
My dear blogging friend Afsheen Anjum of the blog Dreams to Reality ! had been so generous to nominate Dear Kitty. Some blog for the Sunshine Award.
Thank you for this kind gesture!
The rules of this award are:
-Announce in a post that you received the Award and display the Award icon in your post.
-Thank the blogger who nominated you.
-Write 10 interesting things about yourself.
-Nominate 10 great and inspirable bloggers to receive the Award.
-Link your nominees and let them know they have been awarded.
Ten things about myself:
1. Most visits to my blog, so far today, came from:
Country |
Views |
United States |
63 |
Jamaica |
35 |
Singapore |
20 |
United Kingdom |
16 |
Australia |
7 |
Germany |
6 |
Romania |
5 |
France |
4 |
Canada |
4 |
Sweden |
4 |
Netherlands |
2 |
India |
2 |
Indonesia |
1 |
2. Most visits to my blog this month came from:
Country |
Views |
United States |
4,581 |
United Kingdom |
2,107 |
Canada |
640 |
Jamaica |
564 |
Netherlands |
557 |
Australia |
535 |
Germany |
520 |
Sweden |
434 |
France |
325 |
India |
249 |
Italy |
197 |
Ireland |
154 |
Belgium |
140 |
Singapore |
136 |
Turkey |
128 |
Philippines |
124 |
Romania |
115 |
Bahrain |
113 |
Spain |
110 |
South Africa |
102 |
New Zealand |
99 |
Greece |
95 |
Saudi Arabia |
94 |
Poland |
83 |
Brazil |
78 |
Indonesia |
67 |
Pakistan |
66 |
United Arab Emirates |
64 |
Denmark |
61 |
Norway |
60 |
Switzerland |
51 |
Japan |
48 |
Hong Kong |
47 |
Costa Rica |
47 |
Malaysia |
46 |
Republic of Korea |
44 |
3. Remarkably, this month, as my reports on Costa Rica started, the blog got more visits from Costa Rica than usually.
4. Which blog posts or pages attracted most visits to my blog today?
5. Which blog posts or pages attracted most visits to my blog this month?
Top Posts for 30 days ending 2014-04-03 (Summarized)
Title |
|
Views |
Home page / Archives |
|
2,391 |
Bahraini king’s sexual harassment of Lebanese singer |
|
350 |
Rubens, Rembrandt, differences in what they painted |
|
145 |
Pre-Inca archaeological discoveries in Peru |
|
116 |
Most hated animals top 50 |
|
115 |
Two lion cubs in Lady Liuwa’s pride in Zambia |
|
111 |
About |
|
90 |
Dutch in Suriname, most cruel slave-masters |
|
84 |
Slavery and love in Suriname, new film |
|
76 |
The Lighthouse Award, thank you, Horty! |
|
73 |
Poas volcano in Costa Rica |
|
70 |
USA: ancient Egyptian sarcophagus as corporate boss’ plaything |
|
67 |
Thai women’s escape from Bahraini forced prostitution |
|
65 |
European Union greenwash, cartoon |
|
63 |
Poisonous caterpillars infest Spurn Point in England |
|
62 |
Costa Rican flowers, butterflies and bees |
|
60 |
Dutch poet Leo Vroman dies |
|
58 |
Costa Rica, Baltimore oriole and squirrel |
|
57 |
Skunk Anansie singer Skin interviewed |
|
54 |
UK: cash for peerages police investigation may bring Blair to court |
|
53 |
Great white shark Lydia’s record-breaking journey |
|
53 |
German anti war artist Käthe Kollwitz |
|
53 |
Costa Rican butterflies and birds, 14 March |
|
51 |
Less posts on this blog |
|
50 |
To the wildlife in Costa Rica, 13 March |
|
49 |
Pope Francis I, the Vatican, and the Heracles myth |
|
47 |
Awards |
|
46 |
Valuable sperm whale vomit discovered by small boy |
|
46 |
Great spotted cuckoo in Wales |
|
46 |
Costa Rica hummingbirds and other mountain birds |
|
45 |
Bronzino painting restored after prude censorship |
|
43 |
Frequently asked questions |
|
41 |
Miniskirt ban in Italy |
|
41 |
New Ukrainian government includes anti-Semites |
|
39 |
Wonderful Team Member Readership Award, thank you Kelly! |
|
36 |
6. While I was in Costa Rica, my blog visit numbers, ever since I moved to WordPress in December 2011, passed the 400,000 mark. The figure is 404,780 by now. Thank you, everyone!
