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Record visits - and what happens when the blog grows

In the past month, we have had record visits to the blog and at the same time gained more followers on Facebook than ever. Very funny! But when you grow on the Internet, all sorts of other things happen too ...

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Record number of visitors

In the last month we have had over 14,000 unique visitors to the blog, which is a record. Very exciting! We are also almost up to 1000 fans on Facebook (at the time of writing 990). If you have not yet found us on Facebook, you are welcome to like us at Facebook/freedomtravelnews. As usual, we are also available on Instagram.

Besöksstatistik för freedomtravel.se från Google Analytis
Visitor statistics for freedomtravel.se from Google Analytis

Web trolls and blocked in Iran

A classic thing that happens when a blog grows is that you get hit by so-called online trolls (people who write to provoke and be mean). We've always been fairly spared, but we take the fact that there are a few more as a sign that the blog has grown! Recently, for example, one reader wrote a long, aggressive rant and ended with an outraged "your sausage!". ...

Freedomtravel i Iran
This is what it looks like if you try to open freedomtravel.se in Iran

Our blogger friend Lena, with the blog Ladies AbroadWe have recently been in Iran and realised that our blog is blocked there. We don't really know why, but maybe we accidentally wrote about a naturist beach or something else immoral?

We'll take that to mean that we're big enough to care and we're in "good company" with other blocking sites like Facebook and SvD...

The best thing about blogging

Big blog or not, the most fun part of blogging is always the exchange with all of you amazing readers. Every day I look forward to reading all your lovely, funny, wise and constructive comments! Some of you also have your own blogs, which I follow with great pleasure via Bloglovin.

Another great thing about blogging is all the people you get to meet and all the fun you get to have. So what's coming up next? Today we're going to a press lunch to hear about the latest news in the camping world and soon we're off to Croatia. Will you be joining us?

Snart bär det av till Split i Kroatien igen!
Soon it's off to Split in Croatia again!

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