Blogging with Anxiety; Stats š
Yep, this definately became a thing on here, ahaha! If you missed the other Blogging with AnxietyĀ serie of posts, iāve also talked aboutĀ The Post ParanoĆÆa & Content Wise.
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Although I wouldnāt say that I pay too much attention to the blog stats, I do check them from time to time ā Specially our dashboardās graph with our day to day views/visitors & comments. Unless my views hits theĀ zero (like Jan 3-4th), iām not too too bothered by it ā What bother me more is rather the comments..
Like in this case for yesterday Jan 26th, which I had posted āMy 1st Book Haul of the yearā.. the views part made me go āHOLY what happened here??ā but at the same time, I didnāt received any comments..
Getting a peak of views āout of nowhereā like that is nice.. but I mean, if nobody interacted with you through comments, is that even happening? š¤Ā Iād much rather have a lowest view count but a higher comment count; although thatād bring a *tiny* bit more work and panic to return them all ahaha, but thatās just me.
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The next thing that I check from time to time is the Monthly view count insight. Before I launched my blog onto self-hosted, I had reached up toĀ 1k+ before!!! As you can see with the screenshot bellow, iām still about halfway from where I was, 10months after the transfer. Part of me kind of know thatās normal, because you know ā switching links and everything.. but this is probably the part of the stats that bothers me the most.
Itās coming up slowly but surely, and is always within the same range ā so thatās not too too bad.. but eventually that might be a good thing to get onto the SEO thing (I do have the plugin, but barely went into it yet xD oops), or get onto pinterest or some other kind of social media that helps the traffic.
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Out of the three main things that Iāve spoken about inĀ blogging with anxiety,Ā I gotta say this is probably the one that iām less stressed out about. If Iād have to put them in order, itād probably beĀ contents first, then posts second, to finish with stats third.Ā
I mean, you canāt completely ignore the stats ā because itās part of the ride, ithink. As humans, we are bound to appreciate when our view counts/comments/followers are getting higher and higher; but this doesnāt mean a single thing as to if our blog is a good one or not. I believe interactions is worth more, and to me, writting what I wanna write is WAY above it all ā because itās our blog, itās best to do what we love rather than doing posts that are rather āmehā to write just because thatās what the readers want from us..
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Are you paying lots of attentions to your stats? which one(s) in particular?
Does it causes you some stress, or youāre kind of less bothered by them like me?
Interesting post and I totally agree about comments. I try and stay away from checking stats too much as well – I don’t think it is does anything positive for my enjoyment of blogging.
Thank you!
You are right in doing that, Ithink it puts unneccesary stress on you to check them often ā the less stress we put on ourselves, the better! š
I have been quite guilty of stalking my stats. Oops! Itās like a weird addiction to see how many people saw my blog post or if I have any real comments. And then I get discouraged if it is a low number compared to normal. Every time I write a post I am so anxious to hit schedule or submit! Glad I am not the only one who puts a lot of pressure on themselves and gets caught up in the numbers! Needed to see this post š
Aww iām glad! Writing this post had me thinking how it was feeling kinda Ā«Ā mehĀ Ā» against the others !! š so iām really happy you could get something from it.
This is such an interesting post! I feel like stats can cause a lot of anxiety, I know they do for me – or did, I’m trying not to check them too often to avoid that and the paranoia that comes with it, too, haha. I think they’re sometimes a good way to see what your audience enjoys, but I personally pay more attention to comments and to what made people want to chat, rather than the views š
Wonderful post!
Thank you!
Happy you can try to Ā«Ā slowĀ Ā» the stress radiating from it xx
Very interesting post! And I hear you about not paying as much attention to stats as comments.
Thank you !
sadly, it doesn’t work as a fool-proof to not get anxious about it anyway though ahaha š
I pay a little too much attention to my stats to the point where I had to fully step away from my blog for a couple of weeks last month. I think theyāre a good thing to see what content people are more interested but at the same time it causes me a lot of anxiety when they start to drop.
Yeah.. i can relate to that. The past week I barely had any comments nor views at all. At times it kinda gets to me ..