Thursday, April 12, 2012

Birthday, Acknowledgment and Stats



Background

Look at the picture below. What can you see? A baby with a mother, and you can feel the emotions, compassion and the love of a mother for her child. So what is special about this picture? The baby is symbolically the 7 billionth baby born in the World. But does the mother care? To her the baby is worth more than the 7billion minus 1 people around the world. It was April 12, 2011. Time was 11:37PST and I got the computer generated reply from the Newspaper to which I had submitted my article for the 10th time. Somehow, I remembered about a friend having a blog and his requesting us to comment on it. It was a long time ago. So I thought why not try to have my own blog. And hence, I posted my first blog exactly 1 year ago. Even though there were around 150 million more blogs already online but still I wanted to have my own. Just like the mother of the 7 billionth baby loving her child, I love my blog.


The 7 billionth Baby.


Materials and Methods

The the first post that I put on my blog was "Higher Education on Trial". I did not have any idea how to make other people read my posts. So I used to ask my friends on Facebook and through texts to read this thing and after 2 weeks, I got the first comment on my blog:


"wow man its really a nice contribution from ur side,,,,,,this is the most excellent blog that I have read in my life. I am so grateful that I found your blog… thanks man, I wish your blog lives for a thousand years and more…this is something not extra but ultra ordinary...:)"

Well, this first comment was from somebody called Student. In fact it was me who commented on my own blog with a different name because nobody else was commenting.

I thought, wow. So I started reading about how to publicize my blog and the best thing that I read was that I should go around and read other people blogs and comment. And it starts a whole new vista. From teenagers to bloggers of 60 or 70 years of age, I came across so many different writing styles, themes, prose and poems, and almost any subject under the sun. it enlightened and broaden my horizons of knowledge. Helped me better understand the world at large. And the exercise which I started to attract more visitors, changed into a hobby of reading other people’s writings.  


Results and Discussion

And inevitably, other people started to pay visit to our blogs (because 3 people own it, not to be confused with the royal plural). And in the one year I found some awesome people. I was especially amused by the large number of our readers from India given the fact that most of the time our relations are warm as a polar bear. I had a couple of bad experiences on blogger as well. Once I visited a blog and left a comment and the next thing I got was a total venomous attack. In my opinion, one must honor the people who find time to visit one’s blog and should extend every courtesy to them. However, it did not deter me from my aim of stalking 1 million blogs in 1 year. I wonder if it was not for blogger, we would have never interacted so much. And as you can see there are more than 5000 living souls visiting our blog from more than 100 different countries. I value each and every one of your visits and I look forward that you people will come this year too.

And counting...

As shown in the following graph, the blog attracted very few visitors in the start and then the number grew with time.



Different posts were viewed differently by the readers. Some posts attracted a lot of comments while others were not so lucky. The following is the list of the 10 most read posts on the blog during the last 1 year. 

Top 10 in the Last Year

Conclusion

In the last one year, you people ranked the Top 10 posts on our blog as above. I wish everybody who will comment on this post can name Top 3 posts that they liked the most on our blog. I thank you all of you on behalf of the contributors of this blog for making this a wonderful experience. The thing that I most enjoy on our blog is your comments. So please do comment more and more.


Future Prospects

As a token of appreciation, I have planned the next blog for all of you. Hope you would like it just like you did every post on our blog during the last one year.


Authors’ Contribution

If you see on the left corner, you will see Contributors. And these are the people who made this 1 year journey possible. There is Maria Almas, who contributes at least once a month. She has a distinct style and her posts usually have a message.  And most of the times, there is confusion and people usually credit me for her posts and each time she has to explain that there are more than one author on this blog. There is Kiran Shah, who despite not having a computer or Internet in her home, still tries to write on paper and post it whenever she gets the chance. Hope you both would contribute more in the 2nd year.


Acknowledgment

Then there is Fatima, the mastermind behind most of my posts. She is the little creative devil.  Thank you for your inspirational ideas. Hope you would continue to inspire more this year.


(P.S. I have a lot of catching up to do...please bear with me, i will soon read and comment on your blogs. )

52 comments:

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    1. Thank you... yes it seems a long long time :)

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  2. Oh nice...I always wonder how u analyse things so well!!

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  3. Congratulations for the one year of variety and thought you had shared here. I found this blog quite a different one, hence the read, though i ve skipped few..

    If I pick three top posts, I would do so frm my memory and not going through the list and reading them again, it would be more truthful this way. Here are my take aways..

    1. You had introduced to me a great man, Abdul Sattar Edhi ( I had to go back to this post now, to get the name) who had to live on the streets for the sake of many lives, and that really gave me a conscience prick. And the best part of it was Mother Pakistan narrating the story. Being an Indian, though I had no special liking for Pakistan, I loved Mother Pakistan and the great men and women there, when I read that.

    2. You had beautifully and most lovingly written about a lady lizard in your room. It was hilarious.. I cant remember the title..

