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The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!.

Crunchy numbers

About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 48,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj Mahal, it would take about 6 days for that many people to see it.

In 2010, there was 1 new post, growing the total archive of this blog to 107 posts.

The busiest day of the year was December 7th with 310 views. The most popular post that day was Stock Photo: Festive Party Christmas Card background with Stars.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were jimsbeerkit.co.uk, search.aol.com, slashingtongue.com, 74.125.67.100, and healthfitnesstherapy.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for antique background, background texture, grunge texture, texture background, and antique backgrounds.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

Stock Photo: Festive Party Christmas Card background with Stars November 2008

Stock Photo – Old Tea Chest Grunge texture Background – Exclusive May 2008

Age old texture grunge paper with vector elements stock image November 2007

Totally Free Motion Grunge background texture October 2008

Old Stained Paper background texture – exclusive stock images June 2008

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Macro shots of Dice
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Stock Photo: Bright eyed white dog looking attentive on grass background.

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Free Stock Photos: Old Japanese book from meiji period with chopsticks and Japanese maple leaf.

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Free stock photo: Seaweed on rock at the beach
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Free Stock Photos of Beijing and the Great Wall of China.
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