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[Book Blogger Hop] Checking My View Count

April 19, 2019      Erica Robyn      28 Comments

Book Blogger Hop Meme

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer, where you answer a question and join a “hop”. The purpose is to help bloggers discover and get to know one another.

For this week’s Book Blogger Hop, Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews asked:

Do you check how many views your posts have received?

BBH My Answer

Ugh, I try not to. But I can’t help myself.

I do really like to see what posts are a hit and which are more of a flop, but that sometimes bums me out a bit too much.

I’ve found that this is especially the case now that I have moved to WordPress from Blogger… My daily traffic is WAY down. I’m hoping that over time it will pick back up. So until then, I keep telling myself to be patient and I try not to get too bummed about my traffic dashboard.

Thanks for reading!
How often do you check out your stats?

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  1. Angela says

    April 19, 2019 at 8:09 am

    I was so bad about checking my stats constantly for the longest time. Now, I check once or twice a day (I guess that’s still kind of a lot!). It’s interesting to see how they fluctuate, although it’s never fun when they go down!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 20, 2019 at 9:47 am

      Yeah! My stats seem to take a horrible nose dive if I don’t post daily, but oh well! I just can’t keep up!

      Reply
  2. Dinh says

    April 19, 2019 at 8:52 am

    I haven’t checked over 6 months at least…it’s not really on my mind. I’ve been more preoccupied with other things now that I think I will be winding down on my site.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 20, 2019 at 9:47 am

      That’s awesome! Not being totally obsessed with the stats is so good. <3

      Reply
  3. Nicola Markus says

    April 19, 2019 at 8:53 pm

    Yes, a move will always cause some disruption. Hope your views pick up again. I’m sure they will.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 20, 2019 at 9:49 am

      Thank you <3

      Reply
  4. Anastasia says

    April 20, 2019 at 7:19 am

    Don’t be affected by the traffic, just enjoy your time blogging and don’t worry about that stfuf! I love your posts so I bet it’s going to go up again soon!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 20, 2019 at 9:50 am

      <3 Thank you so much!

      Reply
  5. chucklesthescot says

    April 20, 2019 at 7:29 am

    I never check how many page views I get. It’s not really a priority for me! I just like answering the comments!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 20, 2019 at 9:54 am

      <3

      Reply
  6. Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction says

    April 20, 2019 at 11:01 pm

    I’m not sure if you will find this reassuring or disappointing, but I’m pretty sure Blogger counts more visitors than WordPress does—I think Blogger didn’t get rid of bots and such as well. At least that was always my assumption because my Blogger numbers seemed WAY higher than my WordPress numbers even though all my traffic was redirected for a long time. So your actual traffic may not have changed all that much. (But I’m certainly no expert!)

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 22, 2019 at 4:40 pm

      That definitely makes sense! I also think Blogger counted my own views… which was frustrating. Thanks for the info!! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Gayathri says

    April 21, 2019 at 2:23 pm

    I just realized that you moved to WP and Congrats on that. And I hope your views picks up soon. I can’t help but checking the views of each post.I am so addicted to it, even when it is heart breaking sometimes.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 22, 2019 at 4:40 pm

      Thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Nicci @ Sunny Buzzy Books says

    April 22, 2019 at 5:24 am

    I’ve been contemplating the blogger – wordpress jump but I dont think I’d appreciate the improved analytics!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 22, 2019 at 4:42 pm

      It’s such a scary jump to make! I definitely don’t regret it. I especially love the additional features that WordPress allows. I had help though. I paid someone to move everything over for me. I was too scared I’d totally screw it up!

      Reply
  9. Sam @ Sharing Inspired Kreations says

    April 23, 2019 at 9:56 am

    It’s hard not to get caught up in stats, but ultimately I try to remember that I’m blogging for fun so it really shouldn’t matter all that much as long as you’re having fun doing it!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 23, 2019 at 8:32 pm

      Agreed!! I tell myself that all the time to help me stay on track with keeping this a stress-free hobby 🙂

      Reply
  10. Olivia Roach says

    April 23, 2019 at 12:56 pm

    I used to check my view count all the time, but now I couldn’t care less 😛 It is hard not to though… I do check my view count a lot more for my channel than my blog for some reason xD

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 23, 2019 at 8:33 pm

      <3

      Reply
  11. Stephanie Jane (Literary Flits) says

    April 25, 2019 at 6:12 am

    Blogger does count bot visits and our own blog visits so your genuine page views might not be too different on WP. I’ve noticed that my page counts for Google Adsense are usually way lower on Blogger (even though they’re both ostensibly Google) so I take those as the ‘real’ numbers

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 27, 2019 at 10:21 am

      Perfect!! Thanks for the info! 🙂

      Reply
  12. Stephanie says

    April 25, 2019 at 8:51 am

    I also recently made the move from Blogger to WordPress (which was indeed a great decision!), and I noticed the same thing, that my stats count dropped- but I agree with Nicole (who is awesome, btw). Blogger allowed a lot of bots to be counted in their stats. I noticed that when I would post to Twitter, my hit count went up by 10-20 views immediately, and that’s not something that happens on WordPress. But I had like three followers for four months over on Blogger, and I have like 87 followers after about two months on WordPress, so I’m absolutely happy with the move! 🙂 Welcome to WordPress! 🙂

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 27, 2019 at 10:22 am

      That’s all so great to hear! I’ll keep being patient with my stats 🙂 And thank you!

      Reply
  13. Lauren @ Always Me says

    April 28, 2019 at 4:23 pm

    I have to admit that I like seeing where the traffic comes from more than anything.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 29, 2019 at 6:33 am

      Yeah! That’s always interesting!!

      Reply
  14. Sam@wlabb says

    April 28, 2019 at 6:54 pm

    I don’t obsess, but I can’t help but look. I am always curious as to which posts are of interest to my followers and which are not.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      April 29, 2019 at 6:35 am

      😀

      Reply

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