05/11/2007: "My head's back to normal"

The excitement of the morning is gone now. I found out how it all happened though. Someone liked the story and used the Share This link that I have at the bottom of every post and submitted the story to StumbleUpon. Cool. The hits didn't last all day though. They lasted for about an hour at the high rate and then dropped the next hour and dropped again the next hour and then everything was back to normal.

It was pretty awesome though. I couldn't believe it when I saw all of those hits this morning. It brought a lot of new people to the site, and hopefully some of them will come back.

Just so you guys know, if you enjoy a post on CalNaturePhoto and you want to share it with the world, you can click on the Share This link and submit the story to many different sites. Also on the bottom of the side bar, under Blog Directories there is a link to FeedBurner. If you click on that link you cast a vote for CalNaturePhoto and it helps to bring more people in. If I get enough votes I get put on the front page of FeedBurner.

You may be wondering why I don't have all of these new toys on SierraVisions. It's because SierraVisions is very out of date and can't handle these toys. The web has changes so much in the last few years that our little site has become an antique. I know, many of you like it that way. I do too. But, changes are in the wind. I'm currently working on the new version of SierraVisions that will bring it up to date. Now don't worry, the look and feel will be as it's been for years. There will be some layout changes, but mostly the site will stay as is.
The biggest changes will be invisible to the public. It's the back end of the site that will change most. And that will help to draw more people into the site. As the site is now, Google doesn't even scan the home page anymore. It's in Google's database, but they don't stop by and see what's new. That's because of the old code that creates the site. So once the new version is up and running, Google will stop by again and bring more visitors with them.

I'm not sure when I'll have everything ready. It's not real high on my priority list at the moment. I'm working on it when I have spare time. It will most likely be in a month or two. I wasn't going to tell you guys yet, but I figure now is as good a time as any.