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How many visitors does your blog average per day?

Posted by badm00n • 7/02/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic

I'm wondering what the stats look like for some of your blogs. Could you post your average # of visitors a day and how long your blog has been in existence?

My blog is only 1 month old and it currently averages between 30-40 visits a day (probably half of them are from me :P) I'm also mostly ignoring the huge traffic spikes from when someone stumbles your site for a rating review.

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7/02/07

chelloveck

My blog is about six months old and I started watching the stats cca. 2 and a half months ago: the average number of visitors has grown from 15-20 to 55 since then, but whenever I entered a new post, it sometimes reached 80-90 per day, which I am pretty glad about. The day my blog got into the Golden Blog semifinal, it totalled at 134 visitors.
(As a Hungarian guy I'm not at all familiar with English internet slang, so I don't know what "stumble" means.)

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7/02/07

PrettyLady

Well I was on Blogger and I just imported my post over. Ramblings of a Mad Writer moved to my own domain - World Outside my Window on April 14, 2006.

According to my server statistics Webalizer........

Hits per Hour 809
Hits per Day 19,434

Total Hits 38,869
Total Visits 2,607

Total Unique Referrers 318

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1. 7/03/07
  
  dharmagypsy7
  
  I think your calculations are overinflated. I looked at your stats on the bottom and it does not match your claims. Just thought you should know.
  
  According to the total hits you had on your blog
  
  322832 and you divide that by 15 months (April 14, 2006-now)
  
  That means your average traffic per month is 21,522
  
  I am not sure how you got 19,434 per day...
2. 7/03/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  dharmagypsy7, would you like a screen capture right from my server?
  
  My web host automatically provides me with a traffic analysis program.
  
  Copied from my server
  
  Usage Statistics for rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net
  Summary Period: July 2007
  Generated 02-Jul-2007 12:58 EDT
  
  Total Hits 38869
  Total Visits 2607
  Total KBytes 146593
  Total Unique Referrers 318
  
  Hits per Hour 809
  Hits per Day 19434
  Pages per Day 2192
  Visits per Day 1303
  
  Visits 1712
  
  Here is something to educate you on hits vs visits.
  
  www.bloggertalk.net/article156.html
  
  A hit is not a visitor, but a hit on the web server.
  
  What one needs to look at is the visitor traffic.
  
  Here I made my stats public for you.
  
  rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/stats/
  
  I do not appreciate being called a liar.
3. 7/03/07
  
  dharmagypsy7
  
  I thought the topic of discussion was how many visitors you had per day.. not hits. So why not just post the visitors? Why post up the hits too? And I did check out the link you gave me about hits.. this is what the article said word for word
  
  Unfortunately, many web site owners tell you the "hits" to purposely make you think that a "hit" is a "visitor". Don't be fooled again.
4. 7/03/07
  
  confessing7girl
  
  didnt find anything in the stats link u gave
  
  Oops. This is a 404 page.
  
  You are totally in the wrong place. Do not pass GO; do not collect $200.
  
  Instead, try one of the following:
  
  * Hit the "back" button on your browser.
  * Head on over to the front page.
  * Try searching using the form in the sidebar.
  * Click on a link in the sidebar.
  * Use the navigation menu at the top of the page.
  * Punt.
5. 7/03/07
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I don't believe PrettyLady was intentionally overinflating her stats: most reporting vendors and programs don't make a clear distinction to their users about the difference (and the value!) of hits versus unique visitors. Vendors do love to tell you hits, because it's the highest number-- makes them look good.
  
