The traffic numbers also seem to correlate tightly to the number of posts I have. The current post count is 75. So once I hit 200 posts I should be able to achieve the 2nd quater goal I have set. While I understand this post is rather different than my regular posts on programming and tech hopefully this will help others put their ventures into building a blog in perspective in terms of realistic grow rates.
February 2009 traffic review
The progress of my blog has surpassed my expectations in February. My original quarterly goal for March was a high of 50 visitors a day. However on February 28 the Google Analytics traffic report shows a visitor count of 82. The traffic is still largely coming from Google search, with RSS subscriber numbers embarrassingly low. The traffic chart is below.
With my modest traffic goals met I have set a new quarterly goal, for the end of June, of archiving 200 visitors a day. Based on current growth of each week giving me a new high that is approximately 10 higher than the previous week, it should be achievable; although I am waiting for the figures to plateau as these things seem to do.
The traffic numbers also seem to correlate tightly to the number of posts I have. The current post count is 75. So once I hit 200 posts I should be able to achieve the 2nd quater goal I have set. While I understand this post is rather different than my regular posts on programming and tech hopefully this will help others put their ventures into building a blog in perspective in terms of realistic grow rates.
The traffic numbers also seem to correlate tightly to the number of posts I have. The current post count is 75. So once I hit 200 posts I should be able to achieve the 2nd quater goal I have set. While I understand this post is rather different than my regular posts on programming and tech hopefully this will help others put their ventures into building a blog in perspective in terms of realistic grow rates.
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I don't really understand "traffic goals." Just post what you want and if people are interested, great. Just have fun, you know?
Hi hackmiester, I understand your point, and I do enjoy writing. But I find it fun to achieve something, which requires setting goals for my self. Having goals for traffic means that I am thinking about what is useful to people by looking at my site logs etc, and contributing more of what is needed rather than just what I am interested in.
I guess it all depends on the goals each person have for their own blogs. I have another personal blog that is just an outlet for some random thoughts and I do not think too much about that blog. However my goal for 24HA is for it to be a useful resource to people similar to all the blogs I've had to learn from and reference in the past that actually contained good useful information that saved me time.
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