It is slightly addicting looking at blog stats.
No that I hope they go somewhere, but they are slightly mesmerizing.
If you have a blog, and if you dare, click on the stats tab and take a peek.
I just like looking at graphs, find where people are sitting in the world, and creating lives for people behind the numbers.
(Apparently Reebok needs to do change their zigpulse shoe name to squiggly shoes.)
Remember statistics class?
That class where you were told to question all numbers and all graphs can be skewed by the increments of the axis values. My values are small so every individual makes a huge fluctuation. It seems more exciting. Like watching stocks. The low priced stocks have such high percentage changes throughout the day. Each day is a bit of a roller coaster ride. No wonder why investors can be so emotional.
Back to the stats.
Someone recommended Google Analytics.
Can this really be more informative than my current blogger stat tracker? They are all Google, no?
But it is more informative and fascinating. You can see average time people spend on your site (3 minutes? maybe I shouldn't be so long-winded), the number of new visitors and bounce rates. I believe bounce rates are when someone visits your page and leaves without clicking around and exploring.
I'm not sure what my goals are for this blog. Currently it holds my meandering thoughts that I can't get around to handwriting in a journal. I think the easiest blogs are niche blogs with a well-defined topic and target demographic (e.g. moms with husbands overseas in the military, couponing, big city street style, ikea hacks, ridiculous drunken escapades of a shameless narcissist, etc.). I write simply to relax or share something I've been thinking about. I was thinking of starting a food blog for the outside world for quite awhile. But lately I think I eat way more than necessary and should cut back (I'm thinking most people don't order half rack of bbq ribs for lunch...).
Should a blog capture what you are going through right now or your journey to somewhere you want to be?
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