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  3. The lesser, spotted Kyte effect
  4. The incredibly secure Pete Finnigan effect

Please welcome, the latest addition to the effect family, the Doug Burns effect, which has increased traffic to this blog to new, world record highs and, even as you are reading this, is relentlessly propelling this humble blog towards ‘Top WordPress.com blogs today’.