Following up on yesterday\’s posts about Goals and The Writer\’s Diet, I decided to delve more into the wonderful world of Stats!
![\"stats2\"](\"https://nanuschka.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stats2.jpg\")
WordPress posted an article on \”Stats are more than just an Ego Boost\” a while back and I revisited this post last night. I read it when it was first posted, but must admit that I did not really do an in-depth check of my stats. It is an amazing new world that opened up to me!
I was particularly interested to learn that I have readers in 59(!) countries:
| Country | Views |
|---|---|
![\"South](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/d93cbe573acce74aaa0144212be80fbc?s=48\") South Africa |
508 |
![\"United](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/5a83891a81b057fed56930a6aaaf7b3c?s=48\") United States |
268 |
![\"United](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/45d1fd3f398678452fd02153f569ce01?s=48\") United Kingdom |
239 |
![\"Australia](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/652b8d886abb355153e7486c43f7d3d4?s=48\") Australia |
29 |
![\"Canada](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/7f3085b2665ac78346be5923724ba4c6?s=48\") Canada |
24 |
![\"India](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/217b6ac82c316e3a176351cef1d2d0b6?s=48\") India |
22 |
![\"Switzerland](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/aaa1fdbebc4f5c12088f167a967152e0?s=48\") Switzerland |
22 |
![\"Israel](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/201a002496cebf356519bec9edba5c05?s=48\") Israel |
21 |
![\"Indonesia](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/fd215b6e9dcbc47d573caccac06d2216?s=48\") Indonesia |
21 |
![\"Germany](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/e13c43aa12cd8aada2ffb1663970374f?s=48\") Germany |
19 |
![\"Singapore](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/2e92f433832ac16cdbace58dd80237fd?s=48\") Singapore |
16 |
![\"Philippines](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/9fb5caa12630ee351f854526887036b5?s=48\") Philippines |
13 |
![\"Netherlands](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/a7c9a0e4e9006eadb21ca448f54d990e?s=48\") Netherlands |
9 |
![\"Russian](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/ba1ad9dc288f3d105f2512336502c473?s=48\") Russian Federation |
9 |
![\"Hong](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/1a989835b3db99915802fcba781dded1?s=48\") Hong Kong |
8 |
![\"Brazil](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/2eb39070460892f8d51479ce95484f09?s=48\") Brazil |
5 |
![\"France](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/bff4fa191e38bc0a316410b8fd2958fd?s=48\") France |
5 |
![\"Spain](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/3b0fec88bde4fc30fd3e23e4ccd99f82?s=48\") Spain |
5 |
![\"Italy](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/b0005dd2ba6fbd0698bdd019ed70bf61?s=48\") Italy |
5 |
![\"Denmark](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/29365e485c40f7e884692dc1050eaed0?s=48\") Denmark |
5 |
![\"Thailand](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/51674506e7b59f7939471ff68f736f2e?s=48\") Thailand |
4 |
![\"Bahrain](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/4e483605623a1de5f56e104c698347bd?s=48\") Bahrain |
3 |
![\"Czech](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/ba2fd66001c301a295bff7b6c35dce7a?s=48\") Czech Republic |
3 |
![\"Lebanon](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/9cd32dd01aaf5181556001b6be2e4daf?s=48\") Lebanon |
3 |
![\"Latvia](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/0c90cd7a8fb371ae2bb039a3647ab916?s=48\") Latvia |
3 |
![\"Belgium](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/e029960aa13ebaef77a65cb1cd572a30?s=48\") Belgium |
3 |
![\"Sweden](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/d7c9f0e4103caf0941a8bbfac9983941?s=48\") Sweden |
3 |
![\"Croatia](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/b783d9905ed4f8e9f99ee8bf67bd9705?s=48\") Croatia |
3 |
![\"Pakistan](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/fb687fe9d9d2d0d499a35c1cec5320b7?s=48\") Pakistan |
3 |
![\"New](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/de5438d9461dedfc375e242f4cfb0edb?s=48\") New Zealand |
