So Long – And Thanks For The Comments!

Yes, folks. McGoo is quitting.

As one or two of my readers already know, I’ve been seriously fatigued with blogging and with an active net presence for nearly two years now. I’ve been finding it more and more difficult to generate anything at all for the blog.

Additionally, recent changes in my physical health preclude my doing this for very much longer anyway, so I figure I better “git’ while the gittin’ is good!”  so-to-speak.

I started this blog back in late 2007 – initially to see what result I could get and to observe the technicalities of what does and what does not generate interest – hits, if you will. I was interested in what people liked, and why, and whether I could produce some of it.

I never got definite answers to those questions, although I did quickly migrate to the guaranteed “Snark & Tits & Ass” combination that does seem to work for most folks. I’d like to think that my own special recipe of Science Snark was well-received, as well as my Adventures at Denny’s.

I’ve learned a lot!

But most of all, my posts amused me! They were a channel to vent my spleen, express my own odd flavor of humor, and to have sillies with the world and reality in general. The world is an infinite source of stupidity – and humor – and by Circe I reaped as much of it as I could!

By the way – here are the stats for the site for the duration. I tried adding them to the post but the file was too big, or sumpin, and the post loaded slowly.

I’m not ashamed of the result! I went from nothing to a consistent near-3000 hits a day with little writing talent and no artistic talent whatsoever.

1.3-million hits in three years+ or so ain’t too bad a result. There are plenty of old blogs out there with less.

As a final experiment, over the last month I have actually been deleting past posts and associated photos to see what the result would be  hit-wise. It’s been interesting.

One interesting result was that not a single commenter noticed (or, at least, remarked) on the slow disappearance of past content.

Not a peep!

That has actually not been a surprise.

Also, it confirmed that 2/3 of my daily traffic was hits to archive posts or photos. Heh. Especially photos.

FYI – the most popular photo of all time was the “Cheerleader Fisting” shot – which wasn’t nearly so naughty as is implied by the name. Google it. It’s out there. It’s long-gone from here.

The most popular post was an otherwise-unremarkable blurb back in 2008 with the words “Liver Cirrhosis” in the title. Who knew so many people would be searching on that term? Boy, did they get an eyeful!

(That’s one thing I really learned! You want hits? Put provocative words in the title! As many as possible, and don’t worry if they make any sense. Screw content! Screw tags! Its the Google & Yahoo key words that count! Bwa-ha-ha-ha!)

Anyway, over the last 5-6 weeks I’ve deleted all but the posts for 2011, and – sho’ nuff – my hits droobled off to about 1K per day – half of which are still archive hits and links from other blogs.

I’d like to express my gratitude to all my linkers & commenters! Any blogger will tell you that they live for links & comments. Its certainly true for me. Thank you for all the comments and discussions! You always made this effort a pleasure!

BTW: in all the years I was blogging, I never deleted, edited, or censored a single comment from anyone (except to correct typos!) and only deleted & banned one idiot. I guess I didn’t stir folks up enough! Pity.

I’ll leave this final post up for a week or so, and then I’ll be deleting the entire blog. Unless someone wants the site as-is. If so, contact me at the email address on the sidebar. That address will die also, in the near future, so don’t delay. It is my intention that the “McGoo” persona  eventually disappear completely. The avatar will disappear when the blog does.

It’s been a great ride! Thanks again!

And best wishes to all…

Oh! Here!

This was the first “naughty” photo I ever posted. Here’s the rest of my “Chocolate” collection:

And,

This may actually be caramel – but who gives a shit?

Missed one – below the fold: