So indeed blogs are now commonly used to reach out to others as well as gaining some feedbacks and comments. Even our very own ex Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad don’t want to be left out and he started his own blog few days ago, 1st of May 2008 to be exact. You can visit his blog using this link. He bought his own domain chedet.com which is the pseudonym he used when he wrote articles for the newspapers.
He made his first post at 1.27am on the 1st of May 2008, at 5.00pm on the same day his blog has already received 10,000 visitors. The massive traffic to his blog is simply amazing as I don’t think many other new bloggers would have gotten 10,000 visitors in less than 24 hours.
Dr M’s first post was on the appointment of judges, he has than received 1075 comments (at the time of writing this post). Seriously I’ve never seen many blogs having 1075 comments especially on the first post. Dr Mahathir Mohamad can now be considered a celebrity blogger on his first day of blogging.
The above picture shows the total amount of visitors since he started the blog which the picture was taken not long ago, probably 30 minutes ago. How I wish I have this kind of traffic coming in. 
Well I think Dr Mahathir Mohamad has chosen the right way to reach the people of Malaysia, never underestimate a blog as it does wonders. If you’ve not read or seen Dr M’s blog, you should visit his blog now. 
May 4th, 2008 at 12:44 am
I wished I have a quarter of his traffic! That’s more than enough. hahahaha
May 4th, 2008 at 12:53 am
True, even few hundreds of authentic unique visitors will also be good. We can still dream of those traffic, however he does pick up lots of comments where bloggers like Kenny Sia doesn’t get close unless it is an interesting post. Salute to Dr. M !
May 4th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Wow, that’s amazing, so much traffic on the first post! Kennysia also lose!
May 4th, 2008 at 1:13 am
Yea exactly, the traffic will only grow when his blog gets older and many more knows about it.
May 4th, 2008 at 1:54 am
I don’t think that number of visitors are from Malaysian only, there is a newspaper report about his blog already, so maybe there are foreigners who visited also…
May 4th, 2008 at 1:57 am
Yea I thought so too, well whether the visitors are Malaysians or not it is still fascinating to receive a massive traffic to his blog.
May 4th, 2008 at 11:43 am
He’s a highly regarded leader, not surprising his blog gets so many visitors and readers.
May 4th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
True plus it was even advertised in newspapers so he definitely gain much more publicity there for his blog. However it is still amazing.
May 4th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Hey, I wonder if Obama and Hilary blogs? And and also George W. Bush.. if they do blog, I think they’re can compete with Dr Mahathir’s.. LOL
May 4th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Yea probably if they do gain publicity for their blog. Dr Mahathir’s blog came out in the newspapers so from day one his blog is already known by many of us Malaysians.
May 4th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
His blog is famous now.. Seems every blogs also talk about this blog…
May 4th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Everyone is spreading around so his blog will eventually be more famous.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
waaa… i also wan my blog traffic become so genggg~~
May 4th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Not only you, I am sure a lot of celebrity bloggers would want it too especially the amount of comments Dr. Mahathir is getting.
May 4th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Your blog’s traffic is growing too…
May 5th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Well mine is about 30 uniques per day so still is small to most bloggers these days. However I treat blogging as a hobby so I am not really taking it that serious.
June 26th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Takecare of your healthy Dr. M, enjoy your life when already retired. Many people still need somebody to voice-out their comment but let the new generation to do it. I believe everything will be in proper arrangement between Pak lah and Najip. Relax ….. just wait and see.
Malaysia boleh
August 31st, 2008 at 2:33 am
sudah ratusan ribu tahun manusia mngisap rokok tapi sekarang sudah dicukai sampai tak patut konon kerana kesihatan.mana ada negara dlm dunia yg orang yg tak isap rokok.buat alasan macam2 supaya dapat cukai tinggi.last sekali para perokok akan naik mluat dan..tengoklah rokok seludup.sorry tun!!!!
September 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
asalamulaikum tun,apa yang akan terjadi pada negara kita skrng.sy rs kerajaan semakin gagal memerintah dgn baik.
inflasi tinggi,rakyat tertekan.