The Editorialiste, Now 'A-Twitter.'

I've always told myself that I wouldn't Twitter, because I don't find it a productive use of my time (or interesting, for that matter) to gab about where I am in the world.

However, after thinking about it and having received several invites from Twittering friends, I've decided to sign up. The reason? So that I could post my favorite quotes from the news I read everyday.

Those close to me know that I regularly post to my away message on certain online accounts what I deem as memorable quotes that I read in the news. (Today's example: "If I had beaten the old man, you would never have heard of the kid and then we wouldn’t be in this mess," from a Katie Couric interview with Michael Dukakis). I've decided to expand my audience, since I believe these quotes are at the heart of the journalism we practice: concise, vivid accounts of the world around us.

If you'd like to follow The Ed. on Twitter, I'd be honored to have your eyeballs, albeit for five seconds a day:

http://twitter.com/editorialiste

(Also: Great interview on I Want Media with the Twitter CEO about the role of traditional journalism and Twitter.)

Who Reads The Editorialiste?

Some recent statistics on The Editorialiste's readership that I thought I would share with you, my dear readers.

It's a small but dedicated group, and if you're reading, it looks like you're in great company!

In the last month (pretty average month):

962 absolute unique users from 65 countries (in the USA: 46 of 50 states)

Since the blog's birth in 2005:

26,377 absolute unique users from 144 countries (in the USA: all 50 states and 2 territories)

Most of you come from Google searches, naturally, but an impressive 2,561 people come directly to the site without any referral.

As with any blog, many people simply click through to this site without knowing what it is. The statistics support this: the vast majority just click through once. However...

Number of Visits	Visits
1 times	26,444
2 times	1,023
3 times	326
4 times	191
5 times	133
6 times	100
7 times	83
8 times	71
9-14 times	253
15-25 times	234
26-50 times	208
51-100 times	189
101-200 times	215
201+ times	268

...there's a wonderfully steady readership that keeps on reading -- which means regular readers of The Editorialiste are a fiercely loyal bunch!

Congratulations, thank you, and as always -- keep on reading!


Always,
The Ed.