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The Best of ColumbusBestBlog.com 2011

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

According to WordPress.com (this is a WordPress.org site but in 2011 I started using a WordPress.com plugin so they sent me an email about 2011 on ColumbusBestBlog.com)  was the most popular post on this site:

Columbus Trick or Treat – 2011

It is not really a big surprise.  I could tell from traffic (looking at Google Analytics) that Columbus likes Halloween.  I knew from other years that central Ohio  needs to know when “Beggars Night” or “trick or treat” is in each local community.  When does Worthington trick or treat?  When is “Beggar’s Night in Hilliard?”  Lewis Center, Powell, Westerville, etc.

The Best of ColumbusBestBlog.com (the top 5 posts on ColumbusBestBlog.com)  in 2011 according to WordPress.com:

1. Columbus Trick or Treat – 2011 posted September 2011
2. Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities in America – 2011 posted June 2011
3. Beggars’ Night in Columbus Ohio posted October 2010
4. 365 Things to Do in Columbus Ohio this weekend posted June 2010
5. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – a Columbus neighborhood posted August 2011

The traffic on #3 (Halloween post for 2010) was how I knew to write the 2011 post about central Ohio trick or treat times.  Here’s a hint about number 2, Columbus did NOT make that list.  The number one place that sent traffic to this site in 2011 was Facebook.  I would guess the page about “365 Things to do in Columbus Ohio” and let me stress the Ohio in that…

I don’t believe I added the WordPress.com plugin until mid year so I am not sure this is the entire 2011 year or not.  Not sure how the WordPress.com plugin is measuring traffic.

Related posts:

  1. Worthington’s BEST Neighborhoods for ‘Trick-or-Treat’ 2011
  2. Columbus: Are you ready for some football?
  3. ColumbusBestBlog blew it….

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Daily Kos Elections Iowa Republican caucuses liveblog thread #15

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
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The Iowa Republican caucuses are underway, and we’ll be liveblogging the results as they come in. Click here for our handy guide to the nuts-and-bolts of caucus procedures.

With 99.49% reporting, it’s Santorum 29,892 (24.57%), Romney 29,865 (24.54%). A linear projection shows Santorum by 29.

Results: AP | Google | Politico | WNYC


Tue Jan 03, 2012 at 9:50 PM PT: Checking the map: not much left. Keokuk County has one caucus still out. So does Story. So does Clinton and Johnson County. The latter three went Mitt. Keokuk went Santorum




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