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 [...]

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 [...]

KISS Your Blog

You have a blog. Now, what about the design, or theme of your blog? It can be an daunting task…finding the theme that matches your content.
Having changed my themes (I have two blogs), at least a half dozen times, I am reverting back to KISS.
Keep It Simple, Stupid!
As I wrote [...]

Writing That Important First Paragraph

If you’re blogging, and are interested in search engine optimization (SEO), the first few sentences you write, are the most important. Your first sentence should not only tell your readers what your post is going to be about, but will also tell search engines, how to index your particular post. Search engines are [...]

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