The Tea Party Effect

Russ Steele

This morning Jeff Pelline who writes at the Sierra Foothill Report has an interesting discussion of the impact of local blogs on the media landscape. His stats show a growing audience for his blog, which he contributes in part to being a member of the Sac Bee Sacramento Connect.  While I have many philosophical disagreement with Mr Pelline, which started way back when he was the editor of our local news paper, he has changed the media landscape in the community and is congratulated on his success. 

This blog is also a member of Sacramento Connect, but I have not seen an significant increase in traffic as a result, although Alexa indicated I have been attracting more readers from the Sacramento region.  As you can see from the graphic below, my traffic picked up significantly when I started posting on Tea Party Issues. (Click for a larger impage)


One of the major traffic drivers was this post: http://ncwatch.typepad.com/media/2010/08/could-this-be-a-tea-party-theme-song.html



I am fortunate that many readers came for the music and have continued to return for the commentary. I want to thank those readers for their continued support.  As you might guess, I will continue to focus on Tea Party issues and issues important to Nevada County from a conservative viewpoint.