In March this year, I posted this about the strange number of views a post was getting.
Not long after, views dropped off again, but have remained constant at one or two a day ever since.
Then yesterday, I noticed my stats were climbing, and I checked on which posts were receiving all the views.
Yes, this original 2020 post was being viewed at an alarming rate, once again.
110 views for that day alone, and still coming in.
I still have no idea why this happens!
Water ya complainin’ about? Yer gettin’ views!
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OUCH!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, for the past three months, I have been getting hundred of views of my story about the 70’s Actor Jan-Michael Vincent, who went from being a huge film and TV star to destitute – he died a few years ago…anyway, the views are all coming from Google search, so I assume that when someone google’s his name, my story pops up as one of the featured links…no reason why, and much like you, I get no likes or comments, just views!
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My Clearwater posts have a combined total of over 1,000 views as of today. I can only presume there is a LOT of interest in that short film. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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It’s always fascinating Pete…I know that my Pinterest pic of Jan-Michael Vincent, which links to my story, has HUGE numbers…in fact, I get more than 250,000 views in total from Pinterest every month and it does translate to clicks on my cult film site especially
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Those are amazing stats, John. Exceptionally well done my friend!
Best wishes, Pete.
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It seems to take on a life of its own!
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I’m getting the same Pete all I can see are where the views come from..a mystery….
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The views for this one seem to come from the UK, judging by the stats.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Mine mainly come from Turkey or other Eastern European countries :)xx
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Who cares why it is happening as long as it is happening?
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Hi, John. I’m just interested to know why, it’s not a big deal. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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You wrote — “Hi, John. I’m just interested to know why, it’s not a big deal. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. — Since a lot of comments overlap one another on wordpress.com, I need to ask you what it is that you are referring to so I can render an answer to your question. Thank you.
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I was referring to being interested to know why this posts gets so many random views. 🙂
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Probably because it is stirring the passions of a lot of people with random views themselves.
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If you are speaking about the “Clear Water Anomaly,” is is not such a big deal because it is status quo and par for the course on blogging platforms and on a lot of other platforms that require responses from readers. Some days are flush and some days are bleak and sparse. It seems to be the natural order of the way things work.
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You sound a lot like me, Pete. We want logical explanations for things that are illogical.
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Yes, I should know to have given up on that idea by now, Pete. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Your reviews are very useful, Pete! I am sure a lot of people are using them for prior information about the movies. xx Michael
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This post has a very unusually high number of views. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I would love to know why this happens…
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Me too. Despite the boost in stats, the mystery is infuriating! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I freaked out before the end when you first posted it so didn’t finish it and can’t see a comment from me on the post. I managed it this time but it’s still as horrible. Good photography though. 🥴
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It’s the photography that appeals to me too. I watched it in fullscreen, and it really is ‘immersive’ 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes it is, especially the blood in the water bits.
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Weird, but yes I also have one blog I wrote a couple of years ago that gets one view almost every day. Not sure if it’s the same person looking at it or somebody else.
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I have 4-5 posts that are viewed every day without fail, but this one has received many hundreds of views.
Best wishes, Pete.
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HMMMMMmmmmmm……. mysteries.
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A suitable mystery for a mysterious film, Pejj. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Its a slow day here, snowing outside. I wrote a blog about it, I wanted to post poetry but the poetry book I selected, was___well the poems certainly offered a mood, not positive. It seems I found the best one already. The poems are very well written regarding their topics. Not what I wanted. So I am settling into the day in a new direction. May your day be sunny and bright!
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It is night time here now, Pejj, and the day was sadly neither sunny nor bright. However, my mood is good! 🙂
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Mellow day here, I think a perfect day to work on the Shibui Found Image Art book. I need a manuscript to share with a critique partner. It is a matter of pulling the info together from all my sources. A nice built beginning is a start. I was looking for a writing template for a manual. I think looking at the layout of a book my professor wrote about Art & Design is going to get me what I want. That thought feels right.
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I left a comment on your snowy gazebo post. 🙂
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How’s Jamiroquai doing?
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Still 1-2 views every day, without fail. 🙂
This one has no hope of ever beating that.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Search engines like Google, etc, do periodic website and blog searches (scrapings) to analyse their popularity, Pete, it helps readjust and refine their search algorithms.
Scammers do similar scrapings, but are looking for email addresses and weak passwords.
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Thanks for the information, Chris.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Weird.
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I can’t see why they do it, but it’s good for view numbers. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I feel the same with my blog. Sometimes it’s crowded, sometimes it’s quiet, like in a cemetery. I’m lucky to be able to travel, visit and read other friends’ great blogs. Including your blog.
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Thanks, Afriant. I am lucky to get good stats every day, but this post gets so many views it boosts the numbers. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pleased to hear it. Isn’t it a nice visit that we as bloggers look forward to?
Continued success to you friend. I enjoy visiting your blog. Light and very fun to read your writing.
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It worked with my old iPad. I have no idea why I cannot post comments on some peoples blogs with my newer iPads but it is absolutely frustrating!
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I have been trying to comment on this for awhile and still seem to have the problem of an inability to comment but I have gone back to my old and tired iPad again to see if it will work. I want to add this happened to me on my old WordPress site Pete. It’s happened with a poem. It’s weird
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It came through as anonymous, Lorraine. But this one was you. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. x
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There is no rhyme nor reason to it Pete. It tells me I am not signed into WP but I an! I so much want to interact with people and respond to posts but the dambed glitch won’t let me? So then I try to got my okd UPad wirkung and that is a whole other story lol
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Unfortunately, I have never had any Apple products, so know nothing about how they work. I can well imagine how annoying it is though.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Bah to Apple lol xx
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I am trying to comment but can’t again!
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Not sure who you are, but I let you comment. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I once had this happen on my old WP blog Pete. It was a poem. It happened over and over again. It is weird!
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Very strange, but good for boosting stats. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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