Personal blog traffic

Fairy Princess
Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

Hi Bloggers,

I have started blogging since last couple of months and I was just wondering what's the average pagehits per day for a personal blog? Mind you, we are not talking about technological blogs or current affairs blogs. We are talking about ramblings, poems, stories and things like that.

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Fairy Princess
Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

Does this mean I am the only blogger with a personal blog? Innocent

Sfurti Juztamom
from Mumbai
10 years ago

Nope it means I am scratching my head to give u an answer ..

I can tell you my pagehits but my blog is an infant and belongs to a very niche category.

My page hits daily are around 100 on an average....and I have no idea if this is good or bad.

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

Sfurti, it's better than mine Smile Mine are around 40 Cry I think we both are equally new Innocent

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Does this mean I am the only blogger with a personal blog? 

You should wait for atleast 2-3 hours before coming to a conclusion.

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

@Ranjith: Smile

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Pankti, it's really a fruitless info you're trying to gather... because blog-age also makes the difference between two sincere bloggers in blog-o-sphere... so, now you've to revise your search filter to "personal blogs of less than 6 months age" Tongue out

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Sfurti, you're champ (considering your newness in blog-duniya) Laughing

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Pankti, don't be impatient yaar.... now I'm feeling guilty of injecting these logistical thoughts in you on my futile attempt to munch SEO gyans Undecided

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

@Yes, you are responsible for my thoughts regarding traffic Laughing Anyway, I learning something new too here. So no issues SmileLaughingSealed

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Cool

Sfurti Juztamom
from Mumbai
10 years ago

@ Doc...I just noticed u complimented me Laughing,,,.....thank u thank u

Linking your posts to some bloggers community like IndiB, Writeup Cafe, Networked Blogs, Blogadda can increase your blog traffic. Also try to add images and an attractive titles to your blog posts. These can help you to have a good number of hits. That's my personal opinion from my experiences. Thank you.

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

@Sayantini, yeah it makes sense. Thanks.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

@ Sayantini Did you get any referral traffic from Writeup Cafe, Networked Blogs, Blogadda ? Innocent

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

I highly doubt how much referral traffics you get from them unless you're really hyperactive there Undecided

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Those sites themselves are starving! Sealed

Sayantini Bhattacharya
from Chakdaha
10 years ago

At least I get more than 100 hits/day! Cool

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

I need an award for getting the least page views Cool

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

as I said you must be very active in all those/these bloggers' networks Smile

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Rajni can you think anything beyond 'awards/prizes'? Undecided

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

The awards keep me motivated to maintain my record. Chocolates are also acceptable... Tongue out

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

[Sigh...]

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Innocent

Ranjith
Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

For the month of May, I received 20 page views per day on an average. The lowest was 4 and the highest was 46. I have only two sources of traffic : IndiBlogger and Google Search, both of them contributing equally. 

My page views are lower than those of new bloggers. Undecided

I think 100 is a pretty good number. Most of the bloggers whom I know on this forum are in that range. Poor me! Cry

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

* Traffic Source : Google Analytics

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

Ranjith, mine is around 40 Cry

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Be happy. You ( = your blog ) are just two years old. For the first few months, I received just 3-4 page views daily. Sealed

Now, your page views are 100% more than mine! Cry

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

@RAnjith, is my blog 2 years old? Innocent where was i for 22 months? Innocent

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

That was a mistake 2 years -> 2 months

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Pankti is a newborn here... let us pacify her Tongue out

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Pankti - the little kid! Tongue out

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

YellUndecided

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

who snatched her feeding bottle Yell

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

@AS, my feeding bottle?! Undecided

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

To the eyes of AS, everyone is  a kid. Innocent

Madhu Bhardwaj
from NOIDA
10 years ago

Do you ever write anything Ranjith? My experience is that when you write a new blog post, that day your page views are much more than when you don't. So those who are smarter, post one photo a day or some such nugget at fairly regular intervals. This makes the page views and visits more.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Do you ever write anything Ranjith?

I wrote something around one year back. :|

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

but I thought 'Pankti is a kid' made you quite happy Rajni Undecided

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Who said that I'm not happy? Tongue out

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

then make a habit, not to give your ambiguous nod next time Undecided

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

InnocentTongue out

Punit Dubey
from Navi Mumbai
10 years ago

@Ranjith - I guess guys are mixing up Unique Visitors and Page Views here...For you told 20-46 PVs from Google Analytics - which I think is Visitors/Unique Visitors (almost same for me 20-50) while what other are referring is PageViews from Blogger-stats - 100/+ which is just PVs (150-300 unadulterated for me)...

There was one discussion on PVs and UVs here

@AS, Pankti - We are on same page...aint we?

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Even I was confused. Sealed GA shows visitors count by default.

