Encouraged(?!) by Hadley, I went and had a look at my blog stats. Now you must understand that I have a total allergy to stats, to the extent that when I was looking for a uni to attend where I was going to do maths and computer science, if the course even mentioned having to do stats in the prospectus, it was ruled out immediately (yes, my deal breakers for a uni were self catering accommodation, a rowing club, a choir and no stats…)
So anyway, having not looked at them before, I was intrigued to see what things were the most popular, what people searched for, and where people came from. Here’s what I found:
- Amazingly my first giveaway last January got the most page views, at 1182 views, and 60 comments – wow!
- Less surprisingly, the Sew Mama Sew one in December got 443 views, but over 1/3 of those people commented, that one must have been more desirable ;o)
- 4 people have checked out my Foundation Paper Piecing For The Terrified tab and I hadn’t even announced it was there yet :oD
- My rainbow windmill has had an amazing 125 views in a week o.O
- My referring sites of all time are a mixture of beary and sewing sites, but in the last month it’s been all sewing ones, my website, and people that have googled me (which surprisingly came second)
- Now the bit that became amusing was what people had searched for – ‘site:risingtaste.com’ No, I’ve not got a clue either! ‘Design against fur’ Ummm. ‘Fimo sprites’ I honestly have no recollection of ever posting about fimo and sprites together, or even about sprites at all! ‘Cloth purses Canada’ And again, why?! ‘Boots+mosaic’ and ‘Buckle Moda’ I’m not even going there…
- And then we came to my lovely audience. The majority are in the US, as in twice as many as the number 2 spot, which is the UK. Amazingly Russia comes in at #3 and the Aussies at #4, followed by the Germans, Canadians, French, South Koreans, Dutch and Ukrainians.
- The above was the list for all time, but in the last month the Indians and Latvians got in on the action, while the South Koreans and Ukranians faded away… in the last week the New Zealanders ousted the Indians from the list, and yesterday the Czech Republic and the Belgians came out to play, bumping out the New Zealanders and Latvians. Allegedly, right now I have a Brazilian, Argentinian and a Swede having a squizz. My, what a multicultural lot!
So what are your stats like? Any funnies in there?
Fun read! I didn't know it was possible to check stats like that!
…and with over 200 followers it must be time for another giveaway non? Heehee. Interesting stats Katy – I always knew you would be big in Russia!
Your last bullet sounds like an Olympic race to the finish – my favorite is where the "Latvians got in on the action."
I am disappointed to hear that I (and anyone else here in Latvia) was ousted yesterday by Czechs and/or Belgians. Clearly something needs to be done! Should I start stalking you to keep Latvia in your stats??
It is interesting isn't it. I have people from all over the world as well.
Hugs
Kay
Fimo Sprites, Fimo Sprites, Fimo Sprites – there will be no stopping them now!
I feel a new game of 'leaving comments that could lead to very funny Googling' coming on!!
I find the stats hysterical and have blogged some of mone before because of that. But I've never ever had a fimosprite. I did get pissed off by the 'older lady cooking' one though. Older lady, my arse!
Ha! Susan!
I get MANY folks from a table runner vs place mat search. What? Are they really dukeing it out?
Congratulations, it all sounds wonderfully exciting! Jen@madeinminch
Ah my facebook quilt bee is obssessed by paper piecing so i posted that link…
The good news is now for anyone googling fimo sprite, you have the first two listings. You should buy this to celebrate: http://kawaii-fimo-girl.deviantart.com/art/Captured-Heart-Sprite-Necklace-137854223
because of my sexy hexy red quilt which was a play on sexy hexy love pattern by Amy Butler…I had some interesting hits! sexy quilter Google search was the one I remember!
hi there, i' m a regular visitor, not shown in the top 10…:( anyway, your hard work pays, keep it up!
Yeah, some of the google searches are a bit weird, but then I think that maybe someone who was looking for fimo sprites would stumble across a super sewing blog and be tempted to start quilting. We'll know when they start a blog called Fimo Sprite Quilts.
I guess I better check my stats. I'm still p***ed that Annabella has more followers than me! Ha!
Off to look….
Hadley also explained to me how to check stats – drat – I lost a whole day yesterday informing myself just where I am going wrong!
(Interestingly I taught stats in colleges and uni and had not bothered to look when applied to my own blog). xx
Your stats are hlarious. Mine o the other hand are boring. But glad to see I made the stats. (SOrry Celtic Thistle)
Go Czech, GO!
I got 2 hits from a google search for "lovely surprised me with a bouquet." this week. No idea how that happened.
And another today for "what i do, what my parents think i do"…
Again… why??
I haven't checked mine but now I've got to, don't I? I wonder what I'll find. :*}
fun! i'm off to check mine now.
Fimo Sprites? – there's a new craft waiting for you to try 🙂 x