Comments on: Blog Traffic – How Important is It?

By: Becca - Our Crazy Boys

Becca - Our Crazy Boys — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:35:21 +0000

I’m so bad about checking my stats. I do it when a company asks, and I openly share with other bloggers who ask – though not many do :)
It’s important to me that my posts have comments, I’m not too worried about numbers :)

By: Martine De Luna | Work-at-Home Mom Writer

Martine De Luna | Work-at-Home Mom Writer — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:14:34 +0000

Thanks for this. A classic expose on quality and quantity working together.

I think numbers are relative; not all bloggers agree that traffic matters so long as their content is what makes them happy. I, however, am in the school of thought that believes BOTH can work together. :)

As someone who earns her keep as an online writer and blogger, the numbers do matter as much as the content. I want to know if people out there are finding me online. Also, since my blog is PR-friendly, certain brands approach me asking me for stats when they want to consider me doing a product review or a sponsored post.

So far, the highest ranking articles on my site are those “how-to” and list type articles, so I make sure that when I write them, they are also reflective of the not-so-optimized posts I write which get lots of hits. For example: My highest-ranking articles are those about how to find work as a WAHM; another is how to live simply, and the blog articles related to living simply. What I’m trying to do now is to marry these two elements–content and searchability–to get good results from targeted viewers.

I’m still new at all this though. Glad to have found your blog, though. I see many articles I can learn from!

By: Pieces of Sunshine

Pieces of Sunshine — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:08:27 +0000

Blog traffic is interesting but often not a good indicator. I’ve found some wonderful blogs with hardly any followers or comments. Sometimes things don’t add up. It’s good to question why we blog and be true to that. In 10 years time the stats alone probably won’t have much meaning, I think we need to motivated more deeply.

By: Lolli

Lolli — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:08:28 +0000

In reply to Ashley Sisk. Yep. Me too (both about being more interested in relationships but still checking to see who's reading). It's more of a curiosity thing for me. ;)

By: Lolli

Lolli — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:01:24 +0000

In reply to Lisa | Mama.ie. I have had the same experience as you getting attention with the "throw away" posts! I think the phenomenon there is that when we write off the top of our heads we show our truest selves. And that shines through!

By: Lolli

Lolli — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:59:45 +0000

In reply to Cheryl. Glad to hear that you agree. :)

By: Lolli

Lolli — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:58:48 +0000

In reply to Life with Kaishon. I'm sorry my posts take a long time to load for you! That stinks! Thanks for reading anyway. ;) And, by the way...it's my 6 year old son who likes me more than ice cream. And he took the picture of me after decorating my hair with weeds. lol

By: Life with Kaishon

Life with Kaishon — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:43:33 +0000

I don’t care one lick about blog traffic. I don’t write for anyone but me and Kaish : ) and the people I photograph that love posts about them. I don’t have any stat counters and honestly, it kind of irritates me when people talk about it. WHO CARES : ) I don’t visit blogs because they have great traffic or great titles or whatever. I visit them because I like them as people. I like learning about their lives. I like THEM! I don’t like wacky giveaways. I don’t like when people beg for comments. : )

The end of my rant.

Love the pretty picture of you in the post beneath this. I would have clicked and read it but as usual your page takes SO flipping long to load on this computer. I blame it on the mac.

I am glad your husband loves you more than ice cream. You seem WAY better than ice cream to me. And darn it, I LOVE ice cream.

Happy Friday Lolli : ) Love, Becky

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:34:27 +0000

Lolli, you hit the nail on the head! This is one I need to bookmark! :)

By: Lisa | Mama.ie

Lisa | Mama.ie — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:52:11 +0000

Numbers are important to me for exactly the reason you said – when working with brands, they tend to ask for that type of information. And while I am always excited to see the number of page views or unique visitors going up, I am always more excited to check the visitor loyalty stats and see the numbers who have visited numerous times going up. It reminds me that I am making a connection with people, and although I generally write for myself, it’s always interesting to see what content attracts more or less readers.

It amuses me when an article I consider a “fluff” or almost throwaway post – usually based on something random that came into my head – gets lots of attention, but another article I spent weeks mulling over and days writing barely rates a comment. Such is the blogging life! :)