Canid Comment - They Keep Going and Going - Articles You Love That Go Way Back

 

Wow, look at this the blog still going strong in 2023.  That is so nice and awesome to see.  Some people tend to go meh about blogs, but let's stop and take a look here for a moment and consider that this blog has been around since 2009, though I generally state 2010 as the year the blog was created.  2009 was a short year for the blog.  Since that time, 129 posts have been added since the start date.  Averaged out over 13 years, that is 10 posts per year or 1 per month, which is not exactly accurate.  In 2018 only one post was added, the lowest number ever, and in 2022 49 were.  The consistency does need a little work.  

Much of that has to do with finding people to interview or things to talk about here on the blog, and there have been years where life events altered things so much that I just could not add content here.  So the fact that Candid Conversations has done so well is impressive to me. And you, the reader, are a large part of that success.  The data shows that the blog has 25K total unique visits, according to stat counter.  Blogger combines unique visits with pages viewed up to 51K.  618 over the period that is how many people returned to read this blog.  So which posts have the most significant number of all-time visits since the creation of the blog?  Ah ha, well, I have the list right here.  Let's dive in.

1. The interview with the most views is about Sports Betting with Robert Ferringo.  The post date is April 9, 2012.  For 13 years, this interview has been getting read. In the last year alone, 119 views, according to Blogger.  The links are still working, so you can still visit the site. As for Robert, I do not know if he is still with the firm, but I may reach out and ask him back for another interview.  Note that the information in the post may be somewhat dated, but much of the advice is good.  Remember that this post is not an endorsement of the site or gambling.  

2. Becca Kidwell joined me in a Candid Conversation in November 2015.  The interview had to do with Twelfth Night by Shakespeare.  The hook, it was being done at the time in a jazz style.  I thought this was interesting, so I caught up with Becca and did this interview.  It's still a good read, with 69 views for the last 12 months.  Though the last time it was read was in Feb of this year.  Yes, all the links still work.  This artist is a shoe in for another interview request as they are still active today.

3. Look at this interview. Wow, I am still seeing reads on it.  Published in August 2015.  Mae West was the subject of the conversation.  LindaAnn Loschiavo, the playwright, spoke with me about her, what she did, and how her legacy is remembered.  I think every young man of the day and, who knows, maybe some of today's generation may find this story and Mae West interesting in more ways than one.  It's interesting to see that this post still has people reading it.  Ah, but she got beat out by one view.  Sorry, LindaAnn.  By the way, there is a second posted interview with LindaAnn.  Check it out as well as the main, and yes, I will see about a 3rd interview with her.

4. The next post on the list is the 1 Million Pixels Project.  Sorry to say, but this post has links that are no longer active, but the story behind selling pixels for a dollar was interesting at the time.  I never bought one.  The post date for this interview is March 13, 2012.

5. The number of views drops significantly from her on.  The threshold for this list is 10 or more views in a year, and with 20 views is an interview with a flea circus ringmaster.  Walt Noon, an inventor, amongst other things, runs flea circuses. I thought that was odd, but I appreciated his work after the interview.  October 1st, 2011, is the date this post was added to the blog.  Another posting with 20 views is also one of my favorites of all time.  Chris Roberts discussed self-defense techniques with me.  I am going to reach out to him again because I think he is interesting, and also, with the way the pandemic affected people, his course may be one of the most important ones you can take.  The posting date is June 8, 2012 

6. This is a bizarre and maybe creepy entry, posted in 2011 the interview got very few views.  During the height of the pandemic that changed.  Robert Barrows interview about video grave markers garnered 1.4K views.  This post got 13 views this going 12 months back.  And yes his site that has the video grave marker is still there.  I am hearing the Twilight Theme as I write LOL.

It goes without saying that there continues to be a lot of engagement here on the site.  Some other real cool interviews here include.  Peter Anthony Holder, discussing his show the Stuph File, Lucas Furst and his interview about the Sushi Popper and Christopher Roberts in his first interview about a program to help students at Troy University exercise while they study.

Take a look at these posts and let me know what you think of them.  Thanks for continuing the journey with me.  The blog is doing great and I am looking forward to more interesting conversations with people via a written and now my new Zoomed in feature on YouTube.  Thanks for reading and viewing the videos.  See you in the next one.

C. T.