Internationally speaking

I find blogging fascinating, the longer I work at it--more than three years now--because of the reach of digital media. people in more and more countries keep logging in, finding something of interest. It underscores to me how international English is as a language. But Oh, I'd like to know what attracts them in those far-a-way places.
But I'm also mystified that my top audience post is "All Aboard for Bartlesville" http://clarkcoffee.blogspot.com/2010/10/all-aboard-for-bartlesville.html with more than 1,100 hits followed by "All aboard" http://clarkcoffee.blogspot.com/2010/08/all-aboard.html with 900. Most popular recently has been my "Memorial Day among the Gravestones." http://clarkcoffee.blogspot.com/2012/05/memorial-day-stories-amid-gravestones.html
Most readers come from the US, followed by Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, in that order, all with more than 1,000 page views. Rounding out the top ten are India, Netherlands, Slovenia, Ukraine, France and Canada.  Fascinating.
Anyway, here, by geographic region are the places my readers have come from, in no particular order.

• Europe--Poland, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, British Isles, Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Isle of Man, Luxemborg, Switzerland, Georgia, Turkey, Romania, Slovenia, Portugal, Estonia, Netherlands, Serbia, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovnia, Latvia, Greece, Belgium, Estonia
• South America--Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico
• Mideast--Saudia Arabia, UAE, Israel, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Cyprus,
• Asia--Japan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangledesch, South Korea, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Armenia
• North America--US, Canada, Mexico
• Africa--Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Gabon
• Oceania--Australia, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia 

I'm global-ly astounded--countries and continents

This is a little ol' Oklahoma blog, one that continues to change as I learn more. It probably won't ever make much money because it's not a "niche" blog, though my goal this year is to develop it into selling my watercolors.

Cool graphic by first grade teacher
 Becky Laikos, teacher of the
year in Chesapeake, Va
http://eclipse.cps.k12.va.us/Schools/BMW/animated_glob.gif.

But what astounds me are the readers. Sure, most of them are from Oklahoma, and America, but the hit stats from around the world are amazing, reaching 40 countries on every continent except Antarctica. I wish I knew who the people were and  their stories.


After the United States, guess where the most readership comes from? Germany, followed by Russia! Then, United Kingdom, Netherlands, India, Slovenia, Ukraine, France and Canada.


Wish I could explain those interests. But there are others that make me even more curious, though the number of hits are relatively low--Japan, Israel, Cosa Rica, Bangledesch, Pakistan, Brazil, Australia, Egypt, Indonesia, Bosnia and Herzegovnia, United Arab Emirates, Croatia, Thailand, Philippines, Sweden, Latvia, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Chile, China, Columbia, Romania, Iran, Algeria, Turkey, Gabon, Hong Kong, Poland.