Page Views Are Over Rated!

Page views in stats are over rated, and can be inflated.
How? If you click on your own posts, and your stats program is not blocking your own visits, your page views go up.
Example: One day I was feverishly working on my blog. I was all over the place…updating old posts, writing [...]

Confusing Blog Stats - Is a Visit a Visit?

As written earlier, in my post, Is A Hit, A Visit? we found out that a hit is not a visit.
So, is a visit a visit? It all depends on which stats program you’re using.
Today, I’m analyzing five different blogging statistics platforms. It’s going to get confusing. What [...]

Niche, Or No Niche, That Is The Question…

I’ve read many articles about blogging. Many state that you need to “pick a niche” and create a blog around that niche.
Curiosity got the best of me, so I went to Technorati, and took a look at the top ten blogs.
What did I find? Well, most of them have a huge [...]

You Blog? Who Cares?

If you have been blogging for any length of time, are you finding out who really cares about your blog?
Who are your regular visitors?
Are they your family?
Are they your friends?
Do your family and friends visit your blog on a regular basis? Leave comments?
This is what I have discovered……
1) None of my [...]

Why Did You Start Blogging?

Why did you start a blog? Is blogging meeting your expectations?
For me, while I was reading The Secret, I was inspired to start a second “business”. A home based business I could do, in conjunction with our other business. The thought stayed with me, but I wasn’t sure exactly what [...]

Stats For Newbie Blogs - I’ll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours

The expected stats for a newbie’s blog seems to be a mystery. I’ve done some research on stats for a new blog, but so far only found one newbie blog, where the author listed their stats.
I’m curious, are my new blog stats inline with other new blogs? Am I on the right path, [...]