Thanks for the update and explanations! I'm a relative newcomer, but I see a lot of potential here, and can only hope (as a blogger and writer) that actual content of value is a solid part of mix and plan going forward... and that worthy content is rewarded and meaningless filler curated to some dark basement somewhere.

There are lots of things I still don't understand here, but I'll be trying to learn... still trying to determine if (for example) "external eyeballs" (from social media, other web sites, blogs) even have any bearing on what happens here. Onwards!