Measuring Blog Popularity - Links vs. Visitors

I love a solid piece of analysis that answers a simple and direct question or two with a dash of applicability. It's what I strive for in my research.

TrivialTV recently did just such a piece of work when they looked at Technorati links vs. Sitemeter visitor data in order to explore the relationship between the two.

But beyond the author's desire to understand this macro-issue, I love that he then took action based upon it by focusing on link development. Actionable research is beautiful.