Alas, I don't think that these stats always give the budding blog writer the full picture.
In between Google, and odd referral sites such as fif-course and Feedly reader ....genuine Going Gently fans are not as common as loose knicker elastic is in a whorehouse.
It's good to remember this fact.
" you are never as popular as you think you are"
Such should be blogger's mantra.
Having said all this
As soon as I reach my 1 millionth page view
I'm opening the champagne
I am as shallow as the next old Queen !
Hey Ho
Off to bed now for an hour....night shift last night
Night shift sucks.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the awesome numbers!
It's all bollocks mr bum
DeleteI get some pretty disgusting sounding stat names on the list, and even some of the innocuous ones I've learnt the hard way not to open! Funny old world...
ReplyDeleteI dunno, I think you're pretty damn popular! 593 followers, after all. :)
ReplyDeleteOnly a quarter comment though x
DeleteIf all your followers were to arrive en masse at your open day, you'd think yourself pretty popular indeed! The shine might wear off a bit when we all insisted on coming in to see the knick-knacks in the living room and staying over for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteImagine all the scones Aunty Gladys would have to make...she'd be in heaven!
DeleteJane x
Maybe we should all plan this behind the scenes and give him a real shock .....hehehe.
DeleteAnytime susan xxx
DeleteAlison..... It would be lovely to meet you there
DeleteHaha.
ReplyDeleteYou deserve every moment of attention you get, John! That's just the way it is!
ReplyDeleteTo a blogger with only 34 followers, your stats seem pretty darn impressive! Haha :)
ReplyDeleteIt's not the quantity but the quality x
DeleteTrue story, John!
DeleteThat is amazing. But not really, seeing as folk like me log in every day just to check on your welfare :~)
ReplyDeleteYes, I am Sarah and I am a Johngreyoholic.
For the last few years I've been using statcounter to stalk my stalkers. When 'blogger stats' came in I went, 'Phht.' Blogger stats are pissweak (Australian lingo for a cheap shitty thing that does not deliver the goods).
SC don't include the bots or spammers and it is a much better indication of who is visiting you when and from where. Trooly.
But I'll still crack that ether bottle with you x
DeleteI'm easily pleased tee hee
DeleteIt is criminal that you are not world renowned. And not for nothing, Russell Crowe may be a reader so...
ReplyDeleteFifi.....I suspect he does.....
DeleteI ignore stats, John. Not least because I do not wish to be popular with people who steal from my blog, "follow me" yet can't be arsed to comment.
ReplyDeleteOnce Spielberg gets his head round "Going Gently" please do put a good word in for me to write the script, do the casting (no couch needed - bosoms will do) and, if neither of the two, may I play one of your many hens. I'll even lay an egg. On demand if not command. As long as that Tom doesn't feature. Stephenson will be fine.
A goat's greetings,
U
I was thinking that someone feisty could play you
DeleteJoan rivers perhaps
You inspired me to look to mine. The lower line said 30, and the upper line 60. How come yours are 25,000 and 50,000; did you cheat?
ReplyDeleteThe graph is an " all time" figure
DeleteI have around 45 thousand hits a month
Most of it rubbish like Sarah said
Nah, he's just v.v interesting! Like something you know you should put down, but you just can't. That do it for you JG?
DeleteBK you. Have never been so correct
ReplyDeleteI have been keeping track of page views and realized that they are mostly from spammers who are trying to leave ads in old blogs comments. I recently found 378 "comments" on an old Christmas blog from 2009 that were selling prescription drugs (viagra, cialis, soma, tramadol, etc.) without a prescription. I finally changed to comment moderation and it stopped but my stats show that multiple attempts are made on a daily basis to spam certain old posts. The most popular ones are titled "Thirsty Thursday" and "The Butter-Nut Conspiracy".
ReplyDeleteI must say that I got pretty fired up when I saw all the people in Russia (!?) that are apparently riveted by my blog, and then became a bit suspicious. However as an infant in the blogging world, with a massive 8 followers, I figured I shouldn't quibble.
ReplyDeleteBut please know that I am a genuine GG groupie.
I was just thinking the other day, "wow, I'm HUGE in Russia!" LOL :)
DeleteI am huge in Trelawnyd xx
DeleteComputer programmer friend says everything from Russia or eastern Europe is someone trying to take over your computer.
DeleteYou are MY favourite blogger John and as far as I am concerned that is all that matters.
ReplyDeleteYou old puddin you x
DeleteWe've a bottle in the fridge too ....just waiting for an excuse to celebrate! Mind you, our wedding anniversary may come before your millionth, but we'll toast your progress to date.
ReplyDeleteI should make my million page view by November tee hee
DeleteYou are very popular with me !
