In a previous post called “The Blog, the Tweet, and the Facebook Page,” I mentioned that creating a relationship with other bloggers is a must. I came to that conclusion based upon the behavior of those who followed me on various social media outlets. I also mentioned that I really didn’t push or spend a lot of time on #Facebook. Also, when it comes to blog stats, I usually only checked the “out-clicks” to see how many people were exiting my #blog by going to my Amazon, Nook, or Smashwords.
My Social Network by Luc Legay used under CC License
But I had a jaw-dropping revelation when I looked into my WordPress stats the other day. Facebook was the source for the most referrers, i.e. where someone was when they decided to click into my blog. The second was Search Engines, then Google+ and Twitter. Why are these stats surprising? Because I usually spend the most time promoting my blog on Google+ and Twitter. When I thought about it, it didn’t take long to figure out why this happened. I use Facebook in the same way that I blog, taking the time to visit other pages and leave commentary rather than promoting my own stuff.
Let me be clear for a second, I am not a spammer (and never have been), on Google+ and Twitter. However, when I look back at all of my tweets and Google+ posts, most of them were promotional. I think it’s time to switch gears and use the rest of social media in the same way as I’ve been using Facebook and blogging.
You may experience the same if you go into your WordPress bar graph (site stats for last 48 hours), then look at the referrer’s box and click summaries. You can view your referrers for different time periods as well.
O.K. now that you’ve looked, what did you find out about your stats?
San Giacomo's Corner 
Facebook send me the highest traffic.
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And I’ve noticed that you don’t do promo posting there…mostly socializing.
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I looked at my stats in wordpress also while I was in there for another reason. I showed me who the highest commenter was. I was surprised at getting that stat. I will look into your information and see what I find.
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Hiya Shirley, better to socialize than to promote.
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yup Shirley, I was my most consistent commentator too! but since I respond to every comment, I will obviously form 50% of my comments. Nice post, Ernesto.
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It’s o.k. to be the highest ranked commentator on your own blog. Actually you should take the time to respond when another takes the time to read and comment.
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Reblogged this on Library of Erana and commented:
An interesting post and I tend to agree. I get next to nothing from twitter, which does seem to be spamcentral, and facebook is more a personal interaction. Most of the referrals to my blog are via FB.
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Looks like I’ve made a valid observation. Thanks for commenting and the reblog eranamage.
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Those stats were not mine but it named the person who made the most comments on my site which I thought was quite interesting to know.
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Sounds like you’ve picked up a real fan:-)
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Hmm… I never noticed that you could click on that before. Thank you for the wonderful information! Great post! 😀
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Anytime Rachel, and thanks for your continued involvement and contributions here.
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You are quite welcome, my friend! 😀
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I am linked to FB but in the past don’t actually visit it, ie my posts just go on to there. I have my own personal FB you see which I do visit, but I keep my blog separate as I don’t want to push it on to everyone I know. So I wouldn’t even know where to start to get likes and follows if it is not my already existing base of personal friends non blog related. How do you go about it? Or are all you friends linked in to your FB page?
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PS I found this page through the 201 as I just joined it late x
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Keep your blog linked in your profile. It’s not about pushing it, but rather giving access and making it easy if someone gets curious. Remember keep social media…social.
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Most of my blog traffic comes from google. I have a few perennial articles that just keep pulling in visitors. It’s worth considering this when you choose a title for a blog post. I tend to choose teasers like ‘What are brains for?’ but these are not SEO-friendly – who ever typed that question into Google?
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I get some traffic from google+ as well. Which is prompting me to use it differently. I think it also has to do with the communities that you regularly post in.
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I meant google as in the search engine.
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Ah o.k. Actually SEO is my second highest traffic generator. I tend to use a lot of tags for that.
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Thank you for coming out in favor of SOCIAL! I am so weary of “cash is king” SEO (and why I’ve stopped my LinkedIn involvement. It has become a big marketing y-a-w-n). Merry Christmas, btw. – I hope it was warm and fuzzy. xx, mgh
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too Madelyn.
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Thanks – may this be THE year (for both of us – and everyone we love) xx, mgh
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