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How many visitors does your blog get?

Kevin M.Kevin M.
edited November 2008 in General
I've seen some great blogs from the members of this forum, so I was wondering if you guys would be willing to share how much traffic your blog gets (or has gotten). And don't say nobody reads it because at least one person (me) finds the musings of other SFU students interesting...especially when they are so well written.

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  • Ether
    edited November 2008
    I used to get a HUGE number of pageviews per day.. but that's only because I used to provide free music downloads on my site. There are a bunch of links floating around the internet that point to songs I used to have. When people click them, they just get redirected to my home page. I think I'm currently getting 30-50 views a day. The average was 80 per day back in September and much much higher in July when I still had the music. I guess people are finally figuring out that the music isn't there any more..
  • primexx
    edited November 2008
    too lazy to check but i'm assuming very very few hits on my blog, since i only post about once a month, on topics that don't interest most people, and never made it accessible to MSIE. I use it as a place to publish stuff that I wouldn't otherwise publish, and of course there's other uses for my hosting account.
  • IVTIVT
    edited November 2008
    my blog gets 1.37 page views per day
    my site gets 4.27 per day
    i don't know how many visitors per day that is on average but i will guess:
    3 for the blog
    5 for the site

    visits to my blog spiked when i posted this

    gee...i wonder why...

    for anyone who hasn't done so already, get Google Analytics, it will help you track your traffic
  • JayDub
    edited November 2008
    I get OVER 9000!!!!

    But srsly, I get around 15 unique viewers a day.
  • Student0667
    edited November 2008
    So, umm, how do you setup a blog again? Do you have to pay anything? And why do people set up a blog anyway?
  • primexx
    edited November 2008
    Student0667;40218 said:
    So, umm, how do you setup a blog again? Do you have to pay anything? And why do people set up a blog anyway?
    lots of free blogging services are available, wordpress.com is generally regarded as the best.
  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited November 2008
    I have a blog...I mainly use it to save/publish articles that I think are interesting and it's almost like a journal of what's going on what I'm thinking at the the time...but I don't get very many visitors either that's why I was curious.

    Isn't there some way we can incorporate our blogs with talkSFU? if you guys are interested we should talk about it with the admins it would help us get more traffic...speaking of which, anyone know how many visitors this forum getS?
  • IVTIVT
    edited November 2008
    put the link in your sig! it works.
  • buflibufli
    edited November 2008
    Student0667;40218 said:
    And why do people set up a blog anyway?
    it gives them the false illusion that someone cares about their problems or thoughts
  • Ether
    edited November 2008
    So, umm, how do you setup a blog again? Do you have to pay anything?
    You don't have to pay, but you can get much better hosting plans. With the free sites, you're restricted in the number of ads you can put on your page. Some won't let you change the layout, etc.
    I pay roughly $20 a year using this plan. I like having complete freedom to do what I want with my site.
  • primexx
    edited November 2008
    Ether;40311 said:
    You don't have to pay, but you can get much better hosting plans. With the free sites, you're restricted in the number of ads you can put on your page. Some won't let you change the layout, etc.
    I pay roughly $20 a year using this plan. I like having complete freedom to do what I want with my site.
    I just pay full price, it's not expensive anyways.
  • buflibufli
    edited November 2008
    umm honestly guys if u just run a blog why not just run ur own apache + php or IIS + asp.net
    and use dyndns or something ... then u don't pay shit...
  • siuying
    edited November 2008
    i never check how many ppl visit my blog.. it's just a place for me to store my thoughts and those thoughts are my own...
  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited November 2008
    siuying;40327 said:
    i never check how many ppl visit my blog.. it's just a place for me to store my thoughts and those thoughts are my own...
    then it's just a diary and not a blog because a blog is defined as a publication
  • Shi2
    edited November 2008
    Some people make lots of money with blogs by ads and number of clicks or visitors. I think there's some ways to cheat with that method.
  • primexx
    edited November 2008
    bufli;40326 said:
    umm honestly guys if u just run a blog why not just run ur own apache + php or IIS + asp.net
    and use dyndns or something ... then u don't pay shit...
    oh i don't know...maybe because their OC-48 connection is just a little better than my puny 10mbit Shaw line?
  • buflibufli
    edited November 2008
    primexx;40351 said:
    oh i don't know...maybe because their OC-48 connection is just a little better than my puny 10mbit Shaw line?
    ya but blogs don't deliver h-core data that demands high up-ld speeds on ur side
    and with only like 100 ppl per day i doubt ud notice it...

    i ran my own web radio from home @ pretty high encoding never had complains about it being slow (buffering often)
  • primexx
    edited November 2008
    bufli;40352 said:
    ya but blogs don't deliver h-core data that demands high up-ld speeds on ur side
    and with only like 100 ppl per day i doubt ud notice it...

    i ran my own web radio from home @ pretty high encoding never had complains about it being slow (buffering often)
    mm i guess that's right if you're only running a personal blog...then again why even bother running your own server when you can just use wordpress.com or blogger?
  • IVTIVT
    edited November 2008
    Shi2;40345 said:
    Some people make lots of money with blogs by ads and number of clicks or visitors. I think there's some ways to cheat with that method.
    no. i tried.
  • buflibufli
    edited November 2008
    primexx;40353 said:
    mm i guess that's right if you're only running a personal blog...then again why even bother running your own server when you can just use wordpress.com or blogger?
    i guess i'm just saying since above there were links discussed about pay options for personal blogs which to me seems like a ridiculous waste of money
  • Ether
    edited November 2008
    I thought about it, but you'd still end up paying more in power costs just to keep the computer running. You also have to consider the man hours spent configuring and maintaining the thing.
    Even if it took a total of 1 hour to set up and maintain for the whole year, and cost $3 in power per month, it would still be cheaper to host online.
  • siuying
    edited November 2008
    Kevin M.;40340 said:
    then it's just a diary and not a blog because a blog is defined as a publication
    the thoughts are publicized and people can access it.. i just don't purposely go around and share my blog..
  • buflibufli
    edited November 2008
    siuying;40382 said:
    the thoughts are publicized and people can access it.. i just don't purposely go around and share my blog..
    interesting that you bring this up
    one of my ex's kept a blog back in the day of stuff we would do and what her thoughts were. obv i didnt know she did that and one day i stumbled across her blog and i was like damn this random person on the internet did shit very similar to what i did with my girl ... then it clicked in lol i asked her about it and she got really fuckn pissed @ me that i read it... i was like umm ok ...
  • siuying
    edited November 2008
    hahaha... well if it's up on the internet i think it's fair game if you did stumble upon it as you say.. =P
  • buflibufli
    edited November 2008
    siuying;40400 said:
    hahaha... well if it's up on the internet i think it's fair game if you did stumble upon it as you say.. =P
    ya,
    bitches be crazy
  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited November 2008
    bufli;40389 said:
    interesting that you bring this up
    one of my ex's kept a blog back in the day of stuff we would do and what her thoughts were. obv i didnt know she did that and one day i stumbled across her blog and i was like damn this random person on the internet did shit very similar to what i did with my girl ... then it clicked in lol i asked her about it and she got really fuckn pissed @ me that i read it... i was like umm ok ...
    hahaha that's classic

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