I'm looking at Google Analytics and trying to make some sense of the five most-viewed blog posts in 2009.
1. Goldstone Report's Online
I merely posted a link to the UN's pdf report. I suppose people appreciated being told where to see the it for themselves. Most of the readers came from Google, so I attribute this to the headline.
2. Evolution of An Outrage
This was a 2003 post, tracing how Goya's painting, "Saturn Devouring One of His Children," became a nasty cartoon of Ariel Sharon eating a Palestinian child. Nearly all the traffic came from Google Images. Until I get a better handle on this, I'm calling this "accidental SEO."
3. Idiot's Guide to Navigating BBC Complaints
This was also a top 5 post last year. Doesn't say much about the Beeb, does it?
4. Liveblogging the Media War, Jan. 8
I'm gratified liveblogging made the top 5 even though traffic was mostly limited to that specific day. Liveblogging was intense, and my biggest regret is that I didn't start it up when the airstrikes began on Dec. 27.
5. Palestinian Journalists: Death Toll Inflated
The divergence between the Israeli and Palestinian casualty figures is one of the most important stories of 2009. I'm happy to see readers got this message. This was the first post on an issue I addressed several times over the course of the year.
