Readers who are also bloggers as well:
Do you have a stat counter???
I am totally into this stat counter thing.
Basically, I have a hidden counter on my blog that tells me about my readers. This is the type of information I get:
1. Number of readers.
I know how many people load my page. I know how many people return to my page because it's just so fabulous.
2. General Location of Readers
No it doesn't give me your street address or your first and last name. That would be creepy. Mostly it gives me cities and countries. Sometimes it gives me places of business. So I know who is "surfing" at work!!!
Why is this so awesome, you ask?
I don't know-- it just is.
I felt really cool the other day when my page was loaded by someone in the offices of the Harvard Crimson. Of course, this should not be particularly surprising to you, as we all know how valuable my blog is to intelligent society.
Other interesting places of higher learning which loaded my page:
St. Laurence University
Georgetown
Berkley
Other interesting facts:
56 percent of my readers are American. 36 percent are Canadian. Three percent are unknown. Two percent are Australian and British. One percent derive from Singapore and Germany. One half percent come from Pakistan, New Zealand, or Italy.
I don't know about the U.S. breakdown by state. Much of my American readership is from Texas, I think. I've got readers all over greater Houston, greater Dallas, Tyler, Austin, and many other Texas locations. I also have readers in New York, California, Florida, Arkansas, Louisiana, Utah, and many others.
I'm popular on the east and west coast. I have a hole in readership right smack dab through the middle of the country. I have no idea about this.
Whatever
You know what I'd like??? I'd like more comments from my fabulous readers. Comments make my day. It thrills me to know that my wisdom is shared throughout the world.
If you are interested in getting your own counter, here is the address:
http://my7.statcounter.com
Adios guys.
Comments are appreciated.
Penelope the Cat-- In the Flesh
The Greatest Cat
- Penelope
- Texas, United States
- I am a Bombay Cat, which means I have a black shiny coat. I have yellow eyes and an IQ of 163.
Esty is Sexy
My friend Robyn, who is a high end fashion designer, made me this poncho last year. Is it not fabulous or what? Anyway, if you would like to see more of Robyn's fabulous creations, look at her Esty shop: www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5245889
Holy World Famous Dictators! Look Who I am!!!
LOLCats???
I saw this term referenced on another blog and didn't know it. So I looked it up on Wikepedia and discovered my answer. LOLCats, funny . . .
And now a public service announcement from Penelope, Queen of the Cats:
Due to the use of the words "crap", "torture", "ass", and "kill", the blog received an 'R' rating. I am posting my scarlet letter (isn't it cool that I can use this reference-- the logo is even red) for all to see. If you are offended by the words "crap", "torture", "ass", and "kill", my recommendation is to leave my blog immediately and stay away from your local grocery store, Dick Cheney (he'll get you more than a 'R'), book stores, public or private secondary schools, Paris Hilton, malls, George Bush, the movies including ones made by Disney, the airport, Karen, the post office, the park, congress (state and local), Govenor Good Hair, anyone working on plumbing, and anywhere people might be mildly annoyed. Good luck to ya!!!
Latest Breaking News
Due to excessive references to Dick Cheney, I've been upgraded from a category nasty to a category raunchy. Once again, if you are offended by the words "crap", "dick", "kill", "hell", "ass", "torture", "skanks", or "crack", please leave this site immediately. I wish you luck in whatever crapless, dickless, killless, hellless, assless, tortureless, skankless, or crackless endeavours you explore.
The Map to Mecca
5 comments:
The Bag Lady has sitemeter on her blog, but she has nowhere near as many readers as Penelope. The Bag Lady is now jealous of a cat. Sheesh.
I too have a sitemeter on my blog. I find it really disappointing though when I realize the person that clicked on my blog from some far distant locale did it in error and left as soon as they could hit their back button. Oh well, I don't blog to get readers even though I do appreciate each and every one I have.
Hi, my name is Crabby and I am a StatCounter-a-holic.
Can't stay away from it.
Of course like a doof I bought a new wireless modem thingy and didn't realize that it changed my own ISP address. So I kept wondering who this person was who was spending so much time on my site! Were they obsessed? Gosh they must really love Cranky Fitness!
Yep, it was me. I'd blocked the old ISP but not the new one.
I too use statcounter. It can be addictive, but it can also be deceiving as well.
I live in Texas, but statcounter shows me as being from Arkansas. And sometimes it says people stayed for o seconds but they left a comment and I don't think they read and type that fast.
All that said statcoutner is a very useful tool.
Half a per cent of your readers from New Zealand! In fact, it was actually worse than that. That half a per cent was divided between NZ and several other countries.
I feel as if I am the official NZ representative on your site and I'm not sure I'm up to the task. If I make some tasteless cat joke, will you send Sadie over to barf on the entire country?
And I confess, I too have a stat counter and I love them.
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