I meant 20 visits not pageviews. For the previous month, I had 26 visits, 17 unique visitors and 46 page views per day on an average. ( Both from GA ) I think the slight increase is because of the IndiBlogger contests. Smile

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

@ Punit Do you think that our messages would be noticed by others? Innocent

Ranjith
Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Pankti - One suggestion - Upload a gravataar. That might increase referral traffic from IndiBlogger because people click on IndiVine links of the people they know by looking at the profile photos. ( This is what I think )

Sfurti Juztamom
from Mumbai
10 years ago

Really??????InnocentInnocent

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Was I joking? Innocent

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Ignore my previous reply.

Really?

I don't know about others but it's true for me. Innocent

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

then should I update my gravatar with a telegue movie hotie? Undecided

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

telegue  or Telugu? Innocent

Avadhoot
from Jabalpur
10 years ago

@R: actually he meant- 'tele-glue'- the damsel who comes on the TV and keeps him glued.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Innocent

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

pardon my wrong typing rajni... i meant 'Telegu' only Smile

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Avadhoot, you have no idea of my gluing agent Wink

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

You have typed it wrong once again! Tongue out

And Uncle, my name is Ranjith! Yell

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

sincere apology Rajni... I must write 'Telugu' some 100 times on a A4 paper Undecided

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

... Write my name also. Undecided

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

Laughing

Avadhoot
from Jabalpur
10 years ago

@AS: good to know that you read between the lines. I didnot expect you to read about the eye-candy and  cartoon stuff.

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Rajni, what's wrong with your nice name.... you know what it reminds me of Shivaji, the boss Cool

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Avadhoot, I really thought you've made a cartoon for me.... I could atleast update my fb PP Cry

Avadhoot
from Jabalpur
10 years ago

@AS: he is perturbed due to the femininity attached  with it. I think he shall not mind calling him Rajni Sir/Rajni Anna

Avadhoot
from Jabalpur
10 years ago

@AS: I wish to draw you but a sketch based on perception and conversation - may not resemble the actual one and thus becoming not suitable for FB update.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

AS, From now onwards, I will call you yonunnA atnamaS. Undecided

@Avadhoot I have my own name - Ranjith Cry

Avadhoot
from Jabalpur
10 years ago

@R: Did I ever say u don't have your own name?????Undecided

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

@Avadhoot: I'll be glad to put that image as my fb pp which you'll sketch from your imagination/perception based on net interaction (i know by now you would have done it if I were a Telugu hottie Wink )... in reality, there's nothing as 'actual me'.... so figure drawn purely on perception basis is the purest form of a human being Undecided

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Rajni, i liked the Japanese version of my name... you may address me, no problem... Wink

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Ok yonunnA atnamaS

TF Carthick
TF Carthick
from Bangalore
10 years ago

I get around 200-300 on blogger stats but only 50-75 on google analytics. Used to be 100 on google analytics when I was more regular. But last 2 months inactivity has taken its toll. Google Page Rank however continues to remain at 3.

Vishal Verma
from Bangalore
10 years ago

problem with blogger is that  If you share your post on any social network, your post view increases by 2 or more. These extra views are caused by BOTS, 

every social network has some bots to monitar posts, tweets or status.

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

what's bad in it... bots too have a life... let them live Undecided

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

@ AS Send them some chocolates.

.

Blogger excludes known bots like search engine bots - google search, yahoo search etc. '

Why will social networking sites crawl the pages? Innocent

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

in my opinion, chocolate pampers (actually spoils) every kid... be it human, alien or even bot Undecided

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Chocolates express love. Have not seen seen those Cadbury ads? Smile

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

Yes, chocolates are the best form of expression of love Sealed

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Undecided

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Undecided

Anunoy Samanta
Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

enough is enough.... Rajni ji come at front and help me setup my GA account Cool

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

yonunnA atnamaS, are you serious? If yes, I will create a step by step tutorial for you and Pankti. Smile

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

@Ranjith, thank u so much. If you keep on helping me like this, one day I will try to build a temple in our name Smile

Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman
10 years ago

Undecided

Ranjith
Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Here is the procedure to set up and use Google Analytics Smile

SETTING UP GOOGLE ANALYTICS ON YOUR BLOG

Go to www.google.com/analytics  . Click 'Sign In'.

Click Sign Up

Enter the following details :

Website Name : Any name

Web Site URL : The URL of your blog

Reporting Time Zone : India

Account Name : Any Name

Click 'Get Tracking ID button'

Click 'I Accept'

Copy the code

Go to blogger.com -> Layout

 

Click 'Add Gadget' ( anywhere )

 

Choose 'HTML/ Javascript'

Paste the code you have copied and click 'Save'

BLOCKING YOUR OWN VISITS

Install this chrome extension : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/block-yourself-from-analy/fadgflmigmogfionelcpalhohefbnehm

Go to your blog. If you see the icon shown in the figure below, the GA code was inserted correctly.

Click on that button and click 'Block Yourself from Analytics'

 

Refresh the page. You will see the icon with a red mark.

