If you’ve noticed the links along the right side of the page, you may have noticed the link to Uni Watch. I’ve been reading Uni Watch for a while now; it’s a great place to find commentary and obscure observations pertaining to the details of sports uniforms.
Last summer, I managed to get myself mentioned in one of the posts, thanks to an Ohio town named Uniopolis; on Thursday, I managed to get a link to this very blog. I sent Paul Lukas, the man behind Uni Watch, a link to my recent post concerning those pesky Esurance ads, and he saw fit to mention that “pretty amusing blog entry” in Thursday’s Uni Watch post.
What makes this particular linking notable is its effect on my site statistics:
The first two days of May were reasonably typical for my site (maybe a bit above-average), and April was a good month to this point in my site’s existence. Until Uni Watch linked, anyway. Then everything exploded, and I got more unique visitors in the first three days of May than I got in the entire month of April.
Pretty cool. Does Paul realize he linked to the same person’s blog that gave him the Uniopolis tidbit?
This Paul wants to know if there was a similar spike when I linked to your blog. I’m sure it sent you at least two more readers that month! I don’t remember when it was but I’ll just take credit for February.
He might remember my name from last August, but I’m not sure. I have a unique name, but he’s seen a lot of names between last August and now.
Okay, Paul, I’ll give you February. It was a good improvement over January. Well done. But that dip in March … well, that’s less good. Are your referrals failing to commit?