I got a counter last week for this blog. I was surprised by the number of people that visit daily.
I get very few comments I thought the number of hits would just be a couple of digits more than number the visitor comments made. I was surprised t learn it is much more.
I specify comments made by visitors, because usually half of the number of comments shown is made by me. If there are four comments, usually I rebounded two of those comments. I just can’t my mouth shut – or in this case, keep the keyboard down.
Of course, I know some are just passing through. Sometimes if I have a couple of minutes to kill I will hit the “next blog” button and do that for several hits… so, with me just passing through, if a person has a counter I’m sure I registered as a visitor, only if I stuck around only a split second, just long enough to see it was about Barbee Dolls or something.
I don’t know, but I think when you put a fresh entry up, it is placed in a newly submitted line-up and people that use the “next blog” button stands a good chance of coming across your blog.
Then, there are some who search for a word, name, or phrase. I think I have magnetized some that way… once they get to my sight and see that I am all hot air they probably move on.
It is nice to know that I do have more visitors than I thought, even if they are silent visitors.
Undoubtedly, there are silent visitors that visit your blog at least a few times a week, if not daily. You have a wonderful way of spinning a yarn. And your topics are always things that everyone can relate to. So it doesn't surprise me that your numbers are so good.
ReplyDeleteI know I visit sometimes just to see what Bob is doing.
;-)
The best is some of the bizzare searches that find you. I know i often get people who have searched for "the worst pain in the world" but the most worrying was "torture my testicles". I did have both words in my blog but not together. It just worries me that there are people out there whoe would google that, i mean why?
ReplyDeleteButton,
ReplyDeleteThank you.
I probably have 10 or so blogs I visit each day and I never left a comment so they never know that I came and went.
Gerbil,
ReplyDeleteI have a limited brain. It has only a few subjects that it dwells on... so, I don't mention too many things that may be a magnet for a search engine. The wedding day is getting close isn't it?
Glad to hear that you get the readers you deserve. Like Button, I think your stories are great.
ReplyDeletePart of the fun for me is the counter on my blog. Once you have blabbed enough the googling gets really thick.
ReplyDeleteI always try to answer back comments. Its more personal that way.
Suzanne,
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Steve,
ReplyDeleteI agree. It makes it more personable. It puts it more on a one on one kind of living room chit-chat, which I feel more at ease wtih, and I hope the person at that moment feels the same.