Growing, Growing, Growing

What if you published a blog a nobody read it? It can happen, but not at Living Blue.

A comparison for the months of December and January, based on statistics from Google Analytics, shows Living Blue is off to a great start to 2008.

Helped no doubt by interest in the not-so-perfect Michigan presidential primary, visits to Living Blue were up 216 percent in January compared to the previous month. And unique visitors were up even more -- 306 percent.

Visitors to the site came from 24 countries -- including Togo. Most visitors were from the U.S., of course. Living Blue attracted readers from 41 states -- led by Michigan, but followed by New York, California, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, D.C., Texas, and Ohio.

And our Michigan visitors came from 138 cities, up from just 84 a month ago.

Many of our readers find us using search engines, but our friends at Michigan Liberal and Lefty Blogs also send many our way.

There are plenty of politics ahead in 2008 and we'll try to keep you posted.