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…
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The Google+ Share Counter Was Unreliable
One interesting feature of Blogger, now removed, was the Google+ Share counter. Similar to the FaceBook "Like" counter, many people used to…
Blog PageView Counts, And Social Sharing Activity
Ever since 2009, when Blogger introduced the Stats visitor activity counter , blog owners have been reporting inconsistencies between Stats and other…
Adding Whitelist Entries, To Adblock Add-Ons
Ad blockers are popular Chrome add-ons, which let us manage various websites abilities to serve ads in our browsers. Many ad blockers include a scrip…
Is There A Purpose To Referer Spam?
We've been experiencing - and discussing - referer spam, since 2011 . We still see unaware blog owners, asking in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help wi…
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…
Large Blogs, Search Engine Indexing, And Stats Logs
We see an occasional question about search indexing, and visitor activity, in Blogger Help Forum: Learn More About Blogger . How do I find out what s…
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…
Google Identifies Referer Spam, By Observing Trends
I've discussed referer spam before, and its visibility in Stats logs produced by newer, less popular blogs . There is always the odd mature and p…
Occasionally, People Do Read Our Blogs
Real people live in various countries all over the world. Every country has Internet service - and people who surf the Internet. Some read this blog…
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…