If CR is correct and there are over 9.4 billion blogs in the world, and mine is ranked 9.4 billion in popularity, then let's try to get some perspective on that.
First, some people are creating or at least contributing to more than one blog . . . and hoping for readers. Or . . . every person on the planet has at least one blog.
Second, if the earth is made up of minds processing information in order to remain vital, then the blogosphere seems to be both rich with nutrients and choked by pollution. My blog, like a meringue or a round of Petit Basque cheese, while not entirely nutritious, certainly doesn't pollute.
Third, if there were an alphabetized written index of all blog titles, and you were asked to read one title per second, and you couldn't catch your breath before reading the first 9.4 billion titles, it would take you about 313 years before you could draw a breath . . . by which time blogs may no longer exist or, at least, they'll have a better name than "blog."
Fourth, if all the titles were about the length of mine, and you strung them end to end, in Helvetica 20 point font, they'd stretch from here to . . . the other side of our solar system!
The length of my title above x 9.4 billion = a lot!
Fifth, if mine is the 9,456,876,223th most read blog as CR indicates, well, just how many blogs are there out there? Maybe there are twice that many that even fewer people read. Or maybe friends of bloggers are offering to game the system, just as CR did when she wrote: "Do you want me to go to your blog and then shut the window many many times to boost your self esteem?" Of course, I said no to her because my integrity is more important than my blog. Perspective is everything.
Sixth, the third factoid is true. I was guessing, for dramatic effect, on the fourth.
Seventh, the sixth indicates that the fourth may be polluting the blogosphere.
I'm surprised you ranked as high as you did.
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