Stats "Unknown Region" And The "Audience" Map
The Stats "Audience" page is now showing a mysterious entry, in the "Pageviews by Countries" list, for some blogs. The list of th…
Dashboard - Stats
The New Followers Gadget - Blocking Followers
With the pre 2016 Followers gadget, the Followers population for a blog was managed through an Options link on the Followers gadget . This required t…
Stats And "Don't track", And Custom Domains
Blog owners have been trying to block tracking their own Stats pageviews, for a few years. This option has long been unusable, for blogs published to…
Street Legal Race Cars, And Similar Web Applications
Almost 2 years ago, motion picture actor Paul Walker and Roger Rojas decided to joyride, take a spin , in suburban Los Angeles California. What foll…
All Blogs With Readers May Not Get Comments
Not every blog, that gets readers - or pageview counts - is going to get comments. We see the disappointment, periodically, in Blogger Help Forum: Ge…
The Stats "Don't track ..." Option Is Still Unreliable
The Stats "Don't track ..." option continues to draw complaints. Various blog owners have recently complained, anew, that the previousl…
The Popular Posts Gadget Is Broken
This month, we have numerous reports of problems with the Popular Posts gadget, and its size being out of control. Some blog owners cannot get their …
Authors Cannot Use The Stats "Don't track ..." Option
Just as with a single owner blog, one would not want to count owner activity in Stats - with a team blog, one may not want to count team activity. Au…
A Deleted Post Affects The Popular Posts Display
Some blog owners report various discrepancies, and oddities, with Stats and its various components . A few owners find that the Popular Posts gadget,…
Subtle Referer Spam Attacks Can Last For Years
We see signs of confusion, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , about Stats count adjustments. The number of page views for individual pos…
All Dodgy Links Do Not Stay In Our Stats Logs
Occasionally, we see a complaint about referer spam, from a known spam source, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue - but the spam entry is…
The Stats "Don't track ..." Setting Is Unique, By Browser
Many people have multiple computers. That detail is becoming more and more normal, in the population in general, each year. I own 3 computers - actu…
Stats Components Are Significant, In Their Own Context
One popular Stats related accessory, which displays pageview information to the public, is the "Popular Posts" gadget. Popular Posts identi…
Reading Posts In Main Page View Affects Stats
Some blog owners don't understand why Stats displays show that no one is reading their latest post. I know that my most recent post is being rea…
Stats "Don't track ..." Option Does Not Work, Reliably
Problems with the Stats "Don't track ..." option , in general, are not new. Ever since Blogger added that option to Stats, years ago, i…
No Visitor Log Or Meter Is 100% Accurate
Confusion about Stats, and referer spam inaccuracy , is expressed, weekly. You never have a real idea as to how many real visitors view your blog, si…
Stats Referer Spam Moderation Is Collaborative
Some blog owners just do not understand the realities of referer spam moderation. How can I set my dashboard, to not track pageviews from referring s…
Comment Spam And Referer Spam Has Various Purposes
One of the most intriguing subjects discussed in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken involves the seemingly purposeless spam which torments us i…
Confusion About Referer Spam Can Have Unexpected Consequences
As referer spam continues to be reported in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , we see occasional signs of confusion. Some blog owners, knowing…
Referer Spam Is Noticed More, By Newer Blog Owners
One of the details of referer spam , that intrigued me for a time, involved who was reporting the spam. Most - but not all - referer spam is reported…