Comments on: Why I check my stats and why you should too

By: Diana - Teacher Mom

Diana - Teacher Mom — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:50:11 +0000

I check my stats quite frequently and I’m starting to use Google Analytics more, since I mainly rely on Sitemeter. I must say that you’ve written an excellent post. It was very informative and gave me some really great ideas. Thank you!

By: Annie

Annie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:02:52 +0000

Wow this was interesting, and yes I check my google analytics account, but not with regularity. I am a mommy blogger that just writes the simple things we do in our daily lives. Sometimes I get crafty, post about books we’re reading, or share links of the incredibly creative stuff that peppers the web. I am really enjoying your site and hope to link back here next week. I’ll let you know when I do. I also plan to add you to my blog roll because I find your content relevant to us mommy bloggers.

By: Luschka

Luschka — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:27:36 +0000

I watch Google Analytics – I check it at least once a day. I like knowing where the traffic is coming from and I like knowing page hits, i.e. what people are reading. I do spend a LOT of time trying to increase traffic, but it’s slow going. Having said that, I see increases every month! Good post, as per usual!

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Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:09:42 +0000

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By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:54:27 +0000

Yes. I look over Google Analytics every day. It’s interesting to watch the ebb and flow of my traffic – to see where people are coming from and what they are reading.

By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:47:43 +0000

Rebecca:

Requiring e-mail addresses is to help manage/avoid spammers and also so that I can get in touch with people if I need to as a follow-up to their comment.

In terms of your e-mail address in particular, since you use one that is based on your full name rather than a generic e-mail address using an alias, I can Google your name and find out a variety of things about you. It isn’t something I make a regular practice of, but if someone was being problematic or if I was curious about their background based on specific comments they made, then I might.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:26:27 +0000

Fascinating! What does my email address tell you about me and how? Also, is there a reason why most bloggers require commenters to include their email address?

By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:45:33 +0000

You’re right…it stuck for a while, but the next day it was back to one month. Argh.

By: Marcy

Marcy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:38:39 +0000

I don’t think that changes your default… at least I just tried it, but as soon as I go back to the main overview page it’s still back to month.

By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:47:36 +0000

Ceka:

Sorry…forgot to say that StatCounter will give you the IP addresses, so that is helpful, but it doesn’t give you a lot of the things that you could get if you were not on wp.com.