Top 5 Blogposts / patterns of all times on W3LC - A true analysis for from a Technology Blogger

Recently I sat to analyze what has worked well for my blog and what topics were the most helpful based on the number of visits per post. 

Following 5 clearly stood out as the Top 5 patterns of all times.

 

🔥 1. Clear #1 Winner Pattern: “Quick Linux / System Fix”

Topic: Checking File system / Directory size in Linux (df -k, du -sh)

Visitors - 301K visitors

Why it exploded:

• High search intent (“I’m stuck NOW”)
• Very specific command
• Short, practical, copy-paste friendly
• No philosophy, no fluff

👉 This is classic evergreen DevOps traffic

URL: https://www.w3lc.com/2013/05/checking-file-system-directory-size-in.html

🔥 2. Windows + Enterprise IT Pain

Topic: RDP full screen MSTSC and Disable RDP wallpaper via Group Policy

 

Visitors -

RDP full screen MSTSC - 81K visitors

Disable RDP wallpaper via Group Policy - 17K visitors

Why these work:

• Corporate IT users
• Windows admins Google exact phrasing
• Very few blogs explain this simply

👉 Enterprise IT problems = loyal Google traffic

URLs: 

https://www.w3lc.com/2014/04/rdp-in-full-screen-mode-remote-desktop.html

https://www.w3lc.com/2012/09/disable-remote-host-desktop-wallpaper.html

🔥 3. Errors & Weird Messages = Hidden Gold

Visitors - 

Error 452 file larger than ulimit - 30K visitors

Git cherry-pick bad object - 16K visitors

Perl XML/Simple.pm @INC - 7K visitors

Why they work:

• Exact error text in title
• User pastes error into Google
• The blog becomes “the savior page”

👉 Error-first titles are the silent traffic engine

URLs: 

https://www.w3lc.com/2011/11/error-452-error-writingfile-larger-than.html

https://www.w3lc.com/2017/03/fatal-bad-object-error-in-git-cherry.html

https://www.w3lc.com/2012/03/cant-locate-xmlsimplepm-inc-inc-in-perl.html

 

⚠️ 4. General Information and novelty of the Blog!

Visitors - 

Definition of Smart Devices – 62K

Why W3LC blog – 25k

Why it was read by people:

• Informational / opinion-based
• Less urgency
• Not a “problem to fix”

👉 These are good for branding, not aimed for traffic spikes. Yet it drew!

URLs:

https://www.w3lc.com/2018/07/definition-of-smart-devices-by-w3lc.html

https://www.w3lc.com/2010/05/why-new-it-discussions.html