{"id":6173,"date":"2009-01-07T00:10:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T06:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/01\/07\/top_12_blog_posts_of_2008\/"},"modified":"2009-01-07T00:10:53","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T06:10:53","slug":"top_12_blog_posts_of_2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/01\/07\/top_12_blog_posts_of_2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 12 Blog Posts of 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Michael Hyatt gave me this idea<\/strong>, as he listed the top 10 most popular posts from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelhyatt.com\/\">his blog<\/a><\/strong>.  So here are mine, only I decided to go for 12, seeing as there are twelve months in a year. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The interesting thing<\/strong> is the last one that ekes onto this list is about Michael Hyatt and Thomas Nelson.  Go figure!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The numbers in parentheses<\/strong> tell how many people read the post, but see my note below on this.  <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/michael_hyatt_explains_how_they_choose_w\">Michael Hyatt Explains How Thomas Nelson Chooses Which Books to Publish (111)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/tolkien_owes_me_350_for_my_air_condition\">Tolkien Owes Me $350 For My Air Conditioner (131)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/ted_dekker_frank_peretti_s_house_in_thea\">Ted Dekker\/Frank Peretti&#8217;s HOUSE In Theatres! (140)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/auralia_s_colors_of_villains_aamp_beastm\">Auralia&#8217;s Colors &#8211; Of Villains &amp; Beastmen (151)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/i_m_in_pendragonamdash_sword_of_his_fath\">I&#8217;m In &#8220;Pendragon: Sword Of His Father&#8221; !! (213)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/free_design_your_own_3d_dragon\">Free &#8220;Design Your Own&#8221; 3D Dragon (236)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/king_arthur_is_real_aamp_winston_churchi\">King Arthur Is Real But Winston Churchill Is Made Up? (293)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/new_excalibur_design\">New Excalibur Design! (357) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/my_first_chapter_for_you_to_review\">My 1st CHAPTER For You To Review (394) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/pendragon_amdash_sword_of_his_father\">Pendragon&#8230;Sword Of His Father (446)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/auralia_s_colors_a_review\">Auralia&#8217;s Colors &#8211; A Full Review (485) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/white_stag_spotted_in_scotland\">White Stag Spotted In Scotland (738)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Admittedly, I wasn&#8217;t sure whether to include (9)<\/strong> because that post originated in 2007, not in 2008.  However, I updated it this March, and since it has still proven popular, I included it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what does this say about my blog?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People like book reviews of books by popular authors.<\/li>\n<li>People enjoy King Arthur related information.<\/li>\n<li>A lot of people are looking to create their own 3D dragons!<\/li>\n<li>People are excited about the movie <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pendragonmovie.com\">Pendragon: Sword of His Father<\/a><\/strong>. In fact, my post about this movie has drawn readers from more parts of the world than any other.\n<\/li>\n<li>Also, people like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/tolkien_owes_me_350_for_my_air_condition\">my humorous post<\/a><\/strong> about Tolkien owing me money.  A guy actually approached me about publishing this in a book of his, so we&#8217;ll see what happens there.\n<\/li>\n<li>And people seem to keep reading <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/epictales.org\/samples\/Robert\/HammerAndStoneSample1.pdf\">my first chapter<\/a><\/strong>, which is good!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>One surprise<\/strong> was that not a single post about Stephen Lawhead appeared in the list.  <strong>But watch my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/review_of_tuck_by_stephen_lawhead\">recent post about Lawhead&#8217;s latest book, TUCK<\/a><\/strong>, where I scoop the first review on the internet. <\/p>\n<p><strong>This post already has 90 views in a little over 15 days<\/strong>, so I expect it to be a hot commodity for the next few months.<\/p>\n<p><em>(*) The number of people that have read a post is &#8220;rough&#8221; because of the vagueness of internet hits. Which blog post do you count when you just come to the main page and five posts are listed?  I think this number only gets added to when someone reads only one specific blog post, and not just to a page.<\/p>\n<p>Another gotcha is that the posts written later in the year have less of a chance of gathering readers from search engines.  Thus I think the list is somewhat skewed to the earlier part of the year.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Views: 39<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nMichael Hyatt gave me this idea, as he listed the top 10 most popular posts from his blog. 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