Ok, I managed to capture the 700,000 visit today to Webmetricsguru.com and it came from Tucker, Georgia and was looking for information on Vanessa Anne Hudgens and found my post about Vanessa Hudgens photos maxes out Google HotTrends - Updated; this person looked at 6 of my blog posts too …but I doubt I'll ever figure out who it is.  

Just 9 months ago, or so, I was waiting for my 100,000th visit; had no idea I'd reach 700,000 this soon.  I guess the logical question to ask … can I reach the 1,000,000th visit this year?   My guess is, yes, if I have one or two more "hit" posts like the one I wrote on Vanessa Hudgens.  Problem is … they're not exactly on topic for Web Metrics - even though I've looked at buzz from a Web Analytics Standpoint - it's still a stretch, and one I'm not willing to make all the time.

In other words, I will write about Celebrity Buzz, if I think I can shed some light on the traffic, from a Web Analytics standpoint - but I won't, even if I can get a bit of traffic, write about Celebrity Buzz if I have nothing substantive to say about it.

That's the position I've been forced to define - because the last thing I want to see is a lot of traffic that comes to my site, but I don't have the content they're looking for.  So, unless I can in some way, add to the conversation, I don't want just any "Celebrity Buzz" that I could have - even it it means forgoing some traffic.

I guess I'm hoping something will come up that will have enough "Buzz" to it but also be something I can write about (but not be so over popular, there's no way to rank for it) where I'll plug into a community or niche and get a ton a traffic that way …but those opportunities - like the surfing waves, you have to know when to "jump" on, to catch the wave, so to speak, and I can't teach that - it's just a "gut instinct" type of thing.  

I've ma gaged to get good at it - but I'm not always right either, and have written many posts that might appear to rank well, but didn't drive much traffic; still learning this thing as I go (and that's what makes it interesting - if I had everything figured out - it would be time to change what I'm doing to something else).

So, thank God that I don't have it "all figured out" and there's always more to learn about blogging and writing posts that people want to read, that inform them and start or continue a conversation.

Webmetricsguru.com By Entry Pages > Visit Detail Visit 700,000
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Domain Name		bellsouth.net ? (Network)
IP Address		216.78.45.# (BellSouth.net)
ISP		BellSouth.net
Location		Continent  :  North America Country  :  United States  (Facts) State  :  Georgia City  :  Tucker Lat/Long  :  33.856, -84.2129 (Map)
Language		English (U.S.) en-us
Operating System		Microsoft WinXP
Browser		Internet Explorer 6.0 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 3.1)
Javascript		version 1.3
Monitor		Resolution  :  1024 x 768 Color Depth  :  32 bits
Time of Visit		Oct 7 2007 1:42:48 pm
Last Page View		Oct 7 2007 1:44:42 pm
Visit Length		1 minute 54 seconds
Page Views		6
Referring URL
Visit Entry Page		http://www.webmetric…gens pics&blog_id=74
Visit Exit Page		http://www.webmetric…_photos_maxes_o.html
Out Click
Time Zone		UTC-5:00
Visitor's Time		Oct 7 2007 1:42:48 pm
Visit Number		700,000

Traffic has died down, somewhat, in the last week or two, yet I'm still getting between 3500 - 4000 visits a day on Webmetricsguru.com (at least, till I hit the next "big" post that will magnify my traffic tenfold for a short time) and today, Sunday, October 7th, 2007, Webmetricsguru.com will also receive it's 700,000th Visit.

I've had no luck tracking down the 50,000th visit, 100,000th visit …. all the way up to now…the 700,000th visit.  But my offer stands - if your the 700,000th visit today, and I can figure out who you are, you get a painting of mine.

Here's where we are right now:

And look at the pageviews and visits Webmetricsguru.com has received in the last year (below); last month I got 216,000 visits and contributed over 10% to Know More Media's total traffic for the month (Know More Media has over 100 blogs, btw).

I'll post the details of 700,000th visit (provided that I can catch it in the free version of Sitemeter that's running on Webmetricsguru.com) today, as well.

Here's one of the two paintings of mine you might win (if your the 700,000th visit):

of this painting which I did last week (see below):

Actually, I looked at this painting today while at my Brooklyn Studio - and quite liked it, I called it "New Still Life" and "The Color of Thought" but you can read more it on my post in ArtNewYorkCity.com titled: New Still Life, if you want.