Comments on: Been Blogging for Over a Month Now http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/ ASL interpreter, performing artist, writer, photographer... talks about all this and more. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:06:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Daniel Greene http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/comment-page-1/#comment-20872 Daniel Greene Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:40:54 +0000 http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/#comment-20872 You're right, Jenna. I do a lot of my "blogging" on Flickr (adding long descriptions to photos and all that), and I should blog more of those onto my blog. I will. You’re right, Jenna. I do a lot of my “blogging” on Flickr (adding long descriptions to photos and all that), and I should blog more of those onto my blog. I will.

]]> By: Jenna http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/comment-page-1/#comment-20870 Jenna Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:19:15 +0000 http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/#comment-20870 One reason to keep posting, even if you feel like no one's paying attention... people like me stumble upon websites and then read to the beginning of the blog. ;) One reason to keep posting, even if you feel like no one’s paying attention… people like me stumble upon websites and then read to the beginning of the blog. ;)

]]> By: Daniel Greene http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Daniel Greene Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:39:16 +0000 http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/#comment-187 Tayler, Thanks for the information and suggestions. I'm sorry your comment didn't show up right away; Akismet marked it as spam (I guess because you included two links in your comment), and I haven't checked my Akismet spam since probably last Friday. Anyway, I'll try the Google Analytics, but I wonder why WordPress doesn't offer this service. They do have it in the Dashboard of their Wordpress.com blogs (like my blog at <a href="http://danielgreene.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://danielgreene.wordpress.com</a>), but they don't have it in their "powered by WordPress" blogs that are hosted elsewhere. At least it doesn't show up in my Dashboard! Tayler,

Thanks for the information and suggestions. I’m sorry your comment didn’t show up right away; Akismet marked it as spam (I guess because you included two links in your comment), and I haven’t checked my Akismet spam since probably last Friday.

Anyway, I’ll try the Google Analytics, but I wonder why WordPress doesn’t offer this service. They do have it in the Dashboard of their Wordpress.com blogs (like my blog at http://danielgreene.wordpress.com), but they don’t have it in their “powered by WordPress” blogs that are hosted elsewhere. At least it doesn’t show up in my Dashboard!

]]> By: Tayler http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Tayler Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:06:44 +0000 http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/#comment-115 Aye! :) Although if someone's got your RSS feed in their bloglines, the pageviews will artificially go up, because bloglines automatically checks your feed several times a day. Webalizer is a log analyzer, as is the general stats provided by the ISP, and there's no way to bypass those when you want to look at raw pageviews. I use <a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/" rel="nofollow">Google Analytics</a> to address this problem. They give you this piece of code to insert into your blog's header or footer and isn't included in your RSS feed. Analytics accounts are free, and the data gathered is quite in depth. Since you've got a Wordpress blog, here's a <a href="http://cavemonkey50.com/code/google-analyticator/" rel="nofollow">plug-in</a> to make code installation easier. Aye! :)

Although if someone’s got your RSS feed in their bloglines, the pageviews will artificially go up, because bloglines automatically checks your feed several times a day.

Webalizer is a log analyzer, as is the general stats provided by the ISP, and there’s no way to bypass those when you want to look at raw pageviews.

I use Google Analytics to address this problem. They give you this piece of code to insert into your blog’s header or footer and isn’t included in your RSS feed. Analytics accounts are free, and the data gathered is quite in depth.

Since you’ve got a Wordpress blog, here’s a plug-in to make code installation easier.

]]> By: Daniel Greene http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Daniel Greene Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:50:47 +0000 http://danielgreene.com/2006/09/19/been-blogging-for-over-a-month-now/#comment-100 Good question, Tayler. The general stats my ISP, <a href="http://pair.com" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">pair Networks</a>, give me show the number of hits I mentioned above. However, when I took a look at the "Webalizer" report available in my Account Control Center, it gave me the following daily averages for September 2006: <blockquote> Hits: 1504, Files: 1208, Pages: 703, Visits: 270 </blockquote> I guess that gives me a more accurate assessment! Thanks for prompting me to get more detailed statistics. Still, 270 daily visits including 703 pages a day is pretty good, ain't it? Good question, Tayler. The general stats my ISP, pair Networks, give me show the number of hits I mentioned above. However, when I took a look at the “Webalizer” report available in my Account Control Center, it gave me the following daily averages for September 2006:

Hits: 1504, Files: 1208, Pages: 703, Visits: 270

I guess that gives me a more accurate assessment! Thanks for prompting me to get more detailed statistics. Still, 270 daily visits including 703 pages a day is pretty good, ain’t it?

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