Comments on: How To Effectively Analyze Your Blog’s Traffic http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-effectively-analyze-your-blogs-traffic/ Find Your Voice Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:33:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: How to Find the Perfect Length for Your Post | Blogopolis Blueprint http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-effectively-analyze-your-blogs-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-585 How to Find the Perfect Length for Your Post | Blogopolis Blueprint Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:15:01 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=877#comment-585 [...] of their individual audience and publish to that end. This is a place where it is appropriate to check your stats. Knowing how long your average reader stays fixed to your content should help you write [...] [...] of their individual audience and publish to that end. This is a place where it is appropriate to check your stats. Knowing how long your average reader stays fixed to your content should help you write [...]

]]> By: Eric Hamm http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-effectively-analyze-your-blogs-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Eric Hamm Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:27:34 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=877#comment-578 @Matthew: I know, analyzing is only half the battle. We'll have to tackle some tips on the second part you just mentioned. Eric @Matthew: I know, analyzing is only half the battle. We’ll have to tackle some tips on the second part you just mentioned. Eric

]]> By: Matthew Dryden http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-effectively-analyze-your-blogs-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Matthew Dryden Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:11:22 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=877#comment-577 Don't forget about Google Chrome. I've been loving it ever since I first laid eyes on it. This was pretty informative. Now to figure out how to get then numbers to jump up a bit. <abbr><em>Matthew Dryden’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/matthewdryden/OzUb/~3/pdVgPnFwVBY/" rel="nofollow">My Friend Needs Your Help</a></abbr></em> Don’t forget about Google Chrome. I’ve been loving it ever since I first laid eyes on it.

This was pretty informative. Now to figure out how to get then numbers to jump up a bit.

Matthew Dryden’s last blog post..My Friend Needs Your Help

]]> By: Marc http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-effectively-analyze-your-blogs-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Marc Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:04:37 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=877#comment-579 @Eric some great advice there mate, a good starting point for many bloggers. Google analytics is a treasure trove of information and to say you are barely scratching the surface is an understatement. I'm not saying that as a negative slant to your article but rather to excite you about what you are going to discover :) @Janice Take IE 6 or whatever version you've got and throw it out. Abandon it on the Scottish moors. Leave it rot away in its own stinking misery while you revel in the new found freedom of Internet sites that work. Seriously, if you want to learn to write standard compliant HTML and CSS use Firefox or Opera. <abbr><em>Marc’s last blog post..<a href="http://welshscribe.co.uk/2009/03/16/giving-appreciation-and-honor-to-entrepreneurs/" rel="nofollow">Giving Appreciation and Honor To Entrepreneurs</a></abbr></em> @Eric some great advice there mate, a good starting point for many bloggers. Google analytics is a treasure trove of information and to say you are barely scratching the surface is an understatement.

I’m not saying that as a negative slant to your article but rather to excite you about what you are going to discover :)

@Janice Take IE 6 or whatever version you’ve got and throw it out. Abandon it on the Scottish moors. Leave it rot away in its own stinking misery while you revel in the new found freedom of Internet sites that work.

Seriously, if you want to learn to write standard compliant HTML and CSS use Firefox or Opera.

Marc’s last blog post..Giving Appreciation and Honor To Entrepreneurs

]]> By: Eric Hamm http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-effectively-analyze-your-blogs-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Eric Hamm Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:38:18 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=877#comment-580 @Janice: Yeah, I decided to go back to the clean and simple at Motivate Thyself. Glad you like it. I guess that kind of thing does affect the stats, but I don't think it makes a big difference. It sounds like an IE6 (browser) issue to me, but I'm not sure. @Glen: Yep, just pulled the image of his old stats. Absolutely! Conversions are the most important stat of them all. @Bamboo Forest: Thanks, man! @Randi: Sure thing, Randi. And don't worry, we ALL have a lot to learn. :-) Eric @Janice: Yeah, I decided to go back to the clean and simple at Motivate Thyself. Glad you like it.

I guess that kind of thing does affect the stats, but I don’t think it makes a big difference.

It sounds like an IE6 (browser) issue to me, but I’m not sure.

@Glen: Yep, just pulled the image of his old stats.

Absolutely! Conversions are the most important stat of them all.

@Bamboo Forest: Thanks, man!

