{"id":1840,"date":"2008-01-02T06:40:49","date_gmt":"2008-01-02T11:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/how-blogs-work\/"},"modified":"2008-01-02T06:40:49","modified_gmt":"2008-01-02T11:40:49","slug":"how-blogs-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/how-blogs-work","title":{"rendered":"How blogs work"},"content":{"rendered":"

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leads to this<\/p>\n

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or, as WordPress measures it, this<\/p>\n

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And on a holiday, no less!<\/p>\n

Thanks for setting a one-day traffic record for my blog, Instapundit<\/a>! I hope some of these new readers stick around, even though they were exposed to one of my most esoteric and out-of-context posts<\/a> (written a few days after I popped the question to Amy in 2005).<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s not like I have any dream of reaching the level of Insta-traffic<\/a>. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This leads to this leads to this or, as WordPress measures it, this And on a holiday, no less! Thanks for setting a one-day traffic record for my blog, Instapundit! I hope some of these new readers stick around, even though they were exposed to one of my most esoteric and out-of-context posts (written a … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “How blogs work”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-tG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1323,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/revenge-of-schooly-d","url_meta":{"origin":1840,"position":0},"title":"Revenge of Schoolly D","author":"Gil","date":"January 31, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A guerrilla promo for Aqua Teen Hunger Force brings Boston to a halt. 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