7. Which referrers referred most to my blog this month?
Referrers for 30 days ending 2014-04-03 (Summarized)
Referrer |
|
Views |
Search Engines |
|
8,281 |
WordPress Dashboard |
|
199 |
WordPress.com Reader |
|
140 |
r.search.yahoo.com |
|
88 |
go.videoentertainmnt.com |
|
75 |
Facebook |
|
70 |
topix.com |
|
55 |
Twitter |
|
52 |
disclose.tv |
|
35 |
search.tb.ask.com |
|
26 |
r.duckduckgo.com |
|
24 |
duckduckgo.com |
|
15 |
theinsatiabletraveler.com/2014/03/12/the-horror-of-canned-lion-hunting-and-what-you-can-do-to-stop-it/ |
|
15 |
artisticlyxpressedthoughts.wordpress.com |
|
15 |
topix.net |
|
14 |
mail.aol.com |
|
14 |
birdingfrontiers.com |
|
12 |
en.gravatar.com/petrel41 |
|
12 |
kuidle.com |
|
9 |
garryrogers.com |
|
9 |
8. Which search terms brought most visits to my blog this month?
Search Terms for 30 days ending 2014-04-03 (Summarized)
Search |
Views |
lighthouse |
17 |
vicenza italy |
11 |
most hated animals |
9 |
tony blair response to icc uk investigation |
8 |
poisonous caterpillars |
7 |
sexual assault in the united states military |
7 |
bijju animal |
6 |
egyptian sarcophagus |
6 |
9. Most popular topics Dear Kitty. Some blog has written about recently:
10. 2,331 people follow my blog. 166 people follow comments at my blog.
My ten nominees are:
1. Konni Kim Designs
2. Globe Drifting
3. Just Mad Stuff
4. Voices from the Margins
5. Ronnie’s Blog
6. kyangel17
7. Stephanie Eusebi Nutrition & Wellness
8. tripelonia
9. Արսեն Նազոյան
10. Sunset Boulevard
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Congrats and though the nature of your articles are blunt and necessary I think the award is totally deserved because your blog is like a ray of light among the many trying to shine a light of truth or relevance amidst all the distraction.
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Thanks for your kind words! I hope that my future blog posts will be able to live up to your expectations 🙂
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Good heavens. I just stopped by to tell you to come by my place and pick up an Angel Award I created for the angels in my life. While reading through your answers I saw my blog on the list. Thank you so much. What an honor.
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Well deserved 🙂 And thanks for the Angel Award nomination!
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The Angel Award meanwhile is at
https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/awards-for-this-blog/
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Just looking at your first stats of visitors today is enough to make me so insanely jealous that I’m thinking of sending negative hugs for a change.As Tony the Tiger would say, Theyrrre Grrreat.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx ( Couldn’t do it)
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🙂 🙂 🙂
There are many blogs with far more readers than my blog. I don’t mind. That is, as long as they are good blogs 🙂
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Congrats and well done! 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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First of all, congratulations on being nominated —you certainly deserve it! Thank you very much for nominating Sunset Boulevard 🙂 I greatly appreciate it and will try to respond as soon as I can!
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Well deserved 🙂 And no need to hurry, as the award is for helping bloggers, not for hurrying them 🙂
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Aww, thank you! That’s lovely 🙂
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🙂
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