pageview whore - Someone who would rather die than let their pageviews drop.

Someone who would rather die than let their pageviews drop. They would even fake their own death just to get more people to look at their site.

I posted a fake obituary about myself to get more people to visit my site.

I made up a story about my cat being a superhero. It was ridiculous, but it got more hits.

I paid people to comment on my posts just to make it look like I had a real audience.