The first anniversary of LEfF
Hello! Hello, my friends and readers out there! Wow! I cannot believe it has been already a year. On March 1, 2010, I decided to take an action on my idea of sharing my experience of learning English from friends. You know what is one of the things most people are not good at. It is an execution of an idea. Well, to be boastful a little here, I think it is safe to say that I am an executer. Also, the other thing people are not really good at is being persistent. Once I decided to do something, I usually do not quit easily. It is so easy to not act on ideas and quit if it does not work well. Why don’t we all try to be changed?
I started with the expressions I just learned at that time and, believe it or not, this is 192nd post. Looking back to March 1, 2010, I was too naive or optimistic because I thought this would not go on and on and on. Apparently, I was totally wrong. In fact, this will never end.
Let’s go on a time machine trip back to the birth of LEfF, shall we?
Here are my first five posts.
3. Don’t throw stones when you live in a glass house
4. That’s BS
Out of these five, I still use one expression frequently. Can you guess what it is? What.. You can’t? That’s BS. Haha.. that’s right. That is the one I still use often. Also, I do remember that there was a controversy over the expression, “Don’t throw stones when you live in a glass house.” If you want to find out what that is, I encourage you to read that post and its comments. It is a very interesting conversation we had back then.
Now, I would like to share some analysis of my blog with you.
During the last year, there have been 33,711 page views (2,810 per month and 93 per day on average). Based on Google Analytics, the views are from 142 countries. As of now, there are approximately 190 countries in the world. That means I got traffics from around 75% of the world. Pretty amazing, isn’t it?
Here are top 5 countries from which I got most of the vitists.
1. United States
2. South Korea
3. United Kingdom
4. Canada
5. Japan
Now, I found another interesting fact. Can you guess what are the most popular expressions? Here are top 5.
1. black sheep
4. Who is Terry
I personally am surprised by the fact that black sheep is the most popular one so far. Do not know why? I tried to google for “sheep” to find out whether my blog post is on the first page or not. It is not. But, when I tried “black sheep,” my post is actually on the first page. Maybe, people search for the phrase, black sheep, a lot?? It is always interesting to find out how people do engage in specific behaviors. Apparently, people want to know who the heck this guy, Terry, is, right? π
Well, I am very happy to celebrate the first anniversary of LEfF. I would like to spare some time to thank my friends, Andrew, Phil, Kelly, Ari, Jean, Carol, Jake, Patrick, Alex, Jessy, James, Mark, Kara, Julie, Patty, Mike, Jason, Stan, Pete, Ashika, Byung, Emmie, and Clarissa. I feel like I am doing my acceptance speech for Academy Award. So, let me stop here. It gets boring. π
Hope you have laughed a lot, reading my posts for the last year! Remember to come back! I promise I will not disappoint you.
Thank you so much for your interest!
Terry
from Pittsburgh
What a surprise – you listed Andrew first in your list of friends. That’s BS!
Haha. Should I sort the names alphabetically? I want to bin on it.
I think you need to put up a poll on readers’ favorite posts of the 1st year!
My top 5:
5. Wine & Dine
4. Bumping Uglies
3. Pick your Brain
2. Wet Bar
1. Dutch Oven
That is a great idea! I just added the poll for favorite posts on the right hand side of the blog page.
Thanks for writing Terry! I look forward to each and every one of your posts as well as all of the comments. Believe it, achieve it!
Thank you for all of your comments! Without those, this blog wouldn’t exist now.
Aw, so kind of you! And congratulations. Your posting frequency outshines mine! I hope you keep it up for a long time!
Thank you, Clarissa! I will do my best to keep it up with you! π
keep it up, Terry!
I am having as much fun as I am learning new expressions from your posts, top notch!
Thanks, Ari! Have I written about top notch? Now, I am curious about its etymology.
Where is little New Zealand on the views by country leaderboard? I’m guessing near last!
Nice hearing from Pittsburgh through you π
Hi Dave, Good to meet you here! Thanks for your visit! New Zealand is # 17. Pretty high up there π