Comments on: Ten Tips for Stats Addicts

By: Allen - Montreal Web Design

Allen - Montreal Web Design — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:22:49 +0000

Hello from a Montreal Web design company. Stats are very important.

Allen

By: Mobile Games

Mobile Games — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:00:55 +0000

well.. i tried to not check the stats but i have to say that i can’t :(

By: julie

julie — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:00:26 +0000

well, considering it’s 1 AM and everyone is in bed while i check my stats, i’d say this article is for me. i’ll give your advice a try, but i can’t imagine life without my stats…

wish me luck!

julie

By: Nicole Feliciano

Nicole Feliciano — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:48:39 +0000

Guilty as accused. I am going to try to cut down to 1 x per week. Maybe over the weekend since those are slower traffic days, but I do agree with Rhoit that you have to check a bit to make sure all is A-ok especially with revenue generating links.

By: Rohit

Rohit — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:41:21 +0000

I could remain aloof from stats for a week.
But I always believe checking stats is necessary daily. You need to know if something is wrong with your site i.e if its down or up etc.,. They can be discouraging at times but we need to get on with them.

By: Chris Raider

Chris Raider — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:26:51 +0000

Thank you. Very good article, I am also an “every hour checker” (until now). I will try the surprising effect by only checking the stats once a week: As a reward I will spend me a beer ;-)

By: Takumi86

Takumi86 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:42:54 +0000

Darren thanks so much for letting me know about this, before i read your post i never make any friend at Digg, Stumble Upon, Reddit, and Mixx, now i know that i have to make a lot of friend and gain more exposure, thanks. Again thanks a lot, i owe you Darren – really

By: KC TAN

KC TAN — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:31:36 +0000

I think checking emails and web stats are both great killers to building our blog quality. Come to speak of it.. it has been a while since I check out my commentors.. lol.

By: Hajib

Hajib — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:16:43 +0000

This is my obsession.. checking stats every hour.. still in my project to drive 1000 visitors daily traffic to my blog…

By: DeeJay

DeeJay — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:20:47 +0000

The post was useful for me.
So… I swear, no more Stats! ;)

By: Saving Money

Saving Money — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:27:42 +0000

This post has given me the courage to try something.

I am not going to check my analytics or adsense for 7 days, starting right now.

That means I won’t be logging in until 9th December (Sydney Time).

I will also limit checking my email for the blog to 2 times a day.

Wish me luck!

Check out my saving money blog at http://www.savingsguide.com.au

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:21:03 +0000

Thank you for your insight…I would like to promote a beautiful seaside town. Can you suggest a blog that provides information to people looking to come to south Florida?? How about the locals that live here?
I would like to reach more people interested in vacationing or moving to the area. Some of the wonderful activities offered all year long are diving and snorkeling, charter fishing, parasailing, waverunners, fine restaurants and shopping or just laying on the beach and soaking up some rays..we have it all and want to share it with everyone interested in having a tropical vacation all year long.

I would appreciate your direction in getting started, my sincere thanks!

By: David from livingelpaso.com

David from livingelpaso.com — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:21:56 +0000

So I failed on day one. I tried, I really did. However, On the wordpress dashboard, you can check stats without clicking on the link and so I told myself that it was ok. I guess this a guilt post…well…time to try again!

By: Alan Thomas

Alan Thomas — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:25:10 +0000

Very interesting thoughts. It shows you how much time you can waste just going over your stats.

By: Marc Williams

Marc Williams — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:56:53 +0000

As a true addict of stats, this is very helpful. I know I need to stop looking at it all the time and now you have given me reason why I should stop. So thank you and I will try..

By: James

James — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:52:16 +0000

Hi, I would just like to say that I really enjoyed this article. I feel very much encouraged….especially in the area of social networking…it is such a powerful tool, and I have been very lazy when it comes to social networking on my current project…I have seen how well twitter has been working for me, and i’m sure that there is SO much more potential to be unlocked!

By: Dragos Roua

Dragos Roua — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:21:45 +0000

Thanks for the post!

I do like the strategy: “don’t just kill your addiction, replace it with something really worthy”…

I’ve been a stats junkie myself, not as a blogger, but when I had an online publishing network of vertical portals and I know what damage this can do. I think I spent around 1-2 hours daily only on stats.

In the end, it’s not the stats that are counting, but your real contribution to the real people.

By: Jim Gaudet

Jim Gaudet — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:05:15 +0000

Um, great post. Number 9 is the best idea I think.

I think I will try this since the first of the month is coming..

thanks,

By: Logan

Logan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:37:33 +0000

Awesome post! Thanks! :-)

By: Mel Menzies

Mel Menzies — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:06:26 +0000

Great post, Nicole! Like all addicts we kid ourselves that we’re not really hooked, that we could give up just like that if we wanted, when we wanted, that the peek we take at our stats is actually absolutely necessary, and that though others may be addicted to several checks per day, we most certainly are not looking more than once – maybe twice, well, perhaps every other hour – but what does that say? Only that we’re vigilant. Surely? No? Oh, well!
From a stataholic.