How one envies those few people whose blogs get mass readership and a steady flow of comments. All that work – for something!

As 2009 ends I look back on the blogging year with bemused satisfaction.

The number of Unique Visitors climbed steadily up until May (from small to not-quite-so-small) but them stopped climbing, for no obvious reason.

I get 16,000 Visits a month now, and am heading for 2 million hits (people or e-spiders?) over the year, well up on 2008.

Most people of course are here for a quick glance, then they disappear.

Yet some 8% of readers have stayed for an hour or more.

So to all who swing by briefly – and especially to those who like the product long enough to have a good browse – thanks a lot. Try this for size: