I hadn’t actually considered compiling data, but Pat’s magnificent work recently has kind of shamed me into doing so.
Basically, everyone that answered either came from another blog that linked to us, followed a specific blogger, or can’t remember. Not surprisingly, blog links is what brought most of us here.
Not surprisingly, those that followed individual bloggers here followed a pretty diverse group; most of the long time contributors have brought at least one person. Erik, Jason and Freddie each have two or three people that followed them over specifically.
In terms of the blogs that sent traffic our way, it’s probably not surprising that the Dish is the biggest one named. The “Other” category consists of those blogs mentioned only once, and includes sites such as Reader shares, One Best Way, and Plain Blog About Politics.
Also, four people said they think they got here googling “libertarian blogs,” and two awesome responses were googling “How to Pick Up Chicks” and “Midget Porn.”
[Erik here: this is yet another post that belongs on the front page, not hidden over in the sidebar!]
Midget porn? Perhaps it was our sister site: “The League of Extra-Ordinary Little Gentlemen”Report
That’s just a redirect to the main page.Report
Data! Graphs! Nerdgasm!Report
Dude, no nerd ‘gasms at pie graphs. Those are for the non-nerds.Report
Plus, it makes the screen gross.Report
I’m trying to encourage more of this, Chris. I realize a Real Mathematician (TM) sneers at pie charts, but… baby steps, man!Report
This may be an ancillary topic but I’m a map guy and I would love to see a map of geographic locations for League regulars (state level would be cool, city level would be awesome).Report
That, Mike, is just an awesome, awesome idea. Consider it in the pipeline.Report
Awsome job dude!Report
Did someone move this from the sidebar? If so, let me know and I’ll leave it here. Otherwise I will put it back.Report
See my edit.Report
Ah! For a minute I thought I was going crazy.Report
Question for you guys… say I have a guest post I wanted to submit… where the heck would I send it?Report
You can email it to E.D. (that’s how I got in the gig) or you can send it to any of the other contributors who have front-page.
My email address is Pea Ess Sea at cms dot caltech dot edu.Report
North – after all these years, you still have to ask?Report
Well E.D. I am a prolific commenter but not much of a poster ya know? And I have the brains of a parsnip (a small parsnip!) when it comes to remembering email addy’s and the like.Report
I think I figured out your nefarious code. I’ll try emailing it to ya. Lemme know if it comes through.Report
As you may have guessed, I got it 🙂Report
“In terms of the blogs that sent traffic our way, it’s probably not surprising that the Dish is the biggest one named.”
Puh-lease. Gang, it’s the 21st century, nobody cares what consenting adults do with consenting little adults. The Dish? “Yes, Mrs. Kelly, Tod stays up until 2 AM every night reading a general interest blog called The Dish. ” Got bad news for you guys, your wives ain’t that clueless. Just tell them the truth, they’ll find out in the end anyway.Report
Fine, fine. I was looking for midget porn. Happy?Report