OK I need your help here because my stats don’t add up. I’ve suspected for some time that they did not adequately reflect the number of visitors to the blog. How probable is it that you get twelve visitors and twelve ‘likes’? What really tipped the balance though was when I had more likes than visitors – now that just ain’t possible. So can you do me a favour? If in the last week or two you’ve read a post without liking or commenting, could you drop me a word or two below? Just one word will do and then I’ll know.
Thanks
Kirk out
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Published by Sarada Gray
I started my first novel, aged 8, in a draughty vicarage, finishing it 14 years later. My first poem emerged on a Sussex beach in 1965, but I didn’t return to poetry until 2007: I’m still trying to find out why.
I have published short stories, poems and reviews and am a recognised performance poet. I’ve been married 21 years and have two children, Holly, 20 and Daniel, 17; but my husband now wants to be known as female. My struggles with this and its effects on my writing, are the springboard for short stories and a radio play.
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I like all your posts (well, most) but don’t always comment and rarely use like (although I think I did just once, recently, and just now).
When I like a post (on anyone’s blog) it’s generally because I’ve read it, sometimes it may have been a skim read and I like the points raised, maybe it is just a post for me to ponder and digest but without anything I can formulate a comment. The Like also acts as a tag for myself so I can see I have read something; handy if I find myself back at the post and unsure if I did indeed read it. I’m aware that there are a number of bloggers who Like without actually reading, perhaps they’re liking the title or a tag, perhaps just to get me to check out their blog in return. Sometimes likes are received too soon after I’ve posted a lengthy piece for me to be convinced the liker could have read it through so soon.
I would guess that the greater number of likes to visitors comes about from being able to see a post (at least the first few lines) and Like it without actually visiting the blog, such as within WordPress’s “Reader”.
yeah, hadn’t thought of that
I find frequently that the stats don’t make sense. It may be a way of getting users to upgrade their WP account–surely their business account stats are more reliable.
Yes, I have come to suspect that