  But it's always good to keep that in mind that they do that, and instead focus on unique visitors, returning visitors, page views and visit length. That gives you a good sense of your audience and how "sticky" your material is.
6. 7/03/07
  
  dharmagypsy7
  
  I agree Thriftshop romantic.. at the end of the day.. numbers are just numbers. It's more is your blog contributing in any way. Does the reader gain more knowledge or understanding of the world or the topic you are discussing. Does it share part of yourself that the people would be interested in seeing. Does your passion translate? I think those are the important factors that numbers just do not match.
7/02/07

Madcrow

Aloha.. Well " Tomorrow's Entertainment " has only been up and running for 1 month ( As of tomorrow ) but it has an average of about 50 - 55 daily.. Probably 5 or so of them are from me checking up on it.. But I need to get more visitors and try and get them involved to leave comments etc..

tomorrowsentertainment.blogspot.com/

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7/02/07

terencechang

Well... Before June 1st, I have only 30 unique users and 120 pages viewed per day. After I manipulate Alexa traffic and get Stumbled by stumbler, my static traffic is now 270 unique users and 1200 page views....

It increased almost 10 times in one month.

My Alexa traffic ranking went up from 5.5M to 385K in one month.

I need to word harder to get into 200K.

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1. 7/03/07
  
  bornliar
  
  Wow, that's a serious increase! Good for you.
  
  I haven't even looked into Alexa or SEO optimization, mostly because I don't have the kind of blog that gets a lot of visitors. I try to make it interesting, but it's still mostly a personal blog.
  
  In the future when I start putting out, y'know, helpful information rather than just anecdotes and photos, that's something to think about!
7/02/07

MollyCrane

Visitors? The only visitor I get is Aunt Flo and she comes only once a month :o)
---
MollyCrane
Borderline Depressive, but always interesting!
mollycrane.blogspot.com

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1. 7/02/07
  
  dharmagypsy7
  
  Hey Molly, you got another visitor, me.. and I will be coming around more often then Aunt Flo
2. 7/02/07
  
  GFG
  
  Aunt Flo? .... as in Aunt Flow? hehee
3. 7/03/07
  
  confessing7girl
  
  girl checked ur blog...ill be coming by more often than ur aunt too
7/02/07

blogcabins

Can someone get Molly a rimshot?

I average around 35 a day. Blogger keeps calling me asking me to stop posting new articles - they can barely hold all the traffic. Poor little fellas...

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7/02/07

MollyCrane

Dharma,
Thanks! hehe :o)

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7/02/07

bornliar

I get anywhere between 3 and 25 visitors on a normal day. But I did have one that topped 200.

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7/02/07

Linc4Justice

One visitor.

3 guesses as to who that one visitor is. :-D

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1. 7/02/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  Google bot?
2. 7/02/07
  
  Linc4Justice
  
  Ok, make that 2 visitors. :-)
3. 7/03/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  I visited and lurked. That makes 3.
7/02/07

pointlessbanter

more than 5 and less than 100,000,000,000

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7/02/07

WokeupToday

PrettyLady - I'm in awe of your stats - 809 an hour! One of my blogs get about that in a month - I have a lot of work to do.

I got 24 visitors yesterday at: diner-roadhouse-joint-dive.blogspot.com/

and 44 at : wokeuptoday.blogspot.com/

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1. 7/03/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  I received 252 visits in the last three days to just one of my posts through Google.
7/02/07

terrymundo

I have three different stats programs giving me three different numbers. One blog has about 60 while the other soars to a whopping 140. I've seen it shoot very high(over 700) but there mostly looking for Macaulay!!!

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7/02/07

acebrock

17 a day average. Influencing the stats though s a news article my blog was posted in two weeks after its inception which drew in 55 visitors in 24 hours (it'll grow, hopefully).

The news article is here:

www.slate.com/id/2168192/fr/flyout

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7/02/07

elyen

I just started my own website last May 15. It's a 2-month old website. I'm averaging 30-40 visits per day, most were searches about local actress ruffa gutierrez and first husband richard daloia. That is pretty queer. But there was a day I hit 145 visits when blogged about internet searches.

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7/03/07

GFG

I get 100-200 a day

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7/03/07

paintgranny

I've been going for two years and I now get a minimum of 200 a day, (and I block my own visits)- it varies between that and 450 (if I've just posted). When I started it was quite small, and I got very excited when I started getting an average of one hundred. The thing to do is stick in there.

