Comments on: Web Site and Social Media Metrics You Should Monitor

By: neon

neon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:36:52 +0000

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By: shannon

shannon — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:20:40 +0000

Love this detailed blog. Lots of good tips. I like the quote at the end the best.

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By: Inchirieri Masini

Inchirieri Masini — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:33:29 +0000

Hi this is a good article and very usefull.Keep doing the good job.
Thanks again.

By: Hendry Lee

Hendry Lee — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:42:18 +0000

Rachel,

Exactly. That’s why throughout the series I emphasize repeatedly the importance of prioritizing tasks. The previous posts in the series talk about content production and promotion.

Although metrics are not that important at first, make sure that you collect your data though so you can monitor the growth of your blog from the beginning.

By: Taylor at Household Management 101

Taylor at Household Management 101 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:52:34 +0000

I have really enjoyed this series, because it has really given me a lot of food for thought.

Off to check my stats on Google Analytics!

By: Albert

Albert — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:34:48 +0000

Looking at subscriber statistics is a big must for new Bloggers because these new metric systems that hundreds of new providers are offering to us Bloggers, gives us the ease of looking what works and what doesn’t.

By: rick

rick — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:05:17 +0000

In a nutshell, learn to read and understanding your Google Analytics reports. If you don’t use it, you may want to reconsider.

By: Cheap mp3 Players

Cheap mp3 Players — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:31:34 +0000

I completely agree that “every page is a landing page” so many of use forget that.

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shea — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:59:21 +0000

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By: Frank C

Frank C — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:13:30 +0000

Two observations

First, bloggers should be wary of becoming stats-a-holics. You can find yourself chasing stats instead of chasing readers and/or sales, depending on what your objective for your blog is. While knowing if you’re headed in the right direction is important, you can get lost in the details.

The second is that bounce rate by itself isn’t a good statistic by itself. You have to understand why traffic is bouncing. If you have high levels of social traffic such as from StumbleUpon or Digg you’ll see a high bounce rate that doesn’t convert to sales. The same traffic levels from Google generally do bounce as well but convert at a much higher level as long as they arrived via a buying keyword.

By: JOE GELB

JOE GELB — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:08:26 +0000

I love watching metrics especially from sites with link check tools, google, and other SEO sites. Metrics rock

By: Rahul

Rahul — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:42:51 +0000

The stats that I check most often is my SEO stats and my visitors and my inbound links.

By: ZK@Internet Marketing Blog

ZK@Internet Marketing Blog — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:59:58 +0000

I think and I do believe that we should consider about the bounce rate. If I am getting two visitors and they are spending more time at my blog than I will be more happy instead of 10 visitors who stay there only for 1 or 2 minutes.

So if you want to make your blog much better place to visit than concentrate on bounce rate.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:57:21 +0000

I always monitor what keywords I rank high for. The more the better.

By: Make Money Online Tips

Make Money Online Tips — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:46:40 +0000

Its very important to keep an eye on metrics. Helps alot in knowing where your going. I used to use Google Analytics but had some loading issues with it so removed it. Will put it back again though.

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:31:11 +0000

Amazing.

The most helpful article on metrics I’ve ever seen. Things were defined here that I’ve wondered about forever.

Thanks again

George

By: SEO Preston

SEO Preston — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:31:18 +0000

Another excellent post, I think in general it’s one of the most over looked parts of any website and blog. In the past I’ve found link from locked membership forums which bring good traffic. It’s also important to remember that all traffic doesn’t come from search engines.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:45:51 +0000

I think you should categorize bloggers to two categories for this post.
bloggers with high traffic, they need to do exactly what you said

bloggers with low traffic, they need to focus on linking, content and traffic at first.

By: dewi

dewi — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:55:24 +0000

indeed true for the first time I think how I have so many blog posting, promote my blog to other people and visited so much money without thinking about other things. any posts you gave me to enter another, so my insight into increased

By: Sheila Atwood

Sheila Atwood — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:13:42 +0000

Thank you! I have just set up my analytics. This helps me know what to watch.

I also loved the bit on the tiny URL. and I ‘ll make sure I pick the right one.