Well, I am now back to daily posting. I’m still working on finishing the layout of the blog and importation of old content.

Since this was my first year blogging–first half year, really, I started in late July–I will summarize what it’s been like.

It was pretty hard at the start. I always have an opinion on sports, but there’s a big difference between having a one-sentence opinion and writing a coherent, entertaining full post on it. ESPN.com gave me a lot of help with their news… And I actually hate ESPN.com because it takes so long to load with all their multimedia and leaderboard ads that obscure the nav bar. But, ESPN.com does have the best and most complete news section.

Now, here are the key stats for my blog:

Page Views-Unique Visits
July: 2,695-2,042
August: 5,762-4,345
September: 12,618-9,335
October: 14,047-10,691
November: 11,748-9,707
December*: 5,247-4,224
*-December stats were hurt by the move to WordPress.

Top Posts
(by Pageviews)
Top 100 Most Influential Sports Bloggers-5,858
Top 20 Blog Posts of the Year-2,536
Guy Who Designed Ravens Logo Sues Ravens-2,490
V-Tech: Note America’s Team-2,413
Brady Quinn’s Holdout-2,146

I’ll give the links when I get the rest of the site moved.

Top States by Traffic
New York-3,061
California-2,668
Ohio-2,415
Illinois-1,746
Pennsylvania-1,423
Massachusetts-1,329
Texas-1,302
Virginia-1,180
Florida-1,121

The Biggest Losers
Wyoming-18
North Dakota-19
Alaska-21
Montana-25
South Dakota-26

Various Cities
New York City-1,549
Los Angelos, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills-523
San Francisco-242
Houston-212
Dallas-151
Cleveland-129

Random Countries That Have Sent Traffic
Mexico-34
Russia-15
Nicaragua-2
Slovakia-2
Iran-1
Saudia Arabia-1

Sadly Iraq still hasn’t been able to get their internet infrastructure built back up, so they haven’t given me any visits.

Top Traffic Sources
Deadspin-11,394
Direct-5,236
Google-2,096
The Big Lead-2,094

Top Google Keywords
Juiced Sports Blog-35 visits
Atlanta Falcons Owner-28
Duke vs Notre Dame-28
Sports Blog-26
Alex Gaskarth (frontman for All Time Low, band I interviewed at the Warped Tour)-24
Notre Dame vs Duke-22

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