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 [...]

Is Your Blog “Petting Traffic”?

Years ago, we had just moved to a large city. My husband, not being used to freeways, was driving on one, just as he always did on the country roads. As he was enjoying the scenery, he heard a siren and then noticed flashing lights in his rear view mirror. Being the [...]

Review - Sitemeter Statistical Data

Sitemeter is one of many statistical data reporting services for bloggers and webmasters.
When one of my “Blogging Buddies”, mentioned they were using Sitemeter, I decided to give it a try. I was pleasently surprised at the detailed information Sitemeter provides.
Sitemeter contains:
1) Updated stats which shows “who’s on”
2) A map of where your [...]

Plugin - WordPress.com Stats

WordPress.com Stats is a great plugin for checking your stats. The WordPress Stats plugin, does not count the visits you make to your site(s).
Like Akismet, with the WordPress.com Stats plugin, you need an API key. Once the API key is entered, the rest is automatic. You will then find “Blog Stats” on [...]

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