3 |
![\"Greece](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/b6b7e68f84a52ab815467a6fbec1f3c0?s=48\") Greece |
2 |
![\"Korea,](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/58397002edf3840131193e59d82d3cb8?s=48\") Republic of Korea |
2 |
![\"Norway](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/2be6b08a291cfed314a95af158bd10cd?s=48\") Norway |
2 |
![\"Malaysia](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/006d265a8606dd3c2e3455a9e3fdd102?s=48\") Malaysia |
2 |
![\"Ukraine](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/776d11e595dcf0e256fd48b3c7dc1de5?s=48\") Ukraine |
2 |
![\"Saudi](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/c30a242c0dee8e289217b28eb5a70bd0?s=48\") Saudi Arabia |
2 |
![\"Ireland](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/504ed30045b46150e33aa0760a357392?s=48\") Ireland |
2 |
![\"Austria](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/246b538bd925c1b93a5e4d00f4b9a923?s=48\") Austria |
1 |
![\"Serbia](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/9ae42d6bb3ca47753b2723a860517447?s=48\") Serbia |
1 |
![\"Colombia](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/f9951a3a717913a4cb99ce128cd42ef6?s=48\") Colombia |
1 |
![\"Chile](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/a108c1cab35d0c11b0a0b4a4fcb8c56e?s=48\") Chile |
1 |
![\"Hungary](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/33a7eb058641623442e0f785b2b1e112?s=48\") Hungary |
1 |
![\"Tunisia](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/4bdc498ca0ba8bcbf432228b18d96ded?s=48\") Tunisia |
1 |
![\"Taiwan,](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/f983fff0dda7387746b697cfd865e657?s=48\") Taiwan |
1 |
![\"Nigeria](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/6cb0c182a3c5bdb62b8577641b2a1806?s=48\") Nigeria |
1 |
![\"Lesotho](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/47ee765e49d14ea38e448b706d53714a?s=48\") Lesotho |
1 |
![\"Rwanda](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/39a4f3fcc1c6de8f5a8765ca4e848af0?s=48\") Rwanda |
1 |
![\"Kenya](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/29bd91561625e1e1ec5f6575d9a05175?s=48\") Kenya |
1 |
![\"Turkey](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/9d7f36d1c97e4b9d616b8f75c0e19e79?s=48\") Turkey |
1 |
![\"Cambodia](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/882248d8683c248950402bbc7cd72fa7?s=48\") Cambodia |
1 |
![\"Romania](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/757e75c341c81ad60fb99597037839fe?s=48\") Romania |
1 |
![\"Bahamas](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/92fb20ff4e91617af222e30b6dc7d3de?s=48\") Bahamas |
1 |
![\"Jamaica](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/92d1512b9c7427154a43499444fb38bb?s=48\") Jamaica |
1 |
![\"Georgia](\"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/27373ce29846be0a2f5262305b203226?s=48\") Georgia |
1 |
![\"United](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/1d4566a573236079ce36af5aed15cc3f?s=48\") United Arab Emirates |
1 |
![\"Paraguay](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/585603cf53b6b74ad6b3aac92a447d7a?s=48\") Paraguay |
1 |
![\"Japan](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/bd3a57cba61df97cc0f73363dea7dc4d?s=48\") Japan |
1 |
![\"Viet](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/dd0d10af3ce85b0dc0bb7bbceea4f5e7?s=48\") Viet Nam |
1 |
![\"Syrian](\"http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/1a0b3ffcf3be6310b9ad99fdcf8607ea?s=48\") Syrian Arab Republic |
1 |
The search terms used on Google to get here also offered a couple of giggles (how to make a voortrekkerkappie) and some which really shocked me (rapetown sex game!) Really?! I shudder to think what that is all about.
The post by WordPress offers a lot of different ways in which you can pinpoint your reader\’s needs and suggestions how to expand on that.
Next, I found statcounter! StatCounter currently offer the following stats Configurable Summary Stats, Entry Pages, Came From, Recent Visitor Google Map and many more. Best part: it\’s free. Mine is loaded and ready to go. I can\’t wait to see the results!
Now, back at you: which other tools have you found useful?
