Mark’s Mojo

Well, I’ve given it a week, and the traffic from Mark Evanier’s post about us sent just shy of 800 visitors, of which about 20% seem to be sticking around. This is fascinating to watch on many levels, and we’ll be keeping an eye to see how long the boost lasts. Of course, it’s entirely possible that other people will be linking (like the brilliant Arthur Silber at The Light of Reason, who you ought to try if you haven’t already) and this is by no means an exact science– log analysis rarely is– but still, it amuses.

I wonder if Mark realizes exactly how much juice he has, and I’m always interested to see blog strength in action– like word of mouth on steriods.* Mark probably has a better idea from his Amazon sales figures and PayPal tips, but this is still interesting data. For that matter, I wonder how much traffic I’m sending his way. A smaller percentage, sure, but I’m curious what the crossover is. I assume that folks who read me were already reading his stuff.

Oh, and while I’m thinking about it: Mark, after San Diego I went to Vegas to recover (during the worst heat wave ever) and saw Ronn Lucas’s live show at the Rio on your recommendation. I spoke with him after the show and said you sent me, and he said you should give him a call. Ask him about the marriage proposal. And thanks for all the extra traffic.

* Remind me to tell you sometime about the test to see how fast we could spread the rumor that Marina Sirtis was going to play Catwoman in Batman Returns.