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7/03/07

wandadog13

does blogger provide stats???? My server log stats are in-conclusive.
Of course I could be a really bad writer (sympathy please)and no-one visits me (aaaahhhhhh).
Jonathan
Give a blog a hug at purple13.blogspot.com

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1. 7/03/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  wandadog13, no but you can use statcounter.com
7/03/07

clockworkwar

Around 30 unique users everyday.

But around 100 visits a day.

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7/03/07

stocktube

i got 1 visitor per day only ... so do me a favor by visiting my site *appreciate grin*

leave a comment and i'll visit & comment on yours *evil grin*

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7/03/07

ThriftShopRomantic

My site's been around nine months now. Last month I had an average of 288 unique visitors a day.

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7/03/07

JournalWriter

Mine is 3 months old. I was around 30 VISITORS per day until the stumble stuff started taking off. I'm over 550 avg per day for the last 7 days. I slowed down on the every day stumbling a few days ago and it dropped to 100 some days, a lot still trickles in from stumbleupon.com though. I'm up to a whopping 13 today at 8:00 am.
www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=s38mytradersjournal seems to match what feedburner says, ie the unimportant HITS from bots seem to be excluded.

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7/03/07

komirad

So far today for komirad.com/ 63 visits 2756 pages 3513 hits

I think some of them are my own hits

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7/03/07

Nakalas

I created my site at the end of May. I started using Google analytics on June 23rd. Since I started tracking it properly I have had 492 visits. So apparently I average 49.2 visits per day. I can only assume that the .2 either comes from some loyal tiny readers or people who accidentally enter my site only to leave after milliseconds.

For everyone that has limited traffic I will make sure to take some time out of my day to go visit your sites more often. I love reading various sites and I would love to help out my fellow BC friends.

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7/03/07

Randlet

Been averaging between 300 and 500 a day for the last month or two on my main blog MPL, my newest blog, strange clips seems to get about 200 a day, but only if I regularly post.

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7/03/07

mmmarete

around 15 a day, but mostly from myself. Can someone who loves great food send some viewers to me please???

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7/03/07

badm00n

Are you all using Google Analytics to track your stats? It's probably not the most accurate - because it requires that your visitors have javascript enabled (although most do), but it does have some cool features like telling you what screen resolution and connection speed your visitors have.

It will differ from your actual webstats provided by your hosting service because that will track everything include any image requests and downloads.

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1. 7/04/07
  
  karenlim
  
  Well, there is nothing yet on the web that is 100% accurate. But being conservative, GA gives a a rather good picture of your traffic. By not counting JS enable browsers, it means you actually have more visitors than it states. Which is good right
7/03/07

ThriftShopRomantic

I'm using Statcounter.

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1. 7/04/07
  
  karenlim
  
  Statcounter is good but the free service is limited to 500 visits. Oh, remember to set the blocking cookie or you will be counting your own visits!
7/03/07

LlamaV3

Visitors? What are they?
I get around 10 a day, mostly geeks from some forums I visit. I'm still new so I'm learning.

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7/03/07

Linc4Justice

One of the best stats services I've seen is Clicky:

getclicky.com/8589

They have the most visually appealing graphs, and neatly divide up the most informative stats into different menu tags. The basic service is free, but the premium is also free when you sign up for the first two weeks. They roped me in with this. :-D

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7/03/07

chelloveck

A-Stat.

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7/03/07

PrettyLady

confessing7girl, I disabled my stats as I was not going to keep them open, but if you and your friend wish to doubt me and call me a lier I'll open them not that I need to prove anything to either of you.

dharmagypsy7, this is the only time I'm going to tell you. Get off my back.

ThriftShopRomantic, you are correct! I was not overinflating at all or did I post my hits to make me look better. It was discussed in another thread hits vs visitors. I only copied what was on my page assuming everyone here now new the difference between hits vs visits.

I replied to a discussion and I always find it funny how some bloggers begin to attack if you have more traffic, a higher PR or are an A to B blogger.

I don't think I'm better than anyone and volunteer my time to help other bloggers. If I thought I was better, I would not be here!

