1. The Technorati ranking for louisgray.com is below 3,000 (although there is not a "Top 3K" button) 2. RSS Subscriptions blew through 2,500 and 2,750 this week. And just think... in December, my goal for the end of 2008 was 500. Shows what I know. :-/ - Louis Gray

I used to care about my Technorati rank and authority, but caring about such metrics only made me more frustrated about my blog and I ended up pushing out low-quality posts. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

Congrats Louis! Well deserved. - Ole Begemann

right on! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Excellent, Louis! Keep it up. - Bill Sodeman

Here's another cool way to look at the data, from RatingBurner. http://ratingburner.com/... (If you guys don't know RatingBurner, go check it out) - Louis Gray

Louis: Congrats! Do you think these numbers are due to involvement with FriendFeed? Something else you've been doing other than writing great post? - Justin Korn

Congrats Louis, great job - mark ivey

@Justin, being active on FriendFeed I believe has been win/win. Others credited me with helping them get more visible during the early days, and my higher visibility here has helped the blog, for sure. But without consistent good posts, activity here would be siloed. - Louis Gray

Louis, it's simple: (1) you have a great attitude, and (2) you produce fantastic content. I don't subscribe to your blog, but I bet I read most of your posts because I see them on FriendFeed. - Dean Thompson

who are you again? - sean percival

@Louis: I am not doubting that the constant good posts is the major mover. I was curious if you thought there were other potential movers. After all, you thought you would only have 500 subscriptions by the end of the year...according to your stats you are poking at 6x that only half way in. Those are amazing numbers. - Justin Korn

I echo Dean Tompson. Congratulations! :) - Mona Nomura

Movers have to include the visibility on FriendFeed, occasional appearances on Techmeme, and engagement with other bloggers who link. Participating is a big deal. Not to get all introspective, but two years ago, I was getting 500 visits a month, and that's documented here: http://friendfeed.com/e... - Louis Gray

Congratulations!! - felix

and it seems like only yesterday (because practically speaking it WAS) that you were at 1000. It's impressive, congrats! But the number I really want to see is the "reach" number that went along with the 2752 on Wednesday. If you go into stats boy mode, I'd love to see the analysis of impact on % reach as your sub base has grown. - Robert Seidman

Nice Louis! That's a lot of subscribers coming in this week. And there should be a Top 3,000 icon in Technorati. - Hutch Carpenter

@Robert: 1,050 reach. 2,025 the previous day. Who knew? - Louis Gray

wow. congrats x 10 - Robert Seidman

That's amazing Louis - what I love about you is these probably don't even matter to you. You're sharing this to show others they can do it too. (I hope others see this) - Jesse Stay

Nice one Louis. Enjoying the guest posts too. - Larry Kless from twhirl

This actually makes me think of the post I just wrote. You provide value and push boundaries and all those numbers shoot up. Congrats :) - Rahsheen ™