It’s nearly at the end of the year and the decade, so it’s time to bring a bit of a review for 2009 to the readers of Blazing Minds, so in this review I’m going to list some of the stats through the year such as the most popular posts etc, so lets get started shall we 
Most Popular Posts of 2009
In 2009 the Blazing Minds blog really started to take off, with more visitors and more posts been posted, roughly one a day, so just what posts were popular in 2009, well, take a look and see
- Lily Allen up as Doctor Who Assistant – 5,349
- Tattoos! Are they still as taboo as they used to be? – 804
- Getting Your Music Released – Tunecore Vs CD Baby – 761
- Some Handy Twitter Websites (Twitter Tools)! – 533
- Aveeno Lotions and Creams – Natural and Nice! – Review – 497
- Music from the amazing show Monkey Dust! – 488
- Review: Skechers Shape-ups, walking on air! – 478
- My Experiment with Twitter, Twitterfeed & Last.fm – 352
- Google Earth 5.0 with Ocean View and Time Machine! – 333
- Indie Artists Now Get Paid 100% For Releasing Music for Free on WaTunes – 330
Top Search Terms Used in 2009
There has been some strange search terms through the year, such as “Michael Jackson Kicks the bucket” but these are the most popular.
- lily allen – 4,977
- twitter websites – 293
- tattoos for girls -198
- skechers shape ups reviews – 78
- tunecore vs cdbaby – 72
- tattoos – 54
- google eather -45
- lower back tattoos – 44
- google earth ocean view -42
- top firefox plugins -35
Top Commentators in 2009
Those that have been commenting on Blazing Minds have been the true fans of the blog, without these guys and their comments I wouldn’t of found some interesting posts on their blog and made some good blogging friends.
- ExtremeJohn – 112
- Klaus @ TechPatio – 35
- Dragon Blogger -34
- Mike – 34
- Hesham – 33
- Hicham – 32
- ashok – 31
- Asswass – 31
- bbrian017 – 30
- Nehh – 30
So there we have it a brief review of some of the stats that have been on the blog in 2009, hope to see you all back here in 2010 and here’s to some bigger numbers for next years stats
Many thanks to everyone who has been commentating and to all the guest bloggers here on Blazing Minds, you guys have brought some well written and interesting posts to Blazing Minds.
So Merry Christmas Everyone and Happy New Year
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Twitter: gfserradinho
Karen, you have done a great job with Blazing minds and I’m sure 2010 will be even better for you and your site. I’m sure the posts will be better and get more responses
I see Extreme John killed the other commentators, no one was even close to him. Go boy go!
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Thanks George, Extreme John has been a avid commentor of Blazing Minds, I don’t where he finds the time
Twitter: extremejohn
Haha thank you George, I think I have more comments than 2-5 put together
They say I’m a beast on these streets.
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Twitter: uttoransen
a nice round up, i haven’t been active at your blog so i have missed some of those posts, so its time to read them now
Merry Christmas to you too
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That’s the use of these type of round ups, it helps everyone catch up
Twitter: dragonblogger
Congrats on the traffic, I am going to do a similar post with dragonblogger.com in the first week of January 2010 so I can capture the full 2009 Jan 1 – Dec 31st and see what my total searches and most popular articles are.
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Looking forward to seeing your 2009 review
Twitter: DennisEdell
I just found you recently, so I expect to hit that commenter list next year.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
You have been landing on the weekly round up lists a few times, so keep up what you are doing.
Twitter: DennisEdell
And then some! Thanks for noticing.
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Twitter: beginnerblogger
Interesting! That really shows there is true value in writing a blog post with a hot keyword like Lily Allen can work. I would love to see the bounce rate and how many pages were viewed for the visitors that came to your site searching ‘lily allen
The trick is I guess making that post as much about Lilly Allen as you can as well as combining the elements of what your blog is really all about so you can maintain all those people that came in.
Thanks for sharing your stats!
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I didn’t even try to get keywords for the Lily Allen story, I just posted it because I found it interesting
Twitter: Passion4ThePint
I’m really glad that I found your blog this year, thanks for including me in the commentors, it’s been my pleasure.
Random question, how long has your blog been around?
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My first post was on the 31st July 2007
Twitter: moonheart85
Keep up your work Karen and make your stats increase on 2010. I am also working hard for my blog. Let see what happen.
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Twitter: KelvinServigon
what a lovely stats for your blog. more powers to your blog this coming 2010!
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Twitter: worthytips
I always love to see stat and your stat show you done a great job this year. Wish you successful blogging career in coming year.
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Twitter: extremejohn
Congrats ona great year Karen, it’s been nice watching this blog grow and interacting with you here. Best of Luck in 2010.
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Twitter: NedCarey
Ditto what Dennis E said.
I see the top search terms are very different for the year vs last weeks update. I would have expected at least some overlap.
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Twitter: jsinkeywest
Wow very cool. 2010 is going to be rocking.I wanted to say that I see how hard you been working and my own drama is no excuse. So I look forward to making a better effort in visiting and commenting.Nice work
Happy Holidays~Thanks
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Twitter: Ileane
Karen, Congratulations on a successful 2009 and wishing you the best for 2010.
I’m totally out of the “Dr. Who” loop, although I used to watch the original years ago. Did someone “stumble” the Lily Allen post or was the traffic organic?
My favorite was the skechers review and I’ll catch up on the others soon.
Thanks for the list.
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The Dr Who and Lily Allen story has been getting it’s major hits from the search engines, thanks for catching up on the other stories as well
Twitter: karlfoxley
I’m a new reader to your blog Karen but here’s to a great 2009 and an even better 2010.
Warmest regards,
Karl
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Thanks Karl