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1. 7/03/07
  
  MollyCrane
  
  PrettyLady,
  
  I remember that discussion about traffic.. It is strange how people attack for no apparent reason. I don't care about traffic google PR or anything like that.
  
  PLUS I'm a D-List Blogger and damn proud of it. :o)
  
  Have a great day!
  ----
2. 7/03/07
  
  confessing7girl
  
  wait a minute i didnt call u anything!! u said u would put ur stats i was just curious and went to check it out...... just that...
  and i got error i thought u had a problem on the page!!! wow
3. 7/04/07
  
  karenlim
  
  Hi, hits provided by servers are not accurate anymore. Cos they count a http request as a hit. Meaning, if I has a page loaded with 10 images. The page load will count as 11 hits, 10 from the image request and 1 for the page itself. Maybe thats what the others meant by over-inflated.
  
  Using 3rd party tracking such as Statcounter and GA gives a better picture of a sites current traffic. Try it. You will love them
7/03/07

PrettyLady

Molly, lol Thank you for replying.

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7/03/07

ianternet

wow those are some great stats - I am almost there I need to learn real quick as my blog has only been up for 4 months if I want that traffic!

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1. 7/03/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  The traffic is good, but I would rather have return visitors.
7/03/07

mossiwo

Hi guys I gave a small description on www.popupon.com/2007/06/google-analytics-new-releases.html feel free to visit and read the 2 paragraph info post.

I'm glad I'm with google analytics try it won't be disappointed, it features very descriptive and useful reports, and implementation for off line analysis.

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1. 7/03/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  I too use google analytics. It is very helpful.
7/03/07

Linc4Justice

I'm glad Google updated the interface. It's much cleaner and useful now.

Also, SiteMeter www.sitemeter.com is one of the oldest and a clear favorite by bloggers.

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7/03/07

CallCenterVet

I started mine last June 25, 2007. I use NextGenStats. Here's my blog stats:

Overall Traffic to This Page in the Last:
All Time: 1810
Month: 1816 775 unique
Week: 1632 720 unique
Day: 146 62 unique
Hour: 10 4 unique

I'm trying out a different counter at the same time. It takes a lot of getting used to.

What do you guys and girls think about mine?

callcenterveteran.blogspot.com/

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1. 7/03/07
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Hi there!... I'm guessing the blank space between, say, the 10 and the 4 in your hours section, and in the other entries should be read as decimal points? If so, you're doing very nicely, good consistent traffic.
7/03/07

am208

Google analytics tells me about 10 visits per day (excluding myself). Young blog, niche market, and all that...

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7/03/07

RTCunningham

I don't see that I ever answered the original question, but I'll try to do so now.

Google Analytics always shows more visitors than Clicky, so I go with Clicky because I don't like inflated stats.

I went back 90 days. The lowest amount of visitors was 83 on April 17 (probably while I was moving from host to host).

As far as highest? Without counting diggs and stumbles, the best I can average is 140 to 200 visitors per day. My blog is about 13 months old.

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7/03/07

francescomapelli

best (delicious + stumbleupon): 8894 visitors (back in jan)
average in the last months is 100-150

uh, while we're talking about google analytics, you may be intrested in reading this article www.mapelli.info/blog/how-to-use-google-analytics-to-track-feed-subscriptio...

francesco mapelli
www.mapelli.info

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7/03/07

CallCenterVet

Hi ThriftShopRomantic!
Sorry I didn't mean to confuse more than the stats topic itself. It should be:
Overall Traffic to This Page in the Last:
All Time: 1810
Month: 1816---->775 of it is unique
Week: 1632----> 720 of it is unique
Day: 146----> 62 of it is unique
Hour: 10----> 4 of it is unique

That's about an hour ago. Right now it says All-Time is 1825...
I presume these are visits rather than hits... as it says on the stats page ---> www.nextgenstats.com/cgi-bin/checkstats.pl?user=25614294&gmt=y

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1. 7/03/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  Callcentervet, I just viewed your stats page. It says 58 unique. That is excellent for a new blog.
  
