprise to most of my regular readers, happens to be When Munna bhai is overtaken by Veer. (It has been viewed 2158 times)
I think I have achieved a lot in these months, particularly as a personal blog. I know technology blogs have dominated the blogsphere but I still went ahead with a personal blog because this is what interests me the most. I did divulge out many secrets about me in the initial days of blogging but I had nothing better to write. With time and more online friends I slowly started writing about other issues.
I am seriously overwhelmed by the kind of responses readers have shown. I remember once I was ranting about few emotional problems. I deliberately turned the comments off and to my surprise people mailed me to express their support. I thanked them profusely for the support. Recently I have got tremendous response to the series (A sensible boy and the Kar sewaks) on my blog. People have mailed me, scrapped me and even talked to me personally on the matter. I will come up with the concluding post shortly.
I really don’t know how long will this passion for blogging last within me but as long as it is, I want to give my best. Thanks a billion to all my readers. And special thanks to Mohib for suggesting me dreamhost at $22 for the first year, without which I couldn’thave hosted by blog.
Do check out the top posts page. Regular posting will begin shortly after I conclude the series I started as I am too occupied answering emails from people ![]()
Congrats on reaching this milestone. Keep writing. And I’m sorry to know that my blog’s beauty no longer impresses you
Ah! such is the cost of change.