I fished both of your comments out of my spam filter, since you added some thought to the 2nd try.

I considered the “underappreciated post” idea but wanted to give Chris’ analytical method a go.

I also note- as in #10, which was a late post that could rank higher, I had a post just last week (“Faces of Death”) that people liked and even inspired at least one other blogger to post. But, there was no time for cumulative traffic.

I like the list. I tried my own variation this year where I focused on posts that I liked but that didn’t get a lot of traffic.

I particularly liked your #4 and #7.

Best wishes for 2010!

Some of your titles are nigh irresistible, so I’m checking them out. Happy New Year!