    3. I enjoyed reading Sherlock Holmes - Part I

    Infact I am limiting to three, just because you asked me to.. But i cannot forget to mention the great true theme you had handled in the story of that microbiologist spreading some disease through some lab-made mosquitos.

    Happy Birthday and may you have many more, my dear blog!

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    1. thank you very much... hahah..yes you could have read from the list anyways ...

      yes that post is my most favourite on our blog... not because it is the best written but because the man is such a great that one cannot remain static after reading about his life and work...i am glad you liked it...

      hahaha...yes the poor lady lizard...still in my room :( "The way you make me feel"

      i tried sherlock holmes detective fiction and i am glad you liked it...

      that one was "Merchant of Virus"...

      i am very thankful to you for your support to our blog through your visits and comments... hope you will keep visiting it this year too :)

      have a nice week

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  4. its clear from the last photo that love story rules!
    and now..im gonna read the most commented post...

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    1. hahaha... yes you see love story still rules :P

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  5. Congrats!!! you are really talented...:)

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    1. ah...thank you for such a compliment :) there are 3 people here :)

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  6. Congrats on your blog making it a year!

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    1. thank you...yes somehow the blog survived a full year :)

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  7. just recently started following your blog.....nice blog you got going on here

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    1. thank you... i hope the blog would not disappoint you :)

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  8. Congratulations Israr..
    may u get to write many more 100s , and obviously we'll get to read than :)
    Lizard one..
    last Huzra post and many more
    mother's tribute ... List can go on :P

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    1. thank you jyoti :)
      hahaha... i am yet to reach 50! ... i am a lazy one and with 3 people we are still far from making 50 in one year...but lets hope you read whatever we post :)

      thank you for liking our posts :) have a nice week...

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  9. u r really Misterio ;)
    m appreciate ur job boss. its more nd more worthy than scientific research :D

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    1. thank you dear.. :)

      yes not everybody can do scientific research so ... :P

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  10. Sincere congratulations on the year - and on a fitting post with which to celebrate it.

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    1. thank you sir...your words are always encouraging for us :)

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  11. Happy bloggie birthday! I'm viewing this on my phone so I can't easily call up my favourite posts but the one that stays in my mind was the story of the scientist with the aim of killing everybody through his work at the lab. It was so original and would make a great novel.

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    1. thank you jenny... ah...on phone you would not be able to see the pics... yes that was "merchant of virus" ... i am glad you liked it so much...hope you would keep visiting our blog this year too :) have a nice week...

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  12. wow......congratulate.....I would say wonderful mysterio.....in my whole life I m convinced by one idea "Start with the simple and make ur way towards a more innovative"...... just compare this notion with the story of facebook etc....correct me if I m wrong.......may be one day ur blog will be read by millions a month......GOD bless u...

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    1. thank you dear... idea idea hota hai chahe simple ho ya innovative :P

      yes you are absolutely right... starting something is very difficult..once you start something then it somehow get going... thank you for your kind words... :) have a nice week

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  13. - lolz, it clearly depicts your are giving much more time to your phd than any other thing. :-P

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    1. other things :P

      yes Ph. D. is my hobby :p

      thank you for your support all the way :) have a nice week

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  14. Happy blog Birthday bro and to all contibutorz

    The blog has remained very awesome throughout the year and thats why it attracted lot of visitors.

    May you all keep posting many many more years and may you get billions of visitors.

    I love all the posts but you have asked for Top 3
    so these are:

    New Anarkali – the Love Story Continues by you bro
    The Alchemist's Diary by Maria Almas
    Unsung Hero: Baba G by Kiran Shah

    sorry i can't decide which of these is 1st,2nd and 3rd

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    1. thank you bro...
      i am glad you liked the blog throughout the year..and i hope you would keep visiting this year too...

      of course the 1st would be my post in these 3 :P :P :P

      have a nice week :)

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  15. HAPPPPY HAPPY BLOGGY BUDDAY..!
    well your story makes it evident that you do understand how it feels when someone comments on your blog , follows you , appreciates you and mentions you..!
    you were the 1st follower on my blog..!
    thankyou :) so much :)
    and your bloggy looks like your baby :) and i like i like i like for it..:)
    and yes i have been irregular not punctual and i have not been posting on my blog too..!
    life changes and people do..!
    and even when i will be like 25 or 26 il comment on your blog :)

    take care..!
    keep posting more..!

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    1. hahaha... i was wondering you saying "budday" (oldies) :p

      thank you and happy birthday to you too :) and many many happy returns of the day...

      yes obviously, it feels great when someone read your post and then express their views in the form of comment... ah ..was i the 1st one? then i deserve an award from you :P

      i dont have real baby so my blog is my baby for now :p

      i am glad you will be commenting on our blog for the many years to come...its really great to have you on board... and khabardar if you try no to comment on any post..i will kill you.. :P

      have a nice week...

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  16. Congratulations a great achievement and indeed the blogging world makes the world a lot smaller and gives you the ability to connect to special people all over the world

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    1. thank you... yes this is the magic of blogging that misterio is talking with marja otherwise it would seems so impossible...

