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…
Visitor Activity
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…
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…
Can I Setup A Blog, And Sell Goods Or Services?
We see cautious blog owners, asking that question periodically, in Blogger Help Forum: How Do I? . Many home based, and small, businesses use Blogger…
BlogRolls Are Good For Casual New Reader Activity
Blog owners use many techniques for getting new readers - and for keeping existing readers happy. Some blog owners use techniques which work inconsi…
Reciprocal Following Causes Churn In Followers Count
We see an occasional query about Followers, and the ever varying Followers count in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . Why is my Followers …
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…
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…
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…
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…
R.I.P., SiteMeter
I've always been an advocate of redundancy, with essential components and features. One essential feature of a website is the ability to remain a…
An Expanding Reader Community May Make Your Blog Vulnerable To A Content Warning
Occasionally, we see a report in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , that reflects on the reader audience - not necessarily only the blog co…
Dynamic Template Instabilities Have Multiple Causes
For some time, we've been seeing reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , about blogs using blogs using dynamic views, which display…
Dynamic Template Instabilities Have Multiple Symptoms
Recently, we've been seeing a few reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , about blogs using dynamic templates, which display incomp…
Dynamic Templates, And Network Problems - #2
We're been getting problem reports in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , from various dissatisfied blog owners , who chose a dynamic templ…
Dynamic Templates, And Network Problems
We're getting a few problem reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , from blog owners who chose a dynamic view for their blog. My la…
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…
Stats Displays Pageviews - Not Unique Visitors
Too many blog owners do not understand the unique capability of Stats - nor do they understand its limitations. We see the periodic question in Blog…