Compared to previous years activity this site plateaued this year. In 2009 it received 169,509 hits. In 2010 it saw 467,234 hits. This year, largely due to the infrequent posting (about half as much as last year) it had only a marginal increase receiving 507,133 PVs. Most of the hits this year were fuelled by search engine traffic on previous years posts. The year wasn’t all that bad though, midway through the year the site surpassed the million PageView mark, an event that slipped through without any fanfare.

Anyway, as in previous years (here is 2009 and 2010), following is a look at 5 of the best and 5 of the worst performing posts that this site has dished up this year. The popularity, or lack thereof, is based purely upon number of pageviews.

The Hits

I Scored Last Night

Strangely, the best performing post for this site in 2011 was I Scored Last Night that featured a before and after shot that parodied Pat Morita of The Karate Kid notoriety. This post benefits from excessively high (and undeserved) Google ranking for the keyword search “Mr Miyagi”.

Tokyo Rockabilly Club

A dying breed of big fifties revivalists, the Tokyo Rockabilly Club have attained cult icon notoriety for their highly distinctive combination of Elvis hair, yakuza tattoos and predisposition to publicly jive to 50s rock ’n’ roll. This post also benefits from a high Google ranking for the keyword search “rockabilly”.

Weird Japanese Ice Cream Flavours

Weird Japanese Ice Cream Flavours is an article that lists ten weird Japanese ice cream flavours. The flavours are based upon local Japanese regional delicacies such as horse sashimi, beef tongue and whale. Facebook was the biggest referrer to this page in 2011.

Another 10 Cool Japanese Foods

Part 2 in a cool Japanese food series is Another 10 Cool Japanese Foods which showcased 10 tasty morsels of Japanese culinary goodness such as edamame, shabu-shabu, soba, tonkatsu, karaage and more. It was StumbleUpon’s biggest referral to this site for 2011.

The Japan Earthquake from Tokyo Tower

The Japan Earthquake from Tokyo Tower is an article containing footage from a tourist who was on the observation deck of the 4,000 tonne steel structure at the time that the massive earthquake struck, probably one of the last places that you would want to be during the 5th largest earthquake in recorded history.

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An oldie but always a goodie… in preparation for the 2002 FIFA World Cup being co-hosted by Japan and Korea comedian Paul Kaye made a satirical skit where he demonstrated the lesser known martial arts style – English football hooliganism.

Here are a few favourite quotes from the clip:

• I don’t wanna see any Jackie Chan bollocks
• I wanna see some windmilling in
• Watchoo fackin lookin at!?!
• Cam on… u fuckin wankaa!

And if you got a set of keys on you stick them in your hands and make them count!