July 22: Writing Prompt #203-The Stat Connection

Go to your Stats page and check your top three-five posts. Why do you think they’ve been successful? Find the connection between them, and write about it.

Most popular posts:

1. December 11, 2010-Good Friends, Good Food, and Good Fun! (412 page views)

I remember wondering why this had so many page views a long time ago, and my research brought me to the fact that when people Google anything including the words “good,” “food,” “friends,” or “fun,” this post will come up.  So, I think this is a fluke one because there’s nothing particularly unique about this post.  It’s really kind of a thank you note to my friends on the island who graciously shared their homes and pets with me during the years I lived in the bachelor’s quarters without my kids.  Still thankful for that, but don’t see this post as particularly connected to the rest. 

2. September 20, 2010-Mondays and Monarchies (101 page views)

So, again, a search for “Monarchies,” “Hawaii,” and “Princess Ka’iulani” could easily bring up this post, and I think that’s where most of the hits came from. This post is primarily describing how the Princess Ka’iulani movie affected me and its connection to my life and the people in it at the time. 

3. August 28, 2010-Roi-Namur, Roi-Namur, Jiggity-Jog (96 page views)

I believe these last 3 most popular posts are connected by these common threads-life on Kwajalein and Roi-Namur, my kids, and the personal details.  The post above is about an upcoming weekend with my children on Roi-Namur.  Anyone who has ever lived on Roi or Kwajalein (if they are anything like me) loves to read about other resident’s thoughts and experiences there (when they are living there and especially after moving away-to keep up with what’s happening and out of nostalgia). A majority of my friends have children, work with children, and/or their children are friends with my children, so when I bring my kids into the posts, they tend to get more reads.  Finally, I am most fully transparent and personal when I post about my children and my family, and I think that type of writing speaks to my readers most because it’s real, and in some way or another, they can relate to it within their own family dynamics.

4. August 6-18, 2013 A Verse for My Son (82 page views)

This post is all about my oldest son, right before his first day of school stateside. He was born and grew up on Kwajalein until he was almost 12 years old, so this was a HUGE transition for him, and I was nervous about it.  One of my most personal posts to date…and possibly the one that the most people related to personally considering situations in their own lives at that exact same time!

5. January 20, 2015 Lessons Learned from Island Life (61 page views)

One of the first posts since I started the 365 day blog writing challenge when I chose NOT to use the prompt provided, and one that I’m sure was seen by most of the island where I moved from almost exactly one year before this blog post date. 

What do you think? What’s one of your favorite blog posts and why?