Curious
I had a look at Blog from Italy’s world wide rankings according to Alexa’s ranking service today, and I noticed a few interesting things.
First, most of my visitors come from the other side of the Atlantic. This is no great surprise, seeing as the USA is probably the most connected nation on earth. But in a very close second place is Italy. Now that did surprise me, as did my blog’s ranking within Italy: 13707.
I have noticed, and am pleased, that quite a few more Italians have been dropping in and leaving comments recently, but I did not really think they would be that interested in my waffling on about their lovely country. Must have been wrong. Sometimes being wrong is not so bad after all!
The surprises though are not over, though. Quite a few Germans pop in here too, which is great, but again surprises me. I mean I’m sure there are more than a few good German blogs that talk about Italy out on the www.
However, the biggest surprise for me is that people from the Philippines and Singapore are visiting too. Again, I had no idea that people from these countries would find my blog even remotely interesting, but some must - so a big thanks for visiting to my readers from the Philippines and Singapore.
I have to admit that it is little discoveries like this that make blogging so fascinating for me.
Who ever you are, and where ever you are from, please feel free to drop in whenever you like. And thanks for doing so.
Alex - the chap that writes all this, er, stuff 
Using RSS - A Nice Video Explanation of How to Use RSS Feeds
This is a nice simple explanation of what RSS is. I shall be using this little video with my students.
With thanks to the guys on the Common Craft site.And thanks to Juha Ylitalo over at his Juha Ylitalo Photography Blog for putting me onto this.
Things to do. Done!
I’ve upgraded the ‘Almost all Posts’ page with a system which lists every post I’ve scribbled chronological order. Delve away. I just hope my server does not protest.
And, there is now a thingy which allows you to be notified when and if anyone, like me, replies to one of your comments. Just tick the little box next to the ‘Notify me of followup comments via e-mail’ and you will receive an email when someone posts a reply. This may encourage more people to engage me in some more ‘comment’ discussions! But only if they feel like it. I use this system often when I see it on other blogs, and it can be helpful when you are looking for an answer to something.
I n some ways, I think blogs are better then books. I mean, if you want to, you can interact with the ‘author’ and all the others who leave comments. Fun! And I get to ‘meet’ some very interesting people too!
Feedback on the new additions is, as ever, appreciated. Thanks.
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