Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Sometimes it's better not to know

Google analytics tells me that 74% of my visitors stay on my site for 10 seconds before leaving.  Ouch.  Maybe checking the stats isn't such a good idea.  Or, maybe I need to put this picture on the top of every post:

(Image lifted from, oh everywhere on the internet)
That would get me at least 20 seconds of viewership, right?  

15 comments:

  1. Ha Ha, worked for me.

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  2. I wonder if RSS Readers affect that stat...if the time it takes for the reader to "pull" the feed it somehow averaged in there. Someone may spend a couple minutes reading your post on a reader, but I'm not sure that can factor into your stats.

    Anyone more knowledgeable about this? I don't really care too much about that time stat, since I bet many people land on the blog from using the random "next blog" button on Blogger.

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  3. Unfortunately I stayed longer for your turquouse Christmas trees ... OMG what does that say about me!!!

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  4. Love me some RPattz... I don't even know how to check Google analytics?

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  5. It could be people who have you bookmarked checking to see if you've posted? Then if they see that they've already read the first post they leave quickly?

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  6. I have no clue how to check stats? I stay on long, unless someone pops in my office! lol

    Don't worry your blog is great, I like reading it!

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  7. Just stumbled in from Young House Love--what a great blog you have! I definitely stayed for more than 10 seconds. :)

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  8. Just found you today and sure have spent waaaay more than 10 minutes. You're now in my favorites!

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  9. I bet a lot of that is from web crawler traffic, like Google or Yahoo, indexing your web pages so people can find them when they search.

    I think an RSS reader operates on more of a push model, but I don't know for sure.

    I've just spent more than 10 seconds writing this comment. :)

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  10. That's funny. Didn't really work for me thou, I was stuck on your decorations (I'm a sucker for lights lol)

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  11. Micah and Mrs. Chic - Google Analytics is available on your Google 'Account' page, at the bottom where you see Blogger, Gmail, and other items. I just created a report for my site and now I can view all sorts of stats that I'm not sure I want to know! ha

    Ladies, you all have lots of good ideas about why the info reads that way. I don't worry about it too much, but it's still interesting. I would love to know what is factored into that number, but I just don't have the time to do that much research since I just blog for fun, anyway. And, HELLO to my new readers!!

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  12. Love your site. Just discovered it through Young House Love. I love all the work you've done on your house -- so amazing! I think I probably upped your google analytics average cause I left your site up all afternoon and kept sneaking peeks throughout the day. Keep up the good work!

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  13. hey sara.
    10 seconds???
    i´m watching your blog for at least 5 minutes at the moment (it was the patio- which is more interesting for me than mr. pattinson)
    and- i´m sitting here in germany. isn´t this much more worth than a naked statistic? (please excuse my mistakes...
    greetings

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  14. Oh girl. Never check blog stats. That's my golden rule. :)

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  15. I don't know much about Google Analytics but I do appreciate that picture! Tee hee. And I still think your blog is well worth the read even without Mr. Pattinson's presence.

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Thanks so much for reading....your comments mean a lot to me!
Sara