Well, contrary to my expectations, Google continued working as normal today, with no strange or spurious results. This is either due to Google’s relevancy algorithms, or Blog Action Day (BAD) not being used to boost website traffic to otherwise irrelevant sites.

Or maybe it’s just because today received very little publicity. It seems BAD relied heavily on word-of-mouth promotion, and thus I expect failed to reach a significant number of people who aren’t involved in networks of blogs and related websites.

I found out about BAD late yesterday, and have only seen it mentioned on the website which brought it to my attention. I wonder how many people, like myself, failed to publish something noteworthy and interesting because of their lack of awareness.

Surely the success of such a venture relies on reaching out to and ensnaring those who would not normally notice or care. Apparently, a total of over 14,000 BAD posts (including many ‘non-posts’, like this one) were published to various blogs; but amongst the millions of websites that cover current affairs, gaming, sport, fashion, music… is 14,000 enough to be visible?