I cannot deny that I spend FAR too much time perusing my blog stats… not necessarily because I’m obsessed with how many followers I have, but more because I’m baffled by the stuff that interests people. Sometimes my lovely readers rave about posts I blasted out in five minutes, and the ones I adore, the ones that I’ve been thinking about and planning for ages are met with deathly silence.
One thing really surprised me today as I trawled through all those bar charts… my arty posts get all the views, but my book posts get all the comments. So how do you judge which are more successful? The short answer… you don’t. You make yourself a cuppa, you sit back down and you write about the things you love. Most of the time I will so confidently scream that I write for myself and nobody else, but like every blogger out there, sometimes I question myself. It’s completely natural, especially when you’re doing something as public as blogging, and if anyone says different they’re a big fat liar.
Hmm. What started out as a summary of my most popular posts in July seems to have morphed into a slightly obsessive blog analysis, so let’s get back to it. These are the posts most visited by you guys; you’re all clearly nuts but I love you anyway!
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These are the ones picked by my stats page, but I also wanted to share a round-up of my Love Triangle 101 posts – these are the ones I’ve had the most fun with recently… so I hope you’ll take a second to check them out, but more importantly, check out the hosts of this great event over at A Novel Idea.
{Love Triangles 101} An Introduction
Under the Microscope: Before I Met You
{Love Triangles 101} When They Just Don’t Count
{Love Triangles 101} The Formula
{Love Triangles 101} From Story to Screen
Have a browse and let me know your views on love triangles… yay or nay?
And if you’ve written any posts you’ve really loved over the past month, leave me a link below… you know me, I’m always looking for new reading material!
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Doing it the Open Way 
I know what you mean! I did data analysis for nearly a decade before becoming a SAHM/blogger. So I can’t not look at the numbers. Sometimes, I’m pleasantly surprised when something takes off that I worked really hard on. And sometimes I scratch my head at stuff. 🙂 As for love triangles…. if they are done right, they can provide suspense! I’m not ashamed – I kind of like them!
I’ve really been enjoying your series on love triangles!
And I definitely notice my stats – and can sometimes feel a bit downhearted when the throwaway posts garner lots of comments and views and the ones I’ve really slogged over get less, but I guess that’s just the nature of the game. Ultimately, I blog for myself and so I try and remind myself of that!