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  17. Happy First Birthday!

    i really liked the way you analysed the journey your blog has taken - the numbers, the figures, the initial hurdles, the learning, the unlearning - NICE

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    1. thank you very much sujatha...

      i am glad you liked it... yes it seems a long long time since i started...but with people like you it was fun...and i hope you people will be visiting this year too :)

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  18. It feels great to see how far your blog has come, right? :) Congrats! I hope you continue blogging as the years pass by :)

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    1. thank you very much... i hope you will continue to visit us in the years to come :0

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  19. congrats Israr you realy did a lot of work for this acheivement. i m feeling proud to b a contributer here. i didnt post anything since a long time but i m always here n l must keep writing but i m little bit lazy na.p

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    1. thank you kiran...i am glad you are part of it and so the credit is equally yours..i hope you would keep writing :)

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  20. The 7 billion figures scares the bejeebers out of me.

    But cool stats. It's kind of amazing the community that develops in blogging, sin't it?

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    1. secret agent should not scare :P

      i am glad you liked the stats..yes blogging is a wonderful community having people of all sorts and all places.. :)

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  21. Heartiest Congratulations, Israr! You've done well, keep it up!

    I love reading the posts here which are contributed by 3 people. The 3 of you have worked hand in hand and enable this blog to be among the most visited.

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    1. Thank you balqis...
      i am glad you like our blog... and your comments are always encouraging for us to work harder :)

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  22. Dear Israr,

    That's a wonderful and interesting analysis you have done hear on your page regarding your experiences at blogosphere and its growth:) Congratulations! Your page has a wide readership and your are indeed a good blogger who manage to post at a regular pace( including your other contributors):) I have really enjoyed your creativity, your social interest and the knowledge and information you have shared here over this period of time! It's true that I have missed some of your posts but I have always tried to do justice to your pieces by reading it only when I really feel to read it! Since I don't comment for the sake of commenting I believe that I was able to appreciate your talents as sincerely as possible:)

    You are one of the best bloggers I have met in this blogosphere and I always cherish your encouragements and comments on my page and your sweet concerns and regular visits:) Thank you so much Israr for all your support and appreciation:)
    Do keep writing:) I would be your reader for ever:)Waiting for more devils running out of your head! I have always amused by the way you create humour:))
    Warm regards and wishes:)

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    1. hi nasnin... i am glad you liked it... and as usual your comment is very encouraging, thorough and precise... reading your comment is now one of my favorite things on blogger... i am glad you liked whatever we post here... yes you sometimes miss some post which is very bad because you are such a fine writer and we also look forward to learn from you and your comments... yes this is one good quality of yours that you do not comment just for the sake of it but your comments are honest...

      thank you for your support to our blog this whole year... i hope you would keep visiting us... i hope you would encourage me more to create some more humour for you people and make you laugh :) have a nice week :)

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  23. Israr many many HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !!!!!:)

    SORRY FOR BEING LATE WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEM WITH MY G.MAIL ACCOUNT WHICH IS NOW FIXED.

    AND WOW GR8!!! A BIG NUMBER OF VISITORS! YOU ARE AS GOOD IN STATS AS IN YOUR WITTING SKILLS :)

    KEEP WRITING AND SHARING :)

    TONS OF BEST WISHES:)
    GOD BLESS YOU :)

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    1. Maria, congratulations to you.... you are equally responsible for all this :)
      glad to hear your gmail is now working fine :)

      hahahaha...yes a big number of visitors... and see your post is all time topper :) people like to read you :)

      stay blessed :)

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  24. My friend Israr,
    I'm a little late, but better late than never, right?

    Many, many congratulations on your first blogoversary! Look how far you've come. I wouldn't have met you nor come to know your great sense of humor if it were not for blogging. You've put together a wonderful post to celebrate your first year. I wish you continued success and many more years of creative writing. Well done, my friend!

    Now for a bit of shameless promotion. ;-)
    1) Coming this Saturday May 5th, I am holding my first blog hop called Blog Hop Saturday! You link your blog or blog post, visit as many people in the link & just have fun. Please feel free to spread the word & I hope you and your friends can join me. The link will open from 8:00am-8:00pm EST (Eastern Standard Time).
    2) Then, if you'd like to try your hand at some poetry writing again, I'm having another collaboration over at my new blog Lovers' Cove. All you have to do is write one line of 15 words or less, but (this is the challenge part) your line has to continue on from where the previous person left off. The link will open at 2:00pm EST.

    Stay well & happy writing!
    Thoughts Of Beauty In The Stillness Of Dawn...

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    1. ah thank you sir... better late than never :0 yes when i look back at the year bygone, i feel how it was managed, but together with my co-authors and the followers and readers like you who always encouraged us, the journey was worth it :)

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  25. though bit late comment simply superb! :)
    hearty congrats for Ur journey!
    keep smiling always! :)

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    1. better late than never... i am glad you came and commented :) thank you for your wishes...hope you will be visiting our blog this year regularly :) have a nice week././

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