By number of page views, these were the top 5 posts on this site for 2008.
- Fremont Solstice Parade 2008 (6535) – If you have a web site and want to see a classic example of how to write for a search engine, look at that post. I took mediocre photos, went to press fast, wrote a descriptive title and repeated the title text inside the post. Far better photographers and writers are buried in the search results.
- Ultra ETFs and Counterparty Risk (2431) – This was linked by several financial sites and took a day to research.
- Double Check That Movie Listing (1742) – People love funny photos.
- Creepy Fountain or Art? (1627) – People really love funny photos.
- The Presidential Motorcade (1165) – I wrote up my experience of driving Presidential Motorcade way back in 2000 and this page continues to get traffic. This was the page that the NY Times lifted content from without credit.
Just two months into 2009, here are the top 3 posts this year so far.
- The Next Round of Real Estate Price Drops (5971) – Picked up by Patrick.net.
- My Top 10 Dance Songs of 2008 (2124) – I had no idea this page would be so popular.
- How Mickey Rourke Gained 27 Pounds of Muscle For The Wrestler (1539) – Someone needed to set the media straight on how a 56 year old man gains an impossible amount muscle in such a short time.
