Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Traffic
The traffic to this blog has risen slightly in the last couple of months to around 180 hits per day on weekdays and low 100s on weekends.
Bloggers I speak with have this casual way of assuming (or seeming to assume) that 1 hit = 1 reader. That's clearly wrong. I'll visit each of several blogs more than once in a day, and my referrals page indicates that I get a lot of blog traffic via random Google searches. There's no reason to assume that those people are "readers" of the blog -- they probably click away after a second or two.
I'm going to venture a guess that 180 hits per day translates into about 30 or 40 "readers" tops. Maybe it's a lot less, I don't know.
Hey, how about this: if you read this, then please post 1 comment, and I'll take a head count.
Whether you do or not, thanks for reading.
Bloggers I speak with have this casual way of assuming (or seeming to assume) that 1 hit = 1 reader. That's clearly wrong. I'll visit each of several blogs more than once in a day, and my referrals page indicates that I get a lot of blog traffic via random Google searches. There's no reason to assume that those people are "readers" of the blog -- they probably click away after a second or two.
I'm going to venture a guess that 180 hits per day translates into about 30 or 40 "readers" tops. Maybe it's a lot less, I don't know.
Hey, how about this: if you read this, then please post 1 comment, and I'll take a head count.
Whether you do or not, thanks for reading.
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Triple digits, good for you Oscar. A few of those random visitors may even become regulars -- though looking at the most common search terms leading to my place, I often wonder what they were thinking...
Do I count? And you should add my brother and my 2 bosses, who also check in...B
# posted by 
: 9:43 AM, November 30, 2005
: 9:43 AM, November 30, 2005
Your "hits" are up because you are now posting a lot of photographs on your page (and each request for a photo counts as one "hit"). The statistic you want to pay attention to are "page views" and "visitors" These numbers are usually much lower and will reflect the number of real visitors to your blog.
# posted by : 9:59 AM, November 30, 2005
: 9:59 AM, November 30, 2005
Google's desktop sidebar informs me as to when your blog's feed has a new entry, so then I'll click over. Bear in mind that sometimes (like today) you post multiple entries in one day, and I read those in one visit.
You'd think the visit numbers would balance out in the long run when I check back to see if anyone has commented on a comment I may leave, but since no one ever does, eh.
You'd think the visit numbers would balance out in the long run when I check back to see if anyone has commented on a comment I may leave, but since no one ever does, eh.
I read your blog regularly, but not every day. I scroll down and see what I've missed and read it all.
SO! You should take all this into account and see that a daily count really doesn't give you a total readership count (as you've already surmised).
I like your blog very much.
SO! You should take all this into account and see that a daily count really doesn't give you a total readership count (as you've already surmised).
I like your blog very much.
# posted by : 1:13 PM, November 30, 2005
: 1:13 PM, November 30, 2005
You know I'm here, right? I use a feed reader, too. I show up whenever I see that your blog has been updated.
HERE! :)
I also check your blog randomly - more times if I'm truly bored at work.
I got hooked when you were teaching and visiting in Europe. I'm from Poland so all those pics of my the motherland were cool. :)
I also check your blog randomly - more times if I'm truly bored at work.
I got hooked when you were teaching and visiting in Europe. I'm from Poland so all those pics of my the motherland were cool. :)
# posted by : 1:49 PM, November 30, 2005
: 1:49 PM, November 30, 2005
Reading your blog is something I look forward to every day. Love it. Keep it up.
# posted by : 2:04 PM, November 30, 2005
: 2:04 PM, November 30, 2005
Hi there. I come by once a day, maybe. I can't remember how I found you, but I enjoy the blog. Even if you are a Mets fan (Phillies rule, by the way).
I read, pretty much whenever I'm online, which is most days.
# posted by : 4:16 PM, November 30, 2005
: 4:16 PM, November 30, 2005
I read on and off. However most of the time I do so straight from bloglines, which won't show up as a hit at all (RSS feeders make keeping track of readership a much more complicated feat). Sometimes I click through if I want to see what comments someone has made, or if there are images (since these don't always make it into the feed right). But often I'll read without visiting.
# posted by : 4:50 PM, November 30, 2005
: 4:50 PM, November 30, 2005
< delurk > got hooked with your travels in europe. I sincerly hope to meet you next time you're in Germany :-)) < /delurk >
# posted by : 3:09 AM, December 01, 2005
: 3:09 AM, December 01, 2005
If you're taking a head count, be sure to count both of mine.
I check you out when Nina or Tonya disappoint by failing to post.
UW Professor of whatever
I check you out when Nina or Tonya disappoint by failing to post.
UW Professor of whatever
# posted by : 2:21 PM, December 01, 2005
: 2:21 PM, December 01, 2005
Hey, I don't want to mess with your count, but I have to say, Professor of Whatever: there have been tough days. There have been busy days. There have been emotionally wrenching days. There have been days without apparent computer opportunities, like in the mountains of Poland. And I have never missed a day of posting, since I started blogging almost two years ago. NEVER! (But thanks for reading. That's sweet.)
BTW, I agree that all posts here are awesome, but the baseball ones are, well, uniquely and singularly um different.
BTW, I agree that all posts here are awesome, but the baseball ones are, well, uniquely and singularly um different.
One more reader - at least weekly. Your "eyedar" and "do I look fat" posts got me hooked after a friend sent me a link to one of them.
# posted by : 4:22 PM, December 01, 2005
: 4:22 PM, December 01, 2005
Though I can't tell if you derive any value from my comments.
# posted by : 4:29 PM, December 01, 2005
: 4:29 PM, December 01, 2005
first time I've stumbled upon you and you have a very nice smile.
# posted by : 7:52 PM, December 01, 2005
: 7:52 PM, December 01, 2005
I started reading after Europe--didn't even know about Europe but glad you asked for these comments so that now I do.
I read a few times a week, always with pleasure.
I read a few times a week, always with pleasure.
I come by once a week or so (apparently, since I have just noticed this post). Some of your entries are near perfect, so I try to look through everything I may have missed. Too much of B lately though. n
# posted by : 4:35 AM, December 04, 2005
: 4:35 AM, December 04, 2005
Here's one more reader -- I had an out of town guest and then girl scout camp last week, but I read your blog when I have time to read any blogs.
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