  Um writingtrue I just checked your back links in Google and it shows o in Google and 44 in Yahoo?
2. 7/03/07
  
  writingtrue
  
  Pretty--
  
  I was referring to Alexa. I have three back links that I know about. Ya Hoo!
  
  Those links mean I can be found on search engines--at the very, very bottom of those engines....
  
  Hence my point that the number is meaningless.
  
  Writer
3. 7/03/07
  
  writingtrue
  
  Brw, how DO you check for back links in Google and Yahoo?
  
  Hey...I'm new here too...
  
  Writer
7/03/07

writingtrue

Honestly, I don't understand the intent of your question, since the parameters you report clearly and completely invalidate the stats you offer.

Stats are gathered by bots--and bots don't interpret data, rule one of research.

I could quote you STUNNING stats from my blog--over 80,000 sites link to it, readers from around the globe broken down by percentages (40% from Canada, interestingly, where I'm ranked around 120,000).

I've had over 1800 views. Unique visitors? Probably around 20 a day. But this is for a blog not yet three months old. The ink is still drying on your screen for your blog. Both of our stats are meaningless for the time being.

Writer
writingtrue.blogspot.com

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7/03/07

xbox4nappyrash

I think Ive maxed at 3 in one day :-(

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7/03/07

CallCenterVet

Hi Prettylady,
I think I have the same case as writingtrue... I think I messed up with google before the end of the month. I think I kept tinkering with the codes since I started this blog and then I got caught with what they call "Google Dance" in june 30. I tried to do some search within a google search I found 1 index but the index title was a dot (.)... which was 1 of the things I was playing with around that time. But that's just the newbie explanation I have for not being indexed in google.

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7/03/07

swoffordsdad

I have no idea, but judging by the comments, or lack thereof...my blogs must suck or I am doing something wrong.

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1. 7/03/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  swoffordsdad having just visited and reviewed your blog, I can honestly say that it does not come close to sucking. How can something so beautiful suck?
7/03/07

PrettyLady

One stats are not meaningless. I'm not sure what you are going on about? I just went to Alexa, and um I'm not sure why it is recording Google and all those as to linking in to you?

alexa.com/data/ds/linksin?q=link:writingtrue.blogspot.com/&url=writingtrue....

Something is obviously messed up there.

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1. 7/03/07
  
  writingtrue
  
  Don't know either. Just reporting what I see.
  
  And again--the point you all keep ignoring--
  
  WHATEVER those stats are mean NOTHING at this point.
  
  A flash in the pan is easy, especially when the stats are gathered by bots.
  
  And--again, I can't imagine what else I could say here to emphasize that I'd welcome insight into this data.
  
  Instead, I get, as usual, defensive reactions from the bloggers who see this as in infomercial.
  
  I may as well be standing in line for lottery tickets.
  
  Come on. Learn to read what was said, not what you assume.
2. 7/03/07
  
  writingtrue
  
  Yep. My point exactly.
  
  But they are.
7/03/07

CallCenterVet

Hi Prettylady,
That is so true. I think bloggers sould be more aware of the content and not the stats. If one has good content, people will definitely come back for more. That's why the more important "stat" for me is how many people have viewed my logs through self-refering bookmarks. Those are the loyal readers. Right now I must humbly say i have only 20. But that's is what I'm working on everyday.

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7/03/07

Linc4Justice

@CallCenterVet: I want to marry your avatar. :*)

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1. 7/04/07
  
  CallCenterVet
  
  Hey I saw her first! hehe! I just couldn't remember where I got the picture. I wish there was some sort of image searching engine I could use...
2. 7/04/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  CallCenterVet she's obviously a model. Let's hope she does not mind you using her photo and all.
3. 7/04/07
  
  CallCenterVet
  
  Hehe! I hope she doesn't have a blog herself and see her picture here...
7/03/07

jungl

Photoblog
This week high: 577 unique visitors. I believe someone high up in the stumbleupon system stumbled me.

This week low: 78 unique visitors.

Music blog
30-100 unique visitors each day. Mainly from google.

