tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post2481230869122247068..comments2024-03-06T03:58:39.540-06:00Comments on The Viral Garden: Track multiple metrics to measure the performance of your blogMack Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-30278542202477967152008-12-10T21:20:00.000-06:002008-12-10T21:20:00.000-06:00I really more people would take time to actually A...I really more people would take time to actually ANALYZE their analytics. I'm so glad you wrote this post. Last week I found myself watching a panel of people from various types of media (TV, radio, print) and some idiot who thought he was the coolest person in the room because he had a blog that got "107000 views in two years." <BR/><BR/>I wanted to smack him upside the head and tell him that honestly, that didn't mean squat, and ask him how many visitors per day he had, how many returning visitors, etc. but unfortunately he was an attorney and had to sneak out early and get to court or something.<BR/><BR/>I don't know why they invited this guy to be on the panel because everything he was telling the audience was wrong, and he was basically a giant "that guy" (see Shannon Paul's blog, I'm sure you've read that one) ... people like him make me want to scream.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I'd go over to his blog and comment and leave him a link to this post as a "get a clue" type of thing, but his writing is so incoherent that I can barely read it in the first place, and would hate to introduce him to the blogosphere of people that actually know what they're talking about, because he'd be a total menace. <BR/><BR/>But thanks for writing this anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-22290632409428434822008-12-08T08:58:00.000-06:002008-12-08T08:58:00.000-06:00Is it hard being the smartest guy in the room so o...Is it hard being the smartest guy in the room so often? Is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-81224300853763719232008-12-06T10:51:00.000-06:002008-12-06T10:51:00.000-06:00Thanks for being willing to share (as you usually ...Thanks for being willing to share (as you usually are) about your blog stats and how you track them. I had a lot of daily readers, mostly hits from google images on the pictures I use in my blog posts. Then, when I changed from wordpress.com to wordpress.org, I lost quite a bit of that. However, my loyal subscribers have stayed with me, and in 2008 I have seen my subscriber numbers jump by leaps and bounds!<BR/><BR/>To me, tracking subscribers is one of my most important metrics. If they keep coming out and reading my content, and then I have some comments and conversation with them, I feel successful.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again, Mack!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com