1) Dear Ancestry.com: Are You Fixing These Problems? (1/17/19) - 18334 views
2) New Collection on Ancestry.com - Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s to Current (9/27/19) - 3716 views
3) Ancestry Announces Two Improved Features - User Profiles and Messages (4/9/19) - 2987 views
4) Using the "Mining Ancestry.com Hints From a Specific Collection" Tool (10/21/19) - 2674 views
5) A Reader's Take on Ancestry.com Problems - Part II - Ancestry Search Engine Problems (1/30/19) - 2455 views
6) The Future of Family Tree Maker is TreeVault (3/4/19) - 2405 views
7) Using the AncestryDNA ThruLines™ Feature to Find Common Ancestors (2/27/19 - 2033 views
8) AncestryDNA ThruLines Feature Is Imperfect - An Example - UPDATED (3/12/19) - 1844 views
9) RootsTech 2019 Syllabus Articles Are Available on Mobile App and Web Browser (2/19/19) - 1619 views
10) Treasure Chest Thursday - 1751 Death of Melatiah Metcalf in Keene, New Hampshire (4/4/19) - 1576 views
11) A Reader's Take on Ancestry.com Problems - Part I - Ancestry Member Tree Indexing (1/23/19) - 1519 views
12) Ancestry to Discontinue We're Related Mobile App (7/21/19) - 1426 views
13) Family Tree Maker 2019 News - Last Day For $39.95 Upgrade is 14 August (8/12/19) - 1336 views
14) Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Most Frustrating Brick Wall Problem (9/28/19) - 1268 views
15) A First Look at RootsMagic 8 - Big Changes Ahead (9/3/19) - 1223 views
16) Family Tree Maker 2019 Pre-Order Sale for Three Days (5/14/19) - 1166 views
17) RootsTech 2019 SLC Blog Compendium - Updated (3/16/19) - 1102 views
18) Amanuensis Monday -- 1796 Deed of Samuel Hoar to Nathan Gates in Gardner, Massachusetts (8/5/19) - 1081 views
19) Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 30 June to 6 July 2019 (7/6/19) - 1064 views
20) Using GeneticAffairs.com to Create DNA Match AutoClusters - Part I: Getting The Clusters (1/13/19) - 1057 views
21) Selected Genealogy Website Alexa Traffic Rankings - 3 January 2019 (1/3/19) - 1002 views
22) Amanuensis Monday -- 1778 Deed of Silas Marshall Selling Land to Simon Gates in Worcester County, Massachusetts (11/11/19) - 994 views
23) Changes to Mining Ancestry.com Hints by Specific Record Collection - Updated! (6/12/19) - 969 views
24) Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 7 to 13 July 2019 (7/13/19) - 909 views
25) Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Which Ancestral Home Would You Like to Visit? (10/12/19) - 907 views
26) RootsTech London 2019 Conference Blog Compendium - Updated! (11/2/19) - 882 views
27) Tuesday's Tip: Use the California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (12/10/19) - 850 views
28) New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 4 January 2019 (1/4/19) - 836 views
29) Seeing AncestryDNA ThruLines From Your Ancestry Member Tree Pedigree Chart (4/19/19) - 830 views
30) Betty With Her Pets in About 1922 -- Post 566 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday (5/22/19) - 816 views
31) New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 31 May 2019 (5/31/19) - 801 views
32) 52 Ancestors - Week 307: #518 Samuel Willis 1675-1758) of Sudbury, Massachusetts (12/6/19) - 780 views
33) Amanuensis Monday - 1812 Will of George Ruth (1740-1812) of Cumru Township, Pennsylvania (3/18/19) - 769 views
34) Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Ancestor Life Sketch Tweets (6/8/19) - 748 views
35) Amanuensis Monday -- 1790 Deed of John Parker to Nathan Gates in Gardner, Massachusetts (6/24/19) - 741 views
36) What Would You Like Me to Write About? (3/27/19) - 741 views
37) Historical Records of an American Santa Claus (12/22/19) - 728 views
38) Ancestry.com Introduces New AncestryDNA ThruLines™ Feature in Beta Release (2/27/19) - 721 views
39) Where Are the Morris County, New Jersey Probate Records in the Family History Library Catalog - UPDATED (5/8/19) - 715 views
40) Amanuensis Monday -- 1816 Mortgage Deed of Nathan Gates to John Miles in Gardner, Massachusetts (8/19/19) - 680 views
B) The ten most popular Genea-Musings posts since 2007 (per Google Blogger) are:
1) Microfilm Scanning at the FHL and FHC (posted 22 July 2009) - 76,910 views.
2) 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps Online at NARA Website (posted 18 July 2011) - 63,065 views.
3) Genealogy Presentations on Slideshare.net (posted 28 January 2010) - 25,940 views.
4) Dear Ancestry.com: Are You Fixing These Problems? (17 January 2019) - 18334 views
6) World records for number of children (posted 21 July 2006) - 11,478 views.
7) Randy's NGS 2010 Photos - Post 1 (posted 4 May 2010) - 9,345 views
8) RootsTech 2017 Blog Compendium -- UPDATED (posted 1 March 2017) - 8212 views
9) Ancestry.com Says They Will Work on Technical Problems (posted 11 May 2018) - 7899 views
10) Book Review: "The Spyglass File," by Nathan Dylan Goodwin (posted 29 September 2016) -- 6,407 views
C) Of course, all of my blog posts are viewed by many more readers than those that go to the web page for the post - those who read them on an Genea-Musings archive page, those that read them in an RSS reader, or on a mobile device, and those that receive them via email.
Another measure of popularity or readership might be in the number of comments generated by each post. I don't think that is a reliable measure of popularity because of the proliferation of RSS reader usage, email usage, and mobile device usage, each of which require one or more click throughs to get to the comment box.
It certainly seems like readers search for Ancestry.com, source citations, conferences, DNA, and genealogy software topics, and find my blog posts.
D) Previous "most popular" posts on Genea-Musings are:
E) Readership of Genea-Musings has dropped over the past year - perhaps persons have given up on reading my blog (and other blogs) on a web browser and have moved to a reader or email, or perhaps Genea-Musings has become old-hat and readers are bored by it. for example, the 40th most viewed post last year had 808 views. This year, the 40th most viewed post had 680 views.
I don't know how many views this blog had over the last year because Google doesn't provide that statistic.
F) I wondered what the least popular Genea-Musings post was in 2019. I know that Surname Saturday, Treasure Chest Thursday, Wordless Wednesday, and Seavers in the News posts are not that popular. The least viewed blog post in 2019 was Betty on Her Honeymoon -- Post 556 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday, posted 13 March 2019, with 63 views.
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2 comments:
Hi! I read your email each day. I like the layout and the daily topics. The website is a bit overwhelming with information, so I stick to the email, which is easier to digest. Over the week, I am reminded of the different aspects of family history and genealogy research which should be receiving my focus. While I may not read through the Amanuensis Monday post, it is a constant reminder that I should be doing the same thing, every week. Your Wordless Wednesday photos provide a window into your life and remind me to keep working on scanning and uploading photos to Ancestry. I do read each entry on the Added or Updated Record Collections and often spend the day down a rabbit hole using a specific link to review possibilities. You also do a good job of alerting us to improvements or changes coming our way. While I get a number of daily blogs on family history and genealogy research, yours is the one I save until I have read it through. Thank you for this service. Susanne
Hi Susanne,
You made my day with your comment. Thank you! I'm happy that there are readers like you. Good luck on your genealogy research.
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