Review of top blog posts this year
Out of the 100+ posts on this blog, these are the best from 2006 and some interesting notes on why:
- While I generally think that 'opinion' blog posts are more interesting than 'news' blog posts, news is more likely to get people linking to you (so long as you are the source of some news). So my most visited post was my announcement of DWR 2.0RC1, because it was linked from everywhere.
- Hot Tip for getting more search action: Use the keyword "review" in a blog post header. It's something people search for, but not something that people commonly use in writing reviews. For a long time this ie7 article was a top hit for the search phrase
ie7 review, mostly due to lack of competition. - My post on Architect Level Interview Questions continues to get lots of link and search love. Looking back, I think the questions are probably a bit slanted towards the technical angle a bit too much. What do you think?
- More people have commented to me personally about the Airport Security article, which is bizarre because I usually stick to Java / Ajax topics. It's also got quite a few comments (for me at least) so it appears to be quite popular.
- Lots of people wanting to know about which Apache/Tomcat connector to use get directed towards my "mod_jk is dead" post, which questions mod_proxy_ajp. At least my post has lots of links to help people find what they really want.
- One of my favourites is my post about the Myths of Ajax and Accessibility. The post used to have a huge comment spam problem, so I've only just re-enabled comments. The post has a sister in my post about contradictory accessibity advice.
- The prize for my most under-rated post is on Writing Malicious Code in Java. The "answer" was given by Zsolt. I've temporarily removed his post so you can read the comments for clues if you want.