29 June 2009

The year of a blog

I started this blog on July 1, 2008 when I returned from riding in the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure. My first posts were about GOBA. Since then, I've written about movies and books I like; family; travel; fashion; gardening and other topics. You can see the entire list, What I've Written About, on the righthand side.
The url for "What I Like" begins "beelohgee." I wanted to name it "myblog" or "theblog" or something equally clever. Those names were taken. (So much for thinking myself original.) I ended up with beelohgee, that is, the letters "Be", "El", "Oh" and "Gee." I quickly realized how unwieldy it is. And it's not that intuitive, either.
I blog under the name "B. Logger" because I want to maintain some anonymity. I have another blog which I use for business purposes, and there I use my real name.
I wanted to learn how to use Google Analytics and Google Ads. Analytics allows me to glean information about traffic to this blog. For instance, it identifies number of visitors, repeat visits, length of time, country of origin, and other information. Don't worry: it doesn't identify individual users, so you can continue to read me anonymously.
After one year of blogging, "What I Like" has earned a page rank of 3 out of 10 on Google's rating. Just a couple of months ago I was at 2. So I'm moving up, thanks to your readership.
One bit of info that interests me from Google Analytics is called "Top Content." That report shows the most-viewed blog posts. Here are the top 10:

  1. Simply Red Valentine's Day gallery
  2. Key Ring Thing
  3. Porter, the raccoon
  4. Galapagos trip (day 1)
  5. Vera Vade
  6. Family (any postings with the label family)
  7. Mail order food
  8. Slumdog Millionaire
  9. Birthdays
  10. Travel (any postings with the label travel)

My Valentine's Day photo gallery is five times more popular than the second topic on the list. Can it be true that pictures of Scarlett Johansson, Pink, Simply Red, King Crimson and Heart resonate more than my book reviews? I know that just by referencing this page, it will continue to draw readership. Maybe I'll start a separate Valentine Day's blog.

1 comments:

mitchmg said...

Congratulations on your first year and on moving up in the ratings. That's awesome!