tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20216578.post6202450023729326435..comments2023-07-03T07:20:11.456-04:00Comments on Wargaming Tradecraft: Blog StatsDave Garbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01557481319925772152noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20216578.post-22621151091094781042011-02-09T20:00:52.902-05:002011-02-09T20:00:52.902-05:00I tend to post my own stats when I discuss traffic...I tend to post my own stats when I discuss traffic because people might be interested in getting a baseline of what other comparable blogs are like. It's purely your own perogative, but if you ever care to make your stats public, I'd be interested to see what kind of traffic you get...Warhammer39999https://www.blogger.com/profile/14530221677814466120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20216578.post-80538500327617841332011-02-03T20:03:33.760-05:002011-02-03T20:03:33.760-05:00Thanks for the post! While Google Analytics is gre...Thanks for the post! While Google Analytics is great, I didn't set it up until recently, so it helps me see a lot of my older content.<br /><br />I was trying to figure out why I was getting SOOO many hits from Imperial Guard searches. I finally realized that through the image search, a picture on my blog (for whatever reason) ends up being second on the image search. Huh, who would have known?Michael Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12829754911299623731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20216578.post-24092027364625157322011-02-03T14:53:15.599-05:002011-02-03T14:53:15.599-05:00Thanks all. And yes, everyone has their different ...Thanks all. And yes, everyone has their different ways of generating stats, which will vary on mechanism. They do keep track of people going to multiple pages as well, to calculate how long people are spending on your site.<br /><br />Thor's right that the "best" way of seeing your exact hits is if you have your own webhost, but as he points out, bots will trigger that too.<br /><br />Porky, let me get back to you regarding underlining links..<br /><br />As for hiding traffic numbers, they're not really necessary for the purpose of this post, hence I've removed them. Not out of worry of what others have to gain over me, just simply, there is no gain, so why display numbers that don't have a place? I analyze with Bloggers, Google Analytics and Microsoft Site Tools. While I would presume Google would use the same tools cross platform, Analytics and Blogger Stats have a huge difference in numbers, so they must not be.Dave Garbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01557481319925772152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20216578.post-90922746299328392722011-02-03T12:45:27.717-05:002011-02-03T12:45:27.717-05:00Good post. I liked the way you explained some pot...Good post. I liked the way you explained some potentially confusing concepts (such as "reach"). I did raise my eyebrows a couple of times though.<br /><br />1) I wondered why you hid your traffic numbers. It's certainly your perogative to do so, but I don't see what anyone has to gain by hiding the numbers. <br /><br />2) You said you wouldn't comment on Google Analytics, but isn't blogger's stat plugin powered by analytics? If you call into doubt the first, doesn't that necessarily invalidate the second?<br /><br />I don't mean to offend at all: it's a great post, in a line of great topics. I'm just wondering...Warhammer39999https://www.blogger.com/profile/14530221677814466120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20216578.post-949957490816892892011-02-03T10:24:24.450-05:002011-02-03T10:24:24.450-05:00Very useful post, something for everyone. It'l...Very useful post, something for everyone. It'll be especially useful for newer bloggers of course, but even the old dogs might learn a few new tricks, and there are one or two things I hadn't thought of. I also didn't realise it's possible to play with the globe, and that's good fun..!<br /><br />I mentioned here recently that I'd play around with underlining links in posts, but I haven't been able to - for some reason I simply can't underline them, not even using the HTML view. This is no bad thing though as I've gone instead with bold for key links, to help them stand out over the secondary.<br /><br />This blog is full of good ideas. For all the abstract discussion recently, you really do have your feet firmly on the ground, and you work with real things. I admire that very much.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20216578.post-25915461029570898142011-02-03T10:03:34.182-05:002011-02-03T10:03:34.182-05:00Good post, keep it up.
A note, you'll always ...Good post, keep it up.<br /><br />A note, you'll always get a discrepancy in any stats software you use and generally speaking one is no more accurate than another. The differences arise based on various things like whether or not it tracks bots visiting your site, the method of integration being used (IE: javascript, PHP, etc), if it's tracking on every page/post on your site or selective ones, etc, etc, etc.<br /><br />The absolute only true accurate way of measuring your stats is if you have a web hosting account. With a web hosting account you see stats as given by the server, not some 3rd party program, and is the most accurate measure you'll ever get. Though these stats are true, most of the software used to deliver them to you are lacking when stacked up against something like Google Analytics in terms of breakdown of useful information.Thorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437070475561268098noreply@blogger.com