@Randi: Sure thing, Randi. And don’t worry, we ALL have a lot to learn. :-) Eric

]]> By: Randi http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-effectively-analyze-your-blogs-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Randi Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:42:21 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=877#comment-581 Thanks for addressing this. I'm using Google Analytics and to be honest, I don't know how to do most of what it offers. I never really thought about the importance of where the visitor comes from. I guess I still have lots to learn! <abbr><em>Randi’s last blog post..<a href="http://foreignquang.blogspot.com/2009/03/his-dentist-would-be-proud.html" rel="nofollow">His Dentist Would be Proud</a></abbr></em> Thanks for addressing this. I’m using Google Analytics and to be honest, I don’t know how to do most of what it offers. I never really thought about the importance of where the visitor comes from. I guess I still have lots to learn!

Randi’s last blog post..His Dentist Would be Proud

]]> By: Bamboo Forest - PunIntended http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-effectively-analyze-your-blogs-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Bamboo Forest - PunIntended Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:29:26 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=877#comment-583 Good run down on this subject. Never thought about the hits on the about section - that's a good point (That they are new visitors most likely). <abbr><em>Bamboo Forest - PunIntended’s last blog post..<a href="http://punintended.com/blog/the-art-of-artery-clogging-a-recipe/" rel="nofollow">The Art of Artery Clogging: A Recipe</a></abbr></em> Good run down on this subject.

Never thought about the hits on the about section – that’s a good point (That they are new visitors most likely).

Bamboo Forest – PunIntended’s last blog post..The Art of Artery Clogging: A Recipe

]]> By: Glen Allsopp http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-effectively-analyze-your-blogs-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Glen Allsopp Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:21:02 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=877#comment-584 I was wondering how you were still using a very old version of Google Analytics then noticed you took Danny's image ;) Great post, i think the most important thing to track is conversions, whether it be ad clicks, purchases or feed subscriptions. Find out who's doing what you want them to and where they are coming from! Cheers, Glen <abbr><em>Glen Allsopp’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.pluginid.com/realisation-negative-thoughts/" rel="nofollow">The Realisation that Will Dramatically Change Your World</a></abbr></em> I was wondering how you were still using a very old version of Google Analytics then noticed you took Danny’s image ;)

Great post, i think the most important thing to track is conversions, whether it be ad clicks, purchases or feed subscriptions. Find out who’s doing what you want them to and where they are coming from!

Cheers,
Glen

Glen Allsopp’s last blog post..The Realisation that Will Dramatically Change Your World

]]> By: janice http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-effectively-analyze-your-blogs-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-582 janice Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:21:16 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=877#comment-582 Love this kind of post, Eric. I'm in the weird position of having been around the theory of blogging for ages but am only now starting to put the practical elements into play as I build my blog. One thing I've always wanted to ask: as I do a lot of research on other people's blogs when I'm there, looking for graphics that work, layouts that don't, colours that inspire, fonts that don't etc, does it confuse people's stats if someone like me seems to be spending ages looking at weird things like navigation bars, RSS icons or footers? That's how I learn what I like and don't like! Oh, and by the way, glad you've got rid of the magazine layout over at Motivate Thyself. It's only a personal preference, but they make me so confused and dizzy, I end up not reading things. I prefer your new, crisp, clear layout. The whole page is looking really good! One last thing, are there any other Blogopolis Blueprint readers out there who have their Latest Posts box chopped in half? (scroll down there under the search box and categories on the right) It's been like that for ages and really bugs me, even though it's maybe just my Internet Explorer browser that does it. Love this kind of post, Eric. I’m in the weird position of having been around the theory of blogging for ages but am only now starting to put the practical elements into play as I build my blog.

One thing I’ve always wanted to ask: as I do a lot of research on other people’s blogs when I’m there, looking for graphics that work, layouts that don’t, colours that inspire, fonts that don’t etc, does it confuse people’s stats if someone like me seems to be spending ages looking at weird things like navigation bars, RSS icons or footers? That’s how I learn what I like and don’t like!

Oh, and by the way, glad you’ve got rid of the magazine layout over at Motivate Thyself. It’s only a personal preference, but they make me so confused and dizzy, I end up not reading things. I prefer your new, crisp, clear layout. The whole page is looking really good!

One last thing, are there any other Blogopolis Blueprint readers out there who have their Latest Posts box chopped in half? (scroll down there under the search box and categories on the right) It’s been like that for ages and really bugs me, even though it’s maybe just my Internet Explorer browser that does it.

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