ReplyDeleteI look for your blog and Weavers first.
cheers, parsnip
That's sweet of you my Scottie friend
DeleteWoof!
ReplyDeleteYou have a fan here who is stalking you.
(Evil laughter) Heheheheh
Love,
Homer
PS: Great blog. We love it. :)
Homer you are a sweetie x
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98wVFsIt-MQ
ReplyDelete"its not as much as what we have in this life that matters,its what we do with it, that matters most..."
hugs to ((((john))))
Amen my friend x
DeleteIt'll be so schmaltzy if Spielberg gets the film rights
ReplyDeleteBut with john williams' music ... It will be a real sob fest........
DeleteToo
But can Mr Crowe sing as well as I'm sure that you can, surrounded by all those melodious Welsh influences? I doubt it, judging from his turn in Les Mis. I imagine you having a magnificent Stentorian tenor voice, scattering all the sheep for miles around - AND all those would-be bestiality-inclined dirty old men lurking in the bushes!
ReplyDeleteI can hold a tune ray.. But have not got the balls to join our village choir as yet.... One day eh?
DeleteGo you Mr Popular!
ReplyDeleteSays she....... Mz classy!
DeleteSo many noughts after the numbers in your stats. I checked mine. I have a four for Monday, a five for Tuesday, I even got a nine today but no noughts after them. Does that mean I am REALLY unpopular?
ReplyDeleteYours sincerely
Crushed
Angola
No, just as sadly normal as the rest of us Hippo.
DeleteI suspect most 90% of mine is spam
DeleteBoth of you are too kind. I love you nevertheless!
DeleteBradley Cooper??? Not even in a fantasy world...
ReplyDeleteIn my dreams bel
DeleteOh, yeah. Bradley Cooper. What were we talking about? Oh. Stats. I thought I was really popular until a computer programmer explained to me that a lot of my Google +1 stuff is spambot. Woe is I. Tell Spielberg I'll edit the script.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I'm NOT as popular as I think?? Good grief man, there goes what's left of my self esteem. I am heart broken.
ReplyDeleteX
DeleteJohn, I'm definitely ready to visit Wales again! I'd love to meander up to your door as a surprise. Of course, I'd need to find the airfare $$ first!
ReplyDeleteNancy in Iowa
Nancy anytime.......anytime x
DeleteOh shut it, you old queen (hint of jealousy in voice).
ReplyDeleteTurns on heels and flounces
DeleteI'm incredibly popular in Russia AND Indonesia.
ReplyDeleteI reckon half of my visitors come from some dodgy porn site. How is that happening? Only seven to go before you hit 600 and one to go before I hit 70. I'm with Tom on this one....more than a hint.
ReplyDeleteI found you through a dodgy animal porn-site, Em - John's.
DeleteHoarder monthly
DeleteOf course you have to bear in mind that half your visitors only come to your blog in search of hot men in budgie smugglers or pleasing photos of tranquil Welsh landscapes. As soon as they discover it's all about a scruffy middle-aged guy who's obsessed with animals they disappear again.
ReplyDeleteFickle Nickle, that's all I can say!
DeleteOh nick... A few might have found me a real catch eh?
DeleteIt's the summer doldrums, that's all.
ReplyDeleteI don't pay any attention to the numbers. Never have. I don't have my blog to get a lot of readers. Just a few, whom I read first, really.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to your millionth viewer! Maybe you could send them a little gift when it happens. ;-)
*hugs* ♥
I think you should have a practice run with the champagne - name the date and I'll join the rush to Trelawnyd.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I LOVE your blog and it's number one on my bookmark header. Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!
what in heavens name is a "budgie smuggler"?
ReplyDeleteThat's funny, Russell Crowe is playing me as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan.Yours is the only blog that makes me laugh out loud.I have been known to spray the screen with tea!I wish I lived nearer, I too would pop in for tea and scones. Liz 2b
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed John. I am an avid GG blog fan and try never to miss a post. You're the best!
ReplyDeleteLeft a little ditty for you over at mine, when you've finished swooning over all this adulation!lol You'll have to trawl through all the knitting script first! Coming here's a bit like listening to The Archers or watching Jackanory - I love a good story.That is all. x
ReplyDeleteThat's why I don't mess around with stats because I don't want to get side-tracked into relying on it as a way of gageing (however that word is spelt)whether my blog is ok or not.
ReplyDeleteWhy not just crack open that bottle for every post instead, it makes far more sense :)
I am sceptical about the stats. For a start I think when I read my own posts, that counts. A google search and a single click does not mean anything is read. But on the other hand, do rss readers count? I read most on an rss reader unless I want to comment.
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