A few weeks ago I had 2500 views on one article that was about an event that took place on Christmas day. I was shocked when I saw the bar zooming up. Then I realized it was being read on Google. I didn't make much $ on it. But I was honored so many people read it. There were at least 50 articles about it on Google. We are not supposed to understand the algorithm. We just have to believe it's not broken!