{"id":1633,"date":"2012-12-17T09:13:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T14:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:45:48","slug":"my-one-year-blog-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"My one year blogiversary!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One year ago I came up with a crazy idea to start my blog.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s already been a year and I can&#8217;t believe people are actually reading my blog.\u00a0 At the time, I didn&#8217;t even know what a blog was; but I had so many stories to share and write about my life as a parent. When I first started, I was hoping that at least a handful of my friends would read my blog and that I would get a few followers (20 to be exact).\u00a0 But here&#8217;s what has unfolded since my idea came to fruition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have written a total of 64 posts (including this one)<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve had over 44,000 unique views on my blog (approx. 3,667 views a month)<\/li>\n<li>On my best day, I had 4,514 views<\/li>\n<li>My top 5\u00a0most popular blog posts are 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/2012\/04\/10\/communicating-through-baby-sign-language-plus-a-course-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\">Communicating through Baby Sign Language \u2013 plus a Course Giveaway! <\/a>2) <a href=\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/2012\/01\/30\/the-start-and-end-to-my-skydiving-career\/\" target=\"_blank\">The start and end to my skydiving\u00a0career<\/a>\u00a03) <a href=\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/2012\/02\/18\/the-church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-is-this-for-real\/\" target=\"_blank\">The church of the flying spaghetti monster?!?! Is this for\u00a0real?<\/a>\u00a04) <a href=\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/2012\/03\/29\/its-not-easy-being-a-male-baby-model\/\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s not easy being a male baby\u00a0model!<\/a>\u00a05) <a href=\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/2012\/03\/02\/is-it-a-boy-or-a-girl-only-the-cupcakes-know-the-best-baby-gender-reveal-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is it a boy or a girl? Only the cupcakes know! (the best baby gender reveal\u00a0EVER!!)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>My post &#8220;The start and end to my skydiving career&#8221; got Freshly Pressed on WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Top Views by Country are: Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, India and Israel<\/li>\n<li>I did a total of 6 giveaways<\/li>\n<li>I had 6 guest posts (big thanksto all of my guest writers)<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of my favourite statistics about my blog are the search engine terms that directed people to my site.\u00a0 Here are some of the funniest \/ weirdest search terms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u00a0\u0436\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0432 (I have no idea what this means or what language it&#8217;s in or how Google determined that this is somehow connected to one of my blog posts)<\/li>\n<li>mayans sleep deprivation (My name is Maya, but I have no relations at all to the Mayan tribe)<\/li>\n<li>girl camping (I&#8217;m pretty sure I never wrote about girl camping)<\/li>\n<li>so nice place (?!?!?!?)<\/li>\n<li>just lying in bed all day (I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;ve never written about this although I would love to).<\/li>\n<li>only 16<\/li>\n<li>how to make sure you&#8217;re really sick (I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;m not a Doctor.\u00a0 Hopefully no one actually looked to my blog for some advice)<\/li>\n<li>strict ladies (mmmmmmmmmmm&#8230;.)<\/li>\n<li>the end (really?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m so thankful\u00a0to each and every one of my family, friends and readers who have been kind enough to read my ramblings since day 1.\u00a0 I also want to send out a big thanks to my son Kyle; if it wasn&#8217;t for him, I wouldn&#8217;t have a blog.\u00a0 Lastly, my husband, who doesn&#8217;t mind me sharing stories about our family life, edits my posts, provides input and feedback (from a male perspective) and has supported me through this journey.\u00a0 I hope to keep writing for years to come and hopefully will have a lot more entertaining stories for you as baby #2 arrives.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again!!!<\/p>\n<p>xoxo<\/p>\n<p>Maya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One year ago I came up with a crazy idea to start my blog.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s already been a year and I can&#8217;t believe people are actually reading my blog.\u00a0 At the time, I didn&#8217;t even know what a blog was; but I had so many stories to share and write about my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"My one year blog anniversary http:\/\/wp.me\/p248bN-ql","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[924,124,5309],"tags":[484487,45210,273,137227457,137227456,34920942,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-1633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-events","7":"category-life","8":"category-parenting","9":"tag-1-year","10":"tag-anniversary","11":"tag-blog","12":"tag-children","13":"tag-family","14":"tag-parenting-2","15":"tag-wordpress","16":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.7 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My one year blogiversary! - Mayahood<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My one year blogiversary!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One year ago I came up with a crazy idea to start my blog.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s already been a year and I can&#8217;t believe people are actually reading my blog.\u00a0 At the time, I didn&#8217;t even know what a blog was; but I had so many stories to share and write about my [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mayahood\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-17T14:13:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-21T14:45:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Maya Fitz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maya Fitz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/\",\"name\":\"My one year blogiversary! - Mayahood\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-17T14:13:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-21T14:45:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ab87498b10435d27bfa2b016e7110739\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"My one year blogiversary!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/\",\"name\":\"Mayahood\",\"description\":\"A blog about parenting, family-friendly travel &amp; product reviews\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ab87498b10435d27bfa2b016e7110739\",\"name\":\"Maya Fitz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f93a95ecc497d4225d2ab83a4267bb1?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f93a95ecc497d4225d2ab83a4267bb1?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Maya Fitz\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/author\/mayahoodblog\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"My one year blogiversary! - Mayahood","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"My one year blogiversary!","og_description":"One year ago I came up with a crazy idea to start my blog.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s already been a year and I can&#8217;t believe people are actually reading my blog.\u00a0 At the time, I didn&#8217;t even know what a blog was; but I had so many stories to share and write about my [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/","og_site_name":"Mayahood","article_published_time":"2012-12-17T14:13:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-01-21T14:45:48+00:00","author":"Maya Fitz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Maya Fitz","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/","url":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/","name":"My one year blogiversary! - Mayahood","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-12-17T14:13:05+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-21T14:45:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ab87498b10435d27bfa2b016e7110739"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-one-year-blog-anniversary\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"My one year blogiversary!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/","name":"Mayahood","description":"A blog about parenting, family-friendly travel &amp; product reviews","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ab87498b10435d27bfa2b016e7110739","name":"Maya Fitz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f93a95ecc497d4225d2ab83a4267bb1?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f93a95ecc497d4225d2ab83a4267bb1?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Maya Fitz"},"url":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/author\/mayahoodblog\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dEqj-ql","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1827,"href":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions\/1827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}