Comments on: The Cyclical Nature of Blog Stats

By: phillygrrl

phillygrrl — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:52:09 +0000

I assumed this as well (thus never bothering to post on the weekends). Then a couple of weeks ago, I began using the weekends as catch-up time for the rest of the week and found my numbers were just as high, if not higher than the weekdays. I’m not sure if this is because my regular readers don’t have anything to do on weekends…. (no kids, spouses, etc).

But thanks for sharing this post, extremely helpful

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By: Jig

Jig — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:16:30 +0000

You are right about the stats. Most people are so impatient that they freak out. People need to relax and look at the big picture. It is the long term trends that are important. Mondays and Tuesdays seem to be high traffic days for me too, and the weekends are usually not as great. It seems kind of contrary when you think about it. Aren’t people home on the weekends? I guess it goes to show that most web surfing is done on the job, LOL.

By: Hammy

Hammy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:13:02 +0000

And if you are still daily checking in with your stats, stop it.

Seems to be directly aimed at me… I get worked up over the daily hits and misses… I KNOW it’s not helping at all, but I guess the habit kinda stuck. And for sites like mine, even single digits count, so it’s easier to think that way…

Anyway, I took a look at the monthlong statistics, and for what it’s worth, there HAS been some sort of a climb, which is good anyway.

I’d like to think I’m not really obsessed about the stat count, but then again, I guess I’m not sure anymore.

Anyway, great post, as always…

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:54:54 +0000

@ Lori: In my earlier research, which included blogs of a variety of types, if the blog contains seasonal topics, like a Christmas blog or ski blog, it will get an increase in traffic accordingly. Non-seasonal blogs tend to get a bit less traffic during the summer, with a downhill slide when school season starts but rises by October, at least in the northern hemisphere. I've found that from January to June is the highest traffic levels annually, though these are just general observations, not statistical facts. Each blog is different and attracts a different crowd. I've worked with a couple of bicycle blogs and they found that their traffic from the US Pacific Northwest is consistent year around, and traffic from other geographic areas are highest in the spring and summer. It depends upon your audience and their online habits, something that would be fun to really explore thoroughly in detail.

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By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:59:37 +0000

What about the stats for different seasons of the year? Has anyone noticed specific cycles for certain times of the year?

Lori

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By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:20:37 +0000

Hi Lorelle,

I was seeing the same thing on my blog and stopped posting on weekends. I felt like a good post might be getting “wasted”. Personally, I now don’t do much blogging on the weekends, and I’m guessing others do the same.

Stats are great to watch over a period of time. The most difficult thing for a new blogger is that they don’t have anything to compare to, so when they see their daily stats fall, they aren’t seeing the whole picture(yet).

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:30:29 +0000

@ cristinar:

Actually, you bring up a good point. WordPress blogs have native feeds (build-in feeds) but many add Feedburner, FeedBlitz or another feed service to their blogs. Now they have their own feeds, but those feeds, and where do the numbers get tracked? WordPress.com has yet to get a real handle on all the feed tracking confusion, so I’m not sure if all feeds are incorporated into those numbers or not. We need to learn more about what is trackable and what isn’t and how to make our choices accordingly.

The issue is really: when do you read your feeds? Monday through Wednesday and then not again until Monday? Or every day? ALL of your feeds?