My normal day job is as a columnist for an on-line company. I used to think I could predict which article would take off and which wouldn't. I am consistently reminded that I have absolutely no consistent way to predict which articles will do well and which won't.

Some of my most thoughtful and well researched pieces would get a couple hundred views. Some of my most shallow pieces that I was honestly not to proud to publish would end up garnering over 1 million views.

At the end of the day, you have control over the volume of what you produce, and the quality of it. Everything else is up to the little gnomes hiding in the Internet. Don't bother trying to figure on how they work. Just focus on what you have control of.