Allow the extension in Incognito window ( if you want ) :

Click the Option  icon

Click Settings

Click Settings on the left

Click 'Allow in incognito'

CREATING A CUSTOM REPORT SO THAT YOU CAN VIEW THE FULL REFERRAL PATH

[ Forgot the original article which I referred for this part ]

Ex : In GA, the source will be shown as indiblogger.in. With this filter, you can view the full source such as indiblogger.in/forum/

Go to google.com/analytics Click 'All Web Site Data'

Click Customisation

Click 'New Custom Filter'

The following screen appears

Choose Flat Table for type.

Click '+ add dimension'. Search for 'Full Referrer' and select it.

For Metrics, choose 'Page Views' and 'Unique Pageviews'.  You can select whatever metrics you want. Click Save.

 

 

 

SETTING GA SO THAT QUERY STRING WILL ALSO BE TRACKED ( Not sure if this works ) ( You may skip this )

[ This part was taken from here ]

Query String is the part after the question part. Ex: In http://www.indiblogger.in/indipost.php?post=243017 post=243017 is the query string.

Go to google.com/analytics and click 'All Web Site Data'

Click Admin

Click 'All Web Site Data'

Click Filters

Click New Filter

Give a Filter Name ( for example : Full Referral Path ) and select 'Custom Filter' as the filter type.

Choose the option Advanced and enter the following details :

Field A -> Extract A [ Referral ] (.*)

Output to -> Constructor [ User Defined]  $A1

Click Save

You will see the following page

SETTING UP ANALYTICS IS COMPLETED.

USING ANALYTICS

Go to google.com/analytics and click 'All Web Site Data'

On the left, you can see standard reports": Audience, Traffic Sources and Content

Click Traffic Sources -> Sources -> All Traffic

You can choose a data range.

You can also choose how you want the graph to be displayed : day, week or month

The table below shows different information - Average Visit Duration ( how long the visitor stayed on your blog ), Bounce Rate ( If your visitor viewed only the page he entered and left your blog, it adds to bounce rate - so, lower bounce rate is better ), pages/ visit and so on.

You can display more than ten rows at a time. Move through the table using the arrow buttons.

You can sort a column in ascending / descending order by clicking on it.

Also, explore the contents and audience reports. The Contents report shows which pages were viewed. Audience report gives information about your audience - location, OS, browser etc.

USING THE CUSTOM REPORT WE CREATED TO VIEW FULL REFERRAL SOURCE

In these standard reports, you can't see the full referral URL - you are shown only the domain name. For example, if someone visited your blog from indiblogger.in/forum/ you see indiblogger.in as the source. That was the reason, we created a custom report. To use, it:

Click Customisation  -> New Custom Report 1

Here is a screenshot showing full referral URL.

Ritu KT
from New Delhi
10 years ago

Ranjith - Wow that is really thoughtful of you to present the whole solution completely. I use Wordpress, any thoughts how I can do this there?

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

@ Ritu For wordpress also, follow the same procedure. In Blogger, you insert the tracking code in a HTML gadget. In wordpress, you insert it in a Text/HTML widget. 

Sherna Jayaraman
Sherna Jayaraman
from Hyderabad
10 years ago

Hi pankti,

on an average i have 75 hits per day.

majorly from fb and indiblogger and rest coming in from google and external backlins

Shamel Mundeth
Shamel Mundeth
from Mumbai
10 years ago

I scrape around 30 hits a day...

it's disappointing but then i don't really give damn about hits...

It's the thrill, the joy of putting down your thoughts on the internet ( I wanted to say "paper" but that would be irrelevant i guess) that is more important! :D

P.S. If you want to, you can visit my blog and boost my ego a bit :P

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

Laughing I am visiting it was I write it Cool

Pallavi
Pallavi
from Singapore
10 years ago

between 45-60 hits a day..  Majority from google and few from referral sites like expat focus Smile hopefully its gonna go up someday Laughing

Srishti Singh
Srishti Singh
from Manipal
10 years ago

Oh dear ! I just went through the comments of this post ,like all of them ( Yes ,I'm really vella). And it made me feel sick.Numbers,stats,graphs..damn,it looks like a full fledged business.It seems what I'm running from is much better than all this Undecided

Sanket Rathod
Sanket Rathod
from Mumbai
10 years ago

Guys I like Statcounter more than Google Analytics as it also provides visitors I.P address as well as from which device that person visited and which OS that device was having as well as from where they came as well as their net provider as well as their visit length these all things Google Analytics does not provide If you wanna know how to setup Statcounter then go to my Website and Search for :-

How to Track Visitors on your Website or Blog.

 

Fairy Princess
Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

Ranjith, do you have a firefox version for this? I don't like chrome.

 

BLOCKING YOUR OWN VISITS

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

They didn't develop any extension for Forefox. They have it only for Chrome, Safari and Opera. 

But I found an extension for Firefox here.

Also found this page - GA Blocker by Google.

Fairy Princess
from Delhi
10 years ago

Ok. I will go home and look into it.


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