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OVER 750.000 VISITORS!
Wow! It's nice to be liked. But it is just a number I know.
But 750,000 page views is nothing compared to what the Weather Channel (2 Billion a day!)
or Google (3.5 Billion a day!)
or Alex Cavanaugh gets.
I mean Alex gets a Zillion Page Views per day. I am just a cyber minnow. :-)
I see some of you scratching your heads, asking, "What is a Page View as compared to Unique Visitors?"
PAGE VIEWS
A page view is triggered when any page is loaded by any visitor to your site.
For example, if you click this link and the page loads, you have triggered a page view.
If you click the link 20 more times today, it will count as 20 page views.
But why anyone would want to do that is beyond me!
UNIQUE VISITORS
A unique visitor is an individual user who has accessed your site.
It is determined by the IP address of the computer or device that the user is browsing from,
combined with a cookie on the browser they are using.
No matter of how many visits a visitor makes, if he is on the same device and same browser, only one unique visitor is counted.
For example, if you visit this link once today, you will be counted as a unique visitor.
If you come back to this site 20 more times today, you are still counted as one unique visitor.
WATCH THE BOUNCING BALL
At the end of the day, the most important factor for growing your page views and unique visitors is content.
If your content is not engaging and relevant to your users, they are going to "bounce" and never come back.
The "bounce rate" is the percentage of visitors who come to your site and leave within a few seconds.
A high bounce rate indicates that visitors didn't like what they saw or didn't find what they were looking for.
OUCH!
HAVE YOU GOT THE TIME?
The amount of time spent on the page indicates whether users are actually reading or watching what you're serving up.
The higher the average time on a page, the more engaged your audience is in that particular page.
THE LEGEND LIVES
Oh! I just received the shirt I ordered for my Author's Table for next April. How do you like it?
Hi Roland - congratulations on your numbers ... I just enjoy the interaction. Great T-shirt for your Author's Table next year ... I was wondering when the event would be ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteYes, to me it is all about the interaction with my friends like you! :-)
DeleteGosh, my all time page views is 365,081. If your a cyber minnow I must be cyber amoeba. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the t-shirt! I see a mix of Celtic and art nouveau design.
You post only on Mondays though so your numbers are grand. I like my Celtic/Art Nouveau design, too! :-)
DeleteThat's a cool t-shirt.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on all the page views. Don't worry, I don't get that many a day. I think 20,000 is the most I've had in a single day.
Oh, I'm not worried. I'm just happy you get 20,000 page views! Isn't that a cool shirt?
DeleteLIke the t-shirt although I did have trouble with the word alive. My tired brain is wondering what is meaning of "The legend is slide?" Interesting stuff on visitor/view stats. I didn't know about this stuff.
ReplyDeleteUp close it is easier to read. I thought my friends might not know about views vs. unique visitors so I thought my post should be more than me just crying out, "Yay for me!" :-)
DeleteAlways a way with words: "cyber minnow," indeed. Those numbers don't add up to minnow at all.
ReplyDeleteGreat shirt!
Yep, a minnow. Look at Alex's 20,000 page views in one day! Did you think about my email request?
DeleteWell, I had to come out of hiding to wish you well... well, great news. You are worth every special visitor, cool t-shirt. All the best.
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Thanks, Jeremy, for being happy for me. With Gene Wilder passing today, I feel down. :-(
DeleteI'm impressed! I'm around 650,000 so you are kicking my butt. Bravo!!!
ReplyDeleteYour prose is wondrous, and your fans are loyal. How cool is that?
DeleteLove the shirt! For awhile, I routinely checked my stats in terms of visitors, but I decided it was one more stress I didn't need.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that shirt neat? I check my stats every so often to see if I am connecting with my visitors the way I want.
DeleteThose are big numbers! Your writing is loved. What a great thing.
ReplyDeleteI like to think the numbers reflect folks enjoy what they read here. I don't feel as if I am spinning my wheels. Thanks for visiting and talking awhile, Teresa. :-)
DeleteAre you sure all your visitors are human?
ReplyDeleteProbably not, but I don't think ghosts register in the stats! :-)
DeleteImpressive numbers! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Not so impressive, but Alex's truly are! :-)
DeleteI'm not surprised with the number of visitors! You have an amazing blog that I've missed dearly. Hope you're well, Roland. Glad to be back to blogging. I've missed it and your blog. <3
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