Generating traffic for a web site is a fascinating problem. There are all sorts of quick fix ideas offered, but basically nothing beats having content than people will link to of their own free will. But what do you do if you have something you think is really good, but no one is linking to it? Well, obviously you might be wrong about it being good, but maybe no one knows it is there. So maybe a nudge or two is in order.

What has got me thinking about this most recently is that I finally got a good book discussion going on Science Fiction Awards Watch. It has a great panel: Ellen Datlow, Lou Anders, Mike Levy and Rick Kleffel. The actual discussion is very interesting. Yet Google Analytics tells me that to date a mere 22 people have bothered to take a look. That’s kind of disappointing.

Still, new venture and all that. Maybe I just need to spread the word. We shall see. Launching wouldn’t be interesting if it wasn’t a challenge.