Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Traffic Bulges, Introductions and Welcomes
Today we’ve had an absurd number of hits, for having not been ‘lanched by one of the more traditional traffic generators. For some reason, much of the traffic has come from See What You Share on P2P, a new and unique blog that features us at the very top of their blogroll.
When I first noticed this, I was baffled. There were no referrers in their Site Meter from obvious biggies. In fact, most were “unknown.” Yet coming in at several hundred per hour. Later, Glenn linked them, adding an Instalanche, but the main source remained a mystery.
Well, it appears to have been from CNET News.com, here and here. It appears there were others from gaming boards and the like fueling the deluge.
Quite cool. The point of See What You Share on P2P is to bring attention to the security and privacy lapses P2P can, in many cases unwittingly, incur. Well, attention they got. It’s most impressive.
If you didn’t already check the blog out via Glenn Reynolds or elsewhere, you may want to do so. If you are one of the hundreds of visitors checking out Accidental Verbosity via See What You Share’s blogroll, welcome! We hope you’ll come back now and then. It’s a bit eclectic. Sometimes political, right and libertarian leaning. Sometimes personal. Sometimes technical. Sometimes, well, whatever strikes our fancy. Enjoy!
Update:
Ah, looks like ZDNet linked it too. Via Craig, here.