Normally I have between between 300 – 500 unique visits a day on this blog – with the bulk coming between 9:00 – 5:00 (suffice it to say — GASP! — people surf the net at work).
So I was surprised when I looked this morning and saw there were 173 visits between midnight and 8:00am (normally the “slow time” for visitors).
What would cause a traffic spike like that?
A couple of weeks ago, somehow an eight month old post, “Be Careful What You Say on the Internet!” got “stumbled upon” sending a flurry of traffic. I figured something similar must have happened last night.
Nope. A quick check of Sitemeter showed a ton of visits from people searching Google/Yahoo for the story of the bozo doing 219 MPH in his Lamborghini down a Phoenix freeway. They were finding last nights post/video — Idiot Drives Lamborghini 219 MPH on Phoenix Freeway.
Every page looks similar to this in my Sitemeter stats:
Obviously it would be highly unlikely if any of these visitors are also in need of a Phoenix real estate agent. Right?
You never know. Looking deeper at the stats, many of these visits were from Phoenix area residents. Who knows, maybe a few will read something else, and decide they like it here. All it takes is for one to bookmark the blog, add it to their feed reader, or “phone a friend”.
Clearly the Lamborghini post had nothing to do with real estate. But it was local news, and let’s face it — people go to the internet for news. Nothing wrong with them finding your blog when they do.
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lol… I’ll try that… good one… hope it works the same with a corvette… hahaha nice post!
So.. where’s the pics of that car?
Observer – no pics, but there is video. Follow the link in the post, or just go here:
http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/idiot-drives-lamborghini-219-mph-on-phoenix-freeway/584
Hi,
The Post about sitemeter was really good and keep up the hard work. I’d just like to know that how to increase the traffic on a blog. I,ve searched on google many times but no possitive results were found.
That would definitely do it! lol!
**Lambo´s last blog post..Lamborghini Super Trofeo
I guess the moral of the story is the more nuttier, crazier stuff on the blog the more traffic. Guess that makes sense in the world we live in today. I like watching some of that crazy stuff too, like someone driving 200+.
Just as long as is not misleading information it will be ok.
**Baja Real Estate´s last blog post..How Americans are Stretching Their Money South of the Border in Baja California Mexico