I’ve just got to take a moment to thank everyone that’s been coming to read our stories. To be honest, I’m having a ball blogging. It’s way better than a diary. First, I get to type, which I can do way better than handwriting. Second, I get feedback! Third, this is way cheaper than therapy!
Sighted people often play a game where they keep track of the license plates they’ve seen on the road. The more obscure, the better. I’m getting to be the same way about new visitors to the blog. I’ve installed this counter which allows me to see how many people are reading, how many are return readers, and how long readers spend. The counter is somewhat flawed in that there are people that I know are reading, yet I never see their ISPs on my reports. Or, there are people who talk to me about what they’ve read, so I know they’ve spent some time, and yet my reports don’t reflect that. Then there are many ISPs where I’d have to do some research to figure out who or where they are because all it says is United States. It isn’t perfect.
It’s still fun though. I’ve been tracking this since mid April, so a little over a month. To date, according the flawed counter, 281 people have come to the blog. Most are probably blog surfing as they don’t stay long, however, there have been 279 reader sessions by folks that have been to the blog more than once. While most, (75 percent) spend less than five seconds on the site, 20 percent of you spend over an hour reading this stuff in any given session. I’m amazed! There have been 717 page loads, so some of you are clicking beyond whatever is on the opening page.
But the most fun is tracking the number of people from outside the U.S. that end up on the blog. Most probably don’t read much, but so far the list includes: Canada, Australia, U.K., Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, France, Turkey, Portugal, Korea and New Zealand. I think I need to get a map and start keeping track.
Sighted people often play a game where they keep track of the license plates they’ve seen on the road. The more obscure, the better. I’m getting to be the same way about new visitors to the blog. I’ve installed this counter which allows me to see how many people are reading, how many are return readers, and how long readers spend. The counter is somewhat flawed in that there are people that I know are reading, yet I never see their ISPs on my reports. Or, there are people who talk to me about what they’ve read, so I know they’ve spent some time, and yet my reports don’t reflect that. Then there are many ISPs where I’d have to do some research to figure out who or where they are because all it says is United States. It isn’t perfect.
It’s still fun though. I’ve been tracking this since mid April, so a little over a month. To date, according the flawed counter, 281 people have come to the blog. Most are probably blog surfing as they don’t stay long, however, there have been 279 reader sessions by folks that have been to the blog more than once. While most, (75 percent) spend less than five seconds on the site, 20 percent of you spend over an hour reading this stuff in any given session. I’m amazed! There have been 717 page loads, so some of you are clicking beyond whatever is on the opening page.
But the most fun is tracking the number of people from outside the U.S. that end up on the blog. Most probably don’t read much, but so far the list includes: Canada, Australia, U.K., Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, France, Turkey, Portugal, Korea and New Zealand. I think I need to get a map and start keeping track.
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