Everywhere 'ya Look IIPOSTED MAR 19, 2011

Two months after bringing back the Audio/Video Component Archive , I'm pleased to announce that egrabow.com's numbers are on their way up again. The move was a shameless attempt to boost my site rating and, in turn, benefit my novel by making it more search engine friendly. The AVCA listings are growing at a steady rate too, since I decided to use my reclaimed break time at work (reclaimed from fast food restaurants) to work on it. The more listings, the more traffic.

Caffeine's traffic shot up in November as I had the book listed on more sites and, though it fell back to Earth shortly after, it remains well above its pre-November level. Caffeine is also available on Google, ManyBooks, Scribd, and other sites... where traffic has been steady. As of now, Caffeine has had more than 9,000 views/downloads.

There has been movement regarding a publisher. I hope to announce something soon. :)

Wake Up! Pro , my alarm clock software, was leading the pack until Caffeine's November boost. Version 2.5 is over 3 years old and downloads have been slowly declining. It's easy to picture myself in some parallel universe improving and releasing new versions of it: making a Windows 7 version, OS X version, Linux, etc., but here factors haven't quite lined up that way. With attention gone to other projects, I'm considering removing WUP this fall. The torch can always be carried on by another, of course, because the GNU license is good like that.

As far as website resources go, I'll count the videos I have posted on YouTube, linked to my Video Page . Behind The Static 2: Longer, Creepier, Uncut is well in the lead at 3,442 views. I'm glad I made the move of posting them on YouTube, it has definitely boosted their visibility.

"Everywhere 'ya Look" is the slogan I adopted for egrabow.com in 2006, and it becomes truer every day. Everywhere 'ya look my work is swarming the internet. Though there are no plans for new video or software projects, Caffeine is a very active project, and Lord willing my first novel will be joined by a second, third, etc. The re-established AVCA will also become more visible. In December 2008 it peaked at about 12K visits, numbers which may return by the end of the year.

If you're not familiar with the resources on egrabow.com, the Traffic Page is a good place to start!

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