It does surprise me a bit when I consider what I have been willing to put out there. Sometimes I have a nervous pause before I press the publish button. I start second guessing myself. When I do finally push the button it's like stepping off into the deep end of the pool. I'm not a good swimmer and jumping into the deep end of the pool is hard for me to do, but exhilarating at the same time. Sometimes I do go back and edit something I've already published if it doesn't seem right, but most of the time I'm OK with it. For me, the whole purpose of writing a blog is to honestly explore what's going on in my brain. If I get too self-conscious about what I write it's not worth the time to do it. I looked at my statistics for the last three months and I was amazed. I had 1932 page views and 504 unique visitors. Compared to some blogs it’s probably nothing to write home about but it is mind boggling to me. I know that this doesn't mean I have had 504 different people reading my blog. I'm kind of guessing but I think it's more like the same 10 people who actually read it. You know who you are, and thank you for hanging in there. If you do the math that means that each of you have read my blog 50.4 times. Wow! That is dedication. I actually only have about 30 posts, so some of you may have read the same post more than once. Or maybe there really are more than 10 of you. I looked up the definition of pageview but I still don't quite get the 1932 pageview thing. I don't really know what a pageview is or how it is calculated. It doesn't make much sense but if you each have actually read 193.2 pages of my blog I'm flabbergasted and a little worried. In takes a lot of time to read 193.2 pages. I know how much time I spend writing this blog instead of doing other things like cleaning the toilet and vacuuming. I’m worried that there may be some folks who are reading my blog and avoiding doing other things the way I do. I would hate to think I am responsible for some neglected bathrooms out there. ![]() The Weebly site makes a graph of my statistics. A graph is an interesting visual. I like the way it looks like a heartbeat. My graph looks a little like I'm having a heart attack. It has some major ups and downs. There was only one day in the last three months, however, that no one read my blog, not even me. When there is a big jump it appears to be due to a change in how the existence of my blog gets revealed, like when a friend mentions it on her facebook page or when I talked about it at a writers group. I will keep that in mind as I continue to explore the world of blogging. Thanks again for being a reader. ![]() If I forked out some bucks instead of going with a free website I could get access to even more statistics, like which blogs were the most popular and what key words attracted the most people. As it is I don't have a clue why you are reading my blog or what I could do to make it more interesting and appealing but I'm happy that this site is free. Free is good. I had a discussion with my housemate who warned me that perhaps I shouldn't reveal so much about myself and post it out in cyberspace where it could come back to haunt me someday. I'm not too worried. I figure it's basically being viewed by the same 10 people and I haven't put anything in my blog I wouldn't say out loud in a conversation. Come to think of it there ARE a few things in my blog that I might not announce in a casual conversation. Hopefully they will be buried in the sheer number of entries I eventually write and it will take a super sleuth to find them.
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