I’ve never been one on following page views for my site, the main reason is that I don’t say anything of importance to be popular.
It wasn’t until this morning I noticed something, nothing too spectacular just my page view document for this month.
Look at the document, see if you can find the date (then the post at kylemayne.com) what caused the surge in views.
The site is used as my own personal outlet, I like it the way it is. To be popular I think you need to be the best at something or cater to a particular niche market with nothing really much in between being successful. Also there is the time factor, to be popular to need to be up on posting with at least 3 - 7 posts a day to keep your readers interested.
Maybe I’m Wrong, although I do find it interesting in thinking what makes a particular website popular.
-Kyle