This is real nice, but slightly peculiar. . .

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   Teresa McGurkposted 15 years ago

   I mean, I'm thrilled and all, but isn't it a bit odd that today, suddenly, out of the blue, 159 people would decide to read a hub about translations of Petrarch? 
   
   WTF?

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   Mishaposted 15 years ago

   Somebody stumbled it? Look at your stats and check where traffic is coming from

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      Teresa McGurkposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Oh!  I never thought of that. . . yep, it was stumbled.  cool.  I'm still mystified that folk want to read obscure translations of an obscure sonnet on an obscure Sunday. . . . 
      But thanks for the tip!

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   Mishaposted 15 years ago

   yw and give yourself some credit, you deserve it

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   KCC Big Countryposted 15 years ago

   Gotta love them red arrows!   I have all blue arrows today.....LOL   Congrats, Teresa!

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   Rochelle Frankposted 15 years ago

   I had that happen once on something obscure---
   Misha, I can't remember-- do we have to do something to post on stumbleupon? I think I did something once, but it never halped, except maybe for that once.  Is it worth the time?

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      Teresa McGurkposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I'm guessing it must be worth the time, although I don't know how this got stumbled upon

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         Mishaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Well, depending on what you want
         If you want numbers that will push your hubscore, su is great. If you want genuine readers - hardly any, but possible. If you want clicks on the ads - no. If you want backlinks - yes.
         
         Pick your preference
         
         Oh, and to get there you need either to have somebody who will stumble your post, or to do this yourself.

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   Laughing Momposted 15 years ago

   I've noticed you at 100 several times lately.  You must be doing everything right, Teresa!  Misha is right, you deserve it!!

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      Teresa McGurkposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Well Thanks!  I just hadn't realized Petrarch was such a big hit -- maybe I'll do a hub on Cardinal Bembo next!

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   Laughing Momposted 15 years ago

   Teresa, what happened to your manicure?

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      Teresa McGurkposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I had to go back to the photo, as a friend was visiting HubPages, and she doesn't know me by the name T. McGurk, so said she couldn't find me anywhere!

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   LondonGirlposted 15 years ago

   stumble is random - you get nothing for days, then 400 peeps pile in within an hour, then nothing again. Still quite nice with the old arrows (-:
   
   Stumbling's easy, just register or login, and get the Firefox toobar, and press the thumbs up button for stuff you like.

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      Teresa McGurkposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I had forgotten about the toolbar (I was getting too many toolbars at the top of my browser, so I hid some of them) Ha!  just stumbled Katherine Swynford!

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         LondonGirlposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         How very kind!

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   LondonGirlposted 15 years ago

   Oh, and Teresa - "real nice"? And you an English professor.........

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      Teresa McGurkposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Retired!

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    The Captainposted 15 years ago

    And I posted yer link to this hub on piratesurfing.com.  When an article gets hot and starts to get lots of traffic, they call it pillaging.  Hope you get pillaged real soon!

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    Teresa McGurkposted 15 years ago

    Wow -- that's a new one, I'd never heard of piratesurfing.com.  Just checked out their website, but it all looks very complicated

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    AEvansposted 15 years ago

    How wonderful for you I have blue and a couple of reds, nothing to write home to mom about. I am so happy for you.

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       Teresa McGurkposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Oh, believe me, I have a whole herd of blues -- a whole passel of them (what's a passel, anyway?)

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    Uninvited Writerposted 15 years ago

    Maybe some people have papers due

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    Teresa McGurkposted 15 years ago

    Big class!  Glad I'm not going to be grading those!

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    Dame Scribeposted 15 years ago

    Congrats! lets do the HP celebration dance now whos your partner? dont mind me, lol

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