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08-17-2007, 06:56 PM
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a lot of you see my blog because it posts here, and some of you read it and comment here (thanks). It's just a crochet blog - mostly "show and tell" and I post some of my own patterns there. When I started the blog about 1 1/2 years ago, I thought nobody would read it. Leslie hooked me up with some goodies (thanks Leslie) like site meter, and I have to say that for a stupid little crochet blog, I'm stunned at the average number of hits I'm getting a day. I know that there are a lot or crochet blogs out there, and mine isn't one of the popular ones - so I'm shocked that I have more than a handful of visits.
What is considered average or normal or high blog readership? I know that some of you (Leslie, JP, Pippa) have regular readers - I don't think I do (nor do I think I deserve them), so I'm just curious what kind of traffic those of you with more popular blogs get. |
08-17-2007, 07:45 PM
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LMAO. Leslie will tell you I'm an anomaly... I don't track, so I couldn't tell you. |
08-17-2007, 08:59 PM
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You don't?? I am stunned! I assumed you'd be the kind who would even keep a site meter on your fridge then add the stats to your graph!  |
08-17-2007, 11:06 PM
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Your numbers are good D  You could toss up some ads for crochet stuff if you wanted. |
08-17-2007, 11:07 PM
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oh, and if you want to know what happened to your header head on over to misszoot.com today. One of her several pots from today addresses the issue. I got your template from her, and yours isn't the only one to fall victim to a bandwidth abuser. |
08-17-2007, 11:32 PM
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Thanks Leslie! You're the best.
My numbers are good? I thought so - I'm actually quite amazed at how good they are. I guess its the free patterns that I post. When I started the blog I thought it would be a lonely lonely place. I seem to be developing a regular reader - I'm stunned! |
08-18-2007, 12:25 AM
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LOL D. I actually applied for a new ad program I wanted to test and when they asked me what my numbers were, I had no idea... I had to add a stats plug-in to the blog.  |
08-20-2007, 04:08 PM
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My webstats are nothing to crow about, as far as I can tell. I get about 6000 hits per day, which webstat figures is about 2308 visits per day.
Most of my traffic comes from Google searches, but I get a bunch of hits from an atheist aggregator when I contribute to the Planet Atheism feed. Every once in a while I post a story to Reddit, but I'm lucky if I get 50 hits from that before the story is voted down and buried.
People visiting my site are often looking for "Captain Morgan Tattoo" or "salt potatoes."
Also, believe it or not, people are looking for "free would you rather questions."
"reasons against gay marriage" used to be a top search, but it's fallen fairly low now.
Here's my webstat page: Usage Statistics for drmomentum.com - Last 12 Months I am still #1 in "goat diapering." |
08-20-2007, 04:12 PM
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lol - I LOVE seeing the search strings that bring people to my blog.
Most popular last month was "smoking atheist women", for some reason |
08-20-2007, 05:11 PM
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smoking HOT atheist women! |
08-20-2007, 06:01 PM
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Ok, JP - you have humbled me and my measly numbers, though Pippa has legitimized me with her tag |
08-20-2007, 10:15 PM
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08-21-2007, 01:51 PM
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Wormie, my blog has been around for half a decade. Those hits are largely from the bulk of posts that search engines ahve crawled in that time. I have a handful of regular readers who are almost completely made up of IRL friends and people I've befriended through EA Forums.
If my blog were anything special, I would be getting a lot more traffic than that.
When your blog is around 5 years old, if you continue to post things like patterns, your hits will blow mine out of the water. For one thing, the subject of your blog is more focused, which is much better.
-JP |
08-21-2007, 04:52 PM
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LOL
I love your blog and Leslies - I think they're "real".
Mine is silly, but I have fun with it. |
08-21-2007, 05:26 PM
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I agree with JP--you've got a very focused blog and you're a good writer. Your numbers are going to continue to explode.
I have to confess, I don't watch my numbers too much. For my personal theater blog, the numbers are tiny. I get about 30 hits a day and I could probably name all 30. I don't have stats for the blog at Flyover now that Arts Journal is hosting it, but we've certainly got a lot of attention. I don't know our visits, but I have a list of links and mentions that includes the PBS station in San Diego, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The L.A. Times, and the Orlando Sentinel. It's really kind of intimidating--thankfully the other three blog contributors are far more brilliant than I and keep the blog sounding respectable.
But back to you, "free patterns" is definitely a huge draw for crocheters.
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08-21-2007, 06:08 PM
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Quote: theworm said
 LOL
I love your blog and Leslies - I think they're "real".
Mine is silly, but I have fun with it. | Thank you. And hello, I don't even crochet an I read your blog.  Yours is "real". |
08-21-2007, 09:59 PM
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