Top 10 Popular Eazy Cheezy Posts of 2008

It’s Christmas Eve and as I prepare for a nice holiday vacation, I wanted to calculate the Top 10 Most Popular Eazy Cheezy Posts of 2008. This is based on traffic, comments and other factors, such as age of post, Diggs, Stumbles, etc from September 22nd (date established) to present. Big thanks to all my readers for making this possible.

1. 50 Free Sites to Watch TV & Movies Online – This was a 5 part series that really was the turning point of the site. I started out with 10 sites and continually added additional sites and parts to this story. The feedback and interest has been amazing!
Page Views - 381,000
Diggs – 224 Diggs
Stumbles - 113 reviews
Delicious – 857 saves
Comments – 90

2. 20 Free Sites for Music – This 2 part posting gave me consistent page views. I used it to share some of the best Music sites available.
Page Views - 9,000
Diggs – 28 Diggs
Stumbles - 2 Reviews
Delicious – 16 Saves
Comments – 16

3. My Traffic Experiment with Stumbled Upon & Digg – This was a fun experiment that I used to compare traffic from two of my favorite sites.
Page Views – 2,300
Diggs - 8 Diggs
Stumbles – 4 reviews
Delicious - 3 saves
Comments – 17

4. 10 Popular Sites – How They Once Looked – This post was a bit of a surprise success. Using the Wayback Machine, I picked 10 popular sites and displayed the early days of their pages.
Page Views – 1,100
Diggs - 115 Diggs
Stumbles – 5 reviews
Delicious - 1 save
Comments – 6

5. 60+ of the Best Undiscovered Digg-like Sites - As I got more involved in the Digg community, I started to discover several other Digg-like sites. As I began to research Digg-like sites, I ended up finding over 100 and choose the best 60 or so.
Page Views – 469
Diggs – 152 Diggs
Stumbles – 4 reviews
Delicious – 3 saves
Comments - 9

6. Blogertize – Adspace for Your Blog in Pixel Form – After reading about Blogertize on Blog Catalog, I wanted to learn more about it. I did my research and wanted to share what I learned with others. This post has been very well received and has set a personal record for number of diggs.
Page Views – 191
Diggs - 156 Diggs
Stumbled - 2 Reviews

7. 5 Best Tools to Clean & Speed Up Your PC – I used this post to share 5 of the absolute best tools to keep your pc cleaned up. I knew this could come in handy for us all.
Page Views – 460
Diggs – 126 Diggs
Stumbled – 1 Review
Comments – 4

8. Alexa Ranking Overview, Tips & Downloads – Post to provide an overview of Alexa Rankings, share tips & utilities.
Page Views – 2,360
Stumbles – 1 Review
Comments – 5


9. 15 Cool Sites for Custom Blogger Templates & Logo Generators - When changing my design, I collected several bookmarks for custom designs and logo generators & wanted to share them.
Page Views – 925
Stumbles – 1 Review
Delicious – 2 Saves
Comments - 8

10. Best of Eazy Cheezy 2008 – I used this post to talk about the success and failures of each month, present the most commented stories and my personal favorites for each month.
Page Views – 472
Diggs - 51 Diggs
Comments – 2

Runners Up
Christmas Toolbox: 50+ Christmas Resources (60 Diggs)
USA Jobs Part 3 – Steps I took to Get a Federal Job (120 Diggs)
35+ Blackberry Resources (72 Diggs)
20+ Unique Shopping Sites for Gadgets, T-Shirts, Crafts & More (94 Diggs)
14 Ways to Promote Your Blog & Get Traffic (98 Diggs)
Blogging Gifts: 10 Affordable Advertising Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Bloggers (105 Diggs)

This is a bit of a warm-up to an in-depth traffic comparison posting, which I’ll be completing in the very near future. I will be displaying my top traffic sources and utilizing some graphical charts to better show my results.