{"id":19441,"date":"2011-05-03T10:56:47","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T08:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=19441"},"modified":"2011-06-26T22:30:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T20:30:35","slug":"restaurant-specials-top-of-top-10-whale-cottage-blogposts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/restaurant-specials-top-of-top-10-whale-cottage-blogposts\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Specials top of Top 10 Whale Cottage Blogposts!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Our Blog is two and\u00a0 half years old, and we have been dedicated to keeping up our initial goal of\u00a0writing a blog post a day, with only a few exceptions.\u00a0 Blog writing is scary initially, as one does not know if anyone, and who, is reading the blog, until one reads comments from readers, if\u00a0they reveal their real names.<\/p>\n

Out of interest, we checked the more than 400000\u00a0unique pageviews of our blogposts for the past twelve months<\/span> via Google Analytics, widely regarded as the most reliable benchmark of readership.\u00a0 Our Blogposts with the Winter, as well as the Spring and Summer Restaurant Specials, have attracted strong interest, with the remaining Top 10 most read blogposts being a mixed bag, containing\u00a0four restaurant reviews, indicating that blog readers love reading about restaurants.\u00a0 We have just launched the Winter 2011 Restaurant Specials list.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Whale Cottage Blog Top 10 blog post list<\/span> in the past twelve months is the following:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Winter Restaurant Specials<\/a> for winter 2010\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 Table Mountain a nominee for the New7Wonders of the World<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 Spring and Summer Restaurant Specials<\/a> : 2010\/2011<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 Prince Albert’s attendance at Charlene Wittstock’s birthday party in Fresnaye<\/a> in January 2009 – the recent engagement and the forthcoming marriage of the couple keeps pulling traffic\u00a0to the blog<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 Restaurant Review of Tokara DeliCATessen<\/a>\u00a0(a surprise, but probably due to\u00a0potential search confusion between the Deli at Tokara, and the Tokara Restaurant.\u00a0 Ranked third on Google search for this deli).<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Restaurant Review: Sotano by Caveau <\/a>– this blogpost caused a stir, mainly due to the rude response it received on Twitter\u00a0from one of the Caveau owners<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0 Presentation by Disney before World Cup<\/a>\u00a0to frontline hospitality and tourism staff, to enhance service levels – it was a ‘Mickey Mouse’ presentation, of little value, and cost the taxpayer a fortune!<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Stellenbosch\u00a0Restaurant Route<\/a>\u00a0– the popularity of this blogpost, listing the significant restaurants in Stellenbosch, is rewarding, as the Stellenbosch Restaurant Route is something I created on this blog, to honour Stellenbosch now wearing the Gourmet Capital crown.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Restaurant Review: Pierneef \u00e0 La Motte<\/a>\u00a0– this is one of my favourite reviews, and was a pleasure to write from the generous background information I received from Hein Koegelenberg, and in reaction to the amazing food that I have enjoyed there.\u00a0\u00a0Experiencing it for the first time\u00a0gave me goose bumps, knowing that this will become an Eat Out<\/strong>\u00a0Top 10 Restaurant for 2011.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0 Restaurant Review: Gaaitjie Restaurant in Paternoster<\/a><\/span> – our review\u00a0is regularly read, ranked first on Google for this restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the past month <\/span>the Top 10 most read Blogposts were as follows:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 President of Ferrero Rocher<\/a>\u00a0dies in cycling accident in Cape Town – this is not normally a story we would write, but we wanted to correct early headlines that stated that\u00a0Pietro Ferrero\u00a0was ‘killed in SA accident’, implying yet another crime statistic, which was completely incorrect.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 The Consumer Protection Act<\/a>, of vital importance to every South African business dealing with the consumer<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 Departure of Chef David Higgs from Rust en Vrede <\/a>– probably due to the lack of a statement from Higgs as to why he is leaving and where he is going, this blogpost still attracts regular readership<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 Cape Town and Winelands Spring and Summer Restaurant Specials<\/a>\u00a0for summer 2010\/2011<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 Cape Town to become a 24-hour world class city<\/a>, detailing plans for various development hubs in Cape Town, including the expansion of the Cape Town International Convention Centre\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0 Restaurant Review: Casparus Restaurant <\/a>in Stellenbosch (right), an Eat Out <\/strong>Top 10 Restaurant prediction for 2012<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0 Restaurant Review: Dear Me<\/a>\u00a0in Shortmarket Street<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0 Tasting Room best restaurant in Africa\/Middle East<\/a>, reflecting the results of the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0 Restaurant Review: Dash<\/a> at the Queen Victoria Hotel, an Eat Out<\/strong>\u00a0Top 10 Restaurant Award prediction for 2012<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0 Hotels in Cape Town offer wide range of winter rates<\/a>, but discriminate against foreigners.<\/p>\n

Google Analytics also measures clicks on tags, and the top tags in the past\u00a0month, which led Google searches to the Whale Cottage Blog, were\u00a0‘Charlene Wittstock’ (very high source of traffic), ‘Prince William’, ‘Table Mountain’, ‘Marthinus van Schalkwyk’, ‘El Bulli’, ‘Cape of Good Hope’, ‘Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company; \u00a0‘petrol price’, ‘SA Tourism’, and ‘Hemelhuijs Restaurant’.<\/p>\n

We welcome your feedback about\u00a0our blog, and the stories you would like to read more about.\u00a0 Thank you to all our readers\u00a0for your readership, support, suggestions,\u00a0and comments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a>\u00a0 Twitter:@WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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