6,000th Hit

"...having readers makes writing a hell of a lot more fun."

At 11:34 last night, Shamash Says got its 6,000th hit since its birth in November.

Most readers know that numbers like the number three are important, and they are a big thing to bloggers in general. Thanks to a growing readership of friends and acquaintances, tagging and other bloggers out there who mention the site at their blogs, the numbers have been rising.

The 6,000th person found Shamash via a google search, and stayed around for a while. Check out how this reader found Shamash Says as the first hit out of 86,200.  The irony of ironies is the juxtaposition of terms in this search: a metaphor, of sorts, for life. I had to smile.

So, thanks to all of you who take time out of your busy day to check out Shamash Says, and especially those of you who comment. I'd still be writing, even if I didn't have readers.

But, having readers makes writing a hell of a lot more fun.

Comments

[Call Me Coach]

Well congrats there ya big slugger!

In baseball there is a milestone of 3,000 hits in a career, it virtually makes the player a shoe-in for the Hall of Fame.

With you doubling that mark, I can only assume that you too are a going to be heading to a HOF someday as well.... ;)

Nice job slim, and it is rather interesting to see how the juxtaposition of words can mean all the difference to a search engine.

[Tish G]

Congrats on 6,000!

I started my sitemeter rather late, so I'm only a few hundred over the 2,000 mark--even though you and I started around the same time. I kind of wish I'd started it earlier, when I was still linked on the blog of a rather well-known young novelest--before we had a bit of a disagreement over the merits of his latest novel (and his sexual preference--sometimes I shoot my mouth of when I should just be quiet.)

and I love looking at the referring sites too. It's amazing what you find in those stats! :-)