Statistical Samples/ Words Of Encouragement For Young Bloggers

I recently started using statistics in an attempt to find out how many actual regular readers I have. I have a few courageous regular readers who actually comment here. So I am not talking about them. I am talking about the hypothetical regular readers who are here for the duration but can think of nothing to say.

And I can understand that. I go places and read too. I would like to comment but my mind is not up to it. It’s in surfing mode and you don’t use your rational mind when you surf. You use your relaxed mind. Your bag of tricks is up there and he’s awake. But he’s not working. He’s sitting in one of those chairs you can find at The Sharper Image store. It has ten different vibrators in it plus stereo speakers on each side.

So how does the young blogger who may be 94 years old but has only been blogging for six months deal with this situation without becoming discouraged? Well he or she could hire readers. I do that and presently I am worried because they want to form a union. Clearly they need to use their relaxed minds more and stay away from their rational minds. Or my blogging sisters and brothers could go to Google Analytics and start tracking their visitors and their longterm intentions. In a statistical example from my photoblog PhotoLinkLove.com we will see shortly how this may be working.

I spend very little time on this blog and mainly just post a few of my best photos here every day. And in response maybe ten or fifteen readers come by to look at them. At least that is what I thought was happening. But Google presents a slightly different picture.

And I am not disturbed by this situation or the apparent lack of growth. I don’t have much invested here and am just happy that a few folks are enjoying these photos.

But I am a curious person and so would like to know what is happening here. Is any growth happening? It has only been around for about ten weeks. Can Google tell me something about it? I had a garden as a young boy and would come out every day to see if something had happened. It was like watching grass grow only a little more interesting.

And that is what we will discuss next time since we are just about out of time boys and girls. Didn’t you used to hate it when the guy or girl on the tube used to say that! Captain Kangaroo used to say that and look what happened to him!

Until next time Buckaroos!