I was hoping this was going to be a real breakdown and analysis of why things turned around for this blogger. For example, topics he wrote about then which he doesn't anymore or how his user base has changed compared to then.<p>Unfortunately, it lacks any real content and depth - it may as well have been written for Reader's Digest.
Let me conclude:<p><i>At first I tried hard to make my blog well-integrated and popular. I used all the usual SEO techniques and developed a mass of followers. Once I was there, I stopped caring about these things and voila - I am still popular. My position as lead developer of Tumblr might be related.</i>