Most bloggers are obsessed by stats when they first start blogging, I know I looked at mine daily in the early days. About six months in I found another well established blog (6 years) that had a post about statistics – which I was obviously interested in reading and I took heart when she showed us the first 6 month stats – they were lower than mine! She regularly has 400+ views/likes on posts and her statistics are very healthy with over 1000 followers to boot.
Well today I logged in to leave a post and saw an icon I hadn’t seen for about six months… that little message WP leave you to tell you your stats are BOOMING!
A spike in your stats
My highest ever to this point in a day has been 165 views and that was a reading close to the end of the day. How by 11am could I have managed over 170? I couldn’t wait to find out!
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Views: 176
I had thought about my stats this week, for the first time in a long while. They have dipped and I worried that just writing reviews about events I attend isn’t enough for you readers, I wish I had time to write lots more articles about writing (as they seem the most popular) and I dream of time to get out to other blogs and have a read and join in some of the challenges I have previously loved.
So what caused this spike? 
At the weekend I finally created a Facebook page for me the poet and it is mostly links back to this blog to the reviews of performances, I guessed it was that. 71 people have joined the page.
Feel free My Facebook Page
So who do I have to thank for this spike? What day is it here in England? YES! St. George has pulled the punters in from last year’s post – so now I feel I must make a new post for 2014!
Thank you, Dragon slaying George for boosting my stats with your armour and glistening shield! I wish it was something I wrote, or re-blogged or did – but it is nice to know the Patron Saint of my land is sought after today!
HAPPY ST.GEORGE’S DAY!
awritersfountain 
Well Done!! Happy St George’s day
Thanks!
Take heart. I have had this blog for four years. For the first two, I had one maybe two visitors for the complete time.
Awww Al … I am grateful to everyone for following and liking posts. I like the comments and conversation the most, sometimes more than blogging itself.
The conversations can be awesome as you get to know the other people more.
Definitely, it is great to get to know people more – it can also help with ideas for posts that might be helpful or interesting, not that I seem to have time to write many at the minute!
I know that one. I used to write between four and six posts a day. Now I am lucky if I can do that in a week
I know, at least we are both keeping a foot in the door! Or a toe in the fountain, in my case 😉
Haha I love that
🙂
Congratulations on the spike.
Obviously, you are doing something write/right.
The hits you get in a day would probably equal a week of mine. I don’t look at stats much anymore, so I don’t get “stats” envy.
I hope I didn’t give anybody stat envy, I was just in shock and thought I’d share the news. It was a non-writing post though, so kind of like an own goal 😉
I’m sure you didn’t give anyone “stats” envy. Folks will be pleased to know how your words are getting out there! Though I don’t often remember to like, I do enjoy your posts about performances, so don’t worry you write too much about that!
Thanks – that’s nice to know – I will write more helpful – how to posts as they are the most popular, posts I wrote last year regularly get 30+ hits a day. However, as I plan to do INKSPILL again in the autumn – a writers retreat a lot of my ‘article’ ideas will be posted then. Good to have you following, your support is appreciated!