by "AkursedX" (akursedx)
Published 11/29/2017 at 09:00
by "AkursedX" (akursedx)
Published 11/29/2017 at 09:00
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STARS: 12
No, this isn’t about hitting 100k miles on a car. Instead it’s about hitting 100k page-views on my most prolific Oppo article! Do you realize how long it takes to hit ‘refresh’ that many times?!?
While I really enjoy what I wrote, and I think it’s a great starting point if you are looking to buy an RX-8, getting to that many views wasn’t really because of anything I did. It was because of getting it shared to Jalopnik as a standalone article and has also been linked to in a few other Jalopnik articles. Because of all the views it got, Google then took notice and generally this article will now show up just below the Wikipedia article on most searches for “RX8" .
I still wish Jalopnik shared some of the more prolific works that us Oppo’s have created. Whoever wrote that one article that F’ed it up for the rest of us can eat a bag of dicks .
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I’ve been lazy about my writing this year as I have 3 half-finished articles that I really want to finish up. My motivation just has not been there. To you people who do this for a living, I have much respect for you as I can’t consistently bang out articles. But just writing this post seems to have giving me a bit of inspiration. Tonight at work I might just have to write a page or two...
As for my love of the RX-8, it is still there. I stress out about the car all the time though as I have faced a number of issues this past year. I am actually going to get it compression-tested shortly as I have plans on spending a few thousand dollars on making it into a somewhat competitive STX-class autocross car. But there’s no point in it if my engine isn’t in good health. We’ll see I guess.
So anyways, thanks to all who have read my stuff. It’s really cool to know that I have made something that has at least stood the test of a couple-years of time. And at the very least, make sure you go to OppositeBlog regularly as it has plenty of great reads on it that sometimes get bumped off the Oppo front page a bit too quickly.
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
11/29/2017 at 09:21, STARS: 1
i think this is my most viewed. Not really close.
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/its-been-a-while-since-i-updated-the-gallery-1769817893
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
11/29/2017 at 09:32, STARS: 1
Impressive, and well deserved for such a thorough publication.
"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
11/29/2017 at 10:08, STARS: 0
It was a good article. I’d like it more if it laid out a cheap, somewhat easy (comparatively speaking) way to drop a 2.3 Duratec in the front! Kidding. Not kidding.
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
11/29/2017 at 10:19, STARS: 1
How do posts get selected for Oppositeblog? I haven’t written too much on here, but I enjoy reading the quality posts.
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
11/29/2017 at 11:16, STARS: 0
Did somebody really write a post that f’d it up for Oppo?
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
11/29/2017 at 11:57, STARS: 1
Impressive! Thanks for the plug for OppositeBlog. =)
BKRM3's review is the 4th Google result for “E90 M3": http://oppositelock.kinja.com/bmw-e90-m3-the-oppositelock-review-1615382409
Yours is first result for “rx-8 review”!
"AkursedX" (akursedx)
11/29/2017 at 11:59, STARS: 0
http://jackbaruth.com/?p=7028 It had something to do with this if I remember correctly. I think the switch from Gawker to Univision and the new organization had something to do with it as well. Either way, it was a bummer, but understandable.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
11/29/2017 at 12:00, STARS: 1
There are a handful of us that are “editors” of that page, and we just share worthy content from OPPO there. DasWauto is the owner. He and I started it as a less time-intensive way to continue his fantastic “Best of OPPO” work.
"AkursedX" (akursedx)
11/29/2017 at 12:00, STARS: 0
Thanks! And thanks for oppositeblog. It really is a great ‘best of’ section.
"AkursedX" (akursedx)
11/29/2017 at 12:01, STARS: 0
Thank you!
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
11/29/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 0
Very glad you and others are getting some use from it!
"AkursedX" (akursedx)
11/29/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 1
As far as I know, certain people (my guess is the Oppo-Mods based on who I have seen share my articles there) have access to it and pick and choose what they deem worthy.
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
11/29/2017 at 12:18, STARS: 1
Thanks for doing good work over there. It’s nice to be able to read quality content without having to see most of the shitposts.
Hopefully I’ll write something Oppositeblog worthy someday. I’m working on a full review of my recently acquired Fiat, and I just did a photo essay of a scenic Miata drive through PA last weekend.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
11/29/2017 at 14:31, STARS: 0
Great photos! Looking forward to the Fiat review.
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
11/29/2017 at 14:44, STARS: 1
Thanks. I just need to take the Fiat on a longer highway drive before I report on it. I’ve yet to do a full tank of gas with just highway driving, and I want to see what kind of mileage I get with pure highway driving.