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7/03/07

gordy

My Inspiring Blog is increasing everyday because more people are finding it inspiring that are starting up their own blog

Average visitors is 20-30 everyday and growing

Check it out fortressofsuccess.blogspot.com/

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7/03/07

PrettyLady

Writer

Link:http://writingtrue.blogspot.com

You can also use www.linkpopularity.com/

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7/03/07

awannabe

About a dozen.

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7/03/07

PrettyLady

writingtrue, it means a lot to advertisers.

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7/03/07

jo1971

My blog Welcome To Jos Webpage 2 is barely 2mths old...
joswebpage2.blgospot.com
But my other blog is around nearly 3mths old....
jo1971.wordpress.com
Welcome To Jos Webpage

At this stage in the game,people like to click but I think it is just bots because....I dunno.I get the impression it takes time to get visitors

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7/03/07

GFG

Hey .... go for niche .. i did a niche blog ..and still getting 200 hits per day!
fishforfood.blogspot.com
fishios.blogspot.com

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7/03/07

JG

I have no idea why, but one of my blogs had 4,579 views and 8,556 page views an about 18 hours, it had been stumbled I guess. Incidentally that blog normally got about 3 views per day and since the exposure the new readers must have really liked it because I now get 3 readers a day, oh hang on there must be a mistake....
Hummmm maybe I should go back to the day job!

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1. 7/04/07
  
  GFG
  
  NO way jose ...too big a jump
7/03/07

Serenacyh

Err...these are the stats from Sitemeter when I clicked on the sitemeter chicklet. For Chatnchill

VISITS

Total 7,373
Average Per Day 87
Average Visit Length 4:05
Last Hour 1
Today 34
This Week 612

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7/04/07

suray

100/day

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7/04/07

CallCenterVet

I think I'm going to hit 2000 today. This is only my blog's 10th day in existence. I wished I could be listed/indexed a lot more in google though. That's one in my Christmas wishlist!

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7/04/07

PrettyLady

CallCenterVet submit your blog to more directories.

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1. 7/04/07
  
  CallCenterVet
  
  Will do now! Thanks PrettyLady!
2. 7/04/07
  
  GFG
  
  why dont we share directories to list in?
7/04/07

stayjune

I just started my blog on June 11th 2007
Now I have an average about 80 unique visitors per day ^^

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7/04/07

xerendipity

I started my blogsite early this year, by January. But I'm not getting much visitors. But average visitors per day = 20. Mind to check my site and help me with it? Check in www.writinerary.com

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7/04/07

Petitolympus

Hello everybody,

75 visitors per day (we have started at the end of april)

danieletdidier.blogspot.com

Thanks to visit it you too.

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7/04/07

digitalflower

Mine seems to go up and down according to the seasons. I don't want to over inflate. Statcounter has been counting since Day one and says
Page views: 220/day
Unique: 165/day

I added Extreme in the middle of April and it says
Unique visits per day: 221/average

There is only a small group of regular readers.

digitalflowerpictures.blogspot.com

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7/04/07

bsangel

I just try to get more regular readers. As long as my regular reader number keeps going up, even if it is simply one by one, I am happy. : )

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7/04/07

mobiwan

In June www.mobilemarketingwatch.com had:

Unique Visitors: 1,306
Total Visits: 3,814
Page Views: 15,992
Referrals: 690

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7/04/07

PrettyLady

GFG, you can submit to www.bloggingfusion.com

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7/04/07

badm00n

www.blogarama.com/
www.blogflux.com/

also.

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5/21/08

blurbberry

blurbberry.com

200-300
peaked at 470 once

1 month 13 days old

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5/21/08

wehireu

I get about 150 visitors and 180 page views

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11 days ago

Dante311

Wow, I'm impressed by how quickly some of you have gotten steady visitors. I have been doing my new blog for about 7 months and still struggle with about 5-10 visitors a day. I fear it might be due to the varied topics I cover. I would love to be getting anything over 100 a day

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11 days ago

lukspencer

I get anywhere from 10 - 85 I have been doing this about a month and haven't figured out what I am doing to make such a difference in my numbers...of course some days Its just me:)

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