Top Traffic Posts of April
Hooray for Guests! The top four new posts in April were written by Guest Posters! Thanks go to
- Kerry Dexter for Family Travels From Ireland . Follow Kerry at Music Road
- Mark Heers for Twain’s Travel Literature Sways Another Mark. Mark’s look at travel wonders is a must read for me.
- La La Corriere for New Book Brings France to your Kitchen. Get more of her delicious writing at her blog.
- Jessie Voigts for A Travel Book Guide to Ghosts in Chicago. See the very incredible travel site Wandering Educators for more of Jessie’s Work.
Usually I don’t bother to tell you about older posts that rank near the top, but I thought you might find it interesting. So here goes, with new posts in bold and older posts in ():
- Family Travels from Ireland
- (Road Trip Books: The List)
- Twain’s Travel Literature
- (Old Book for a Quiet Corner of Ireland) People go there to snatch the picture, and only stay a few seconds.
- New Book Brings France to your Kitchen
- (36-Hours or So in Tucson Slide Show)
- (Italy Week at A Traveler’s Library)
- (3 Best Travel Secrets of Greece)
- (Hiawatha, American Classic Poem for Children)
- (Ancient Rome in Literature) I suspect folks may be looking for pictures of the Roman Forum here, but they stick around a while, so maybe its the topic)
- A Travel Book Guide to Ghosts in Chicago
People Who Comment (a Lot)
You may have noticed that bloggers or web site owners are rewarded for their comments at A Traveler’s Library by getting their latest post promoted, but ALSO, if you have a twitter handle, you can add that so that people can follow you. Cool!
More than Ten Comments during April:
- Anjuli (Connie Ong)
- Jessie Voigts (Wandering Educators–link above)
More than Five Comments during April:
- Kerry Dexter (Music Road–link above)
- Richard Mussler-Wright
- Mark Heers (Travel Wonders–link above)
I would like to mention that the blog drew a whole lot of new commenters last month, and we hope they will keep joining in the conversation. I just love to see those new names pop up!
Next month I will not be reporting on most comments–because the contest will skew the results. Back in July with a report on June’s commenters.
People Who Drive Traffic to the Site (Other than Search Engines and Stumble, etc.:
2010 Bloggies.com (still sending viewers because I was one of five finalists as best of travel blogs in Bloggies 2010)
Fisher Academy International Blog (linked to a guest post about a children’s book on Monet’s garden in Giverny.)
Lonely Planet (Where I am a BlogSherpa)
Dream of Italy 2 (The blog for the wonderful newsletter about Italy. I’m on the blogroll there and wrote an article for the newsletter about fractional properties in Italy.
Wandering Educators (Where I am Traveler’s Library Editor)
Music Road (Who partners with me on The Great American Road Trip).
Thank you all!!
And having launched the Great Big Literature Giveaway II in yesterday’s post, I look forward to your comments as you vie for the awesome bunch of books to be given away.
Tomorrow The Great American Road Trip returns with a post from a family member who lives in old Virginny. If you have missed any of the New England or mid-Atlantic states that we covered before heading into the South..be sure to start with the kick-off post, Blue Highways, and check the posts every Wednesday after that to get your reading material for the road trip.
love to hear what everyone has to say. Sometimes I need to say less and read more 🙂
This post is a great idea, Vera, I really love the affection you clearly have for your guest posters. it’s so nice to see!
.-= Jennifer hopes you will read blog ..Travel with Style Tips: Q&A with O Magazine’s Adam Glassman =-.
Thanks, Jennifer–I’m glad that you can see that affection. This monthly post is not terribly popular with readers, so I may deep six it, or shift it to a newsletter of some sort. Need a way to get the info to people who ARE interested.
Don’t you just love new commenters? A new commenter is like an alien ship uncloaking in Star Trek. I always try to send them a special welcome. That being said, I look forward to more of your literature and travel cocktail over the month of May.
.-= Alexandra hopes you will read blog ..Moby Dick’s To the Rescue! =-.
Great metaphor for new commenters, except that I always assume they are friends. I do the same–send a note and invite them to come back often. (And if a reader out there has commented and I missed sending you a note, let me know.)
I’m not a top commenter, but I do have something to share today!
More travel novels! I just saw an opportunity to win a galley copy of All Over the Map by Laura Fraser. Travel…romance…and personal growth. Sounds good. Here’s the link to enter to win a copy from Random House:
http://www.randomhouse.com/quizzes/index.cgi?AllOverTheMapGalleyGiveaway
Enjoy!
Laura Hartness
The Calico Critic
.-= Laura Hartness hopes you will read blog ..Book Review and Giveaway: From Twilight to Breaking Dawn: Religious Themes in the Twilight Saga =-.
Great opportunity, thanks, Laura. That book sounds like the new Eat,Pray,Love.
Vera
always interesting, to see where traffic comes from (and where they read, on your site!). thanks, vera.
.-= jessiev hopes you will read blog ..PEPY: Adventurous Living. Responsible Giving. =-.