Top Blog Traffic Drivers of 2009
Monday, January 18, 2010 at 08:06PM So first of all, yes, I know I've been breaking my own rule by not writing enough. But I've got some good excuses. So far in 2010 I've spent a week in Las Vegas, bought a house, and gotten way more responsibility at work. So cut a kid a little slack, eh?
But busy as I may be, I'm a man of my word. As promised in my previous post, here are the top referrers for this blog based on number of visits.
A few notes:
Direct Traffic - This includes anyone who either typed www.joshcovington.com into their browser or reached the site via bookmark. While not technically a referrer, this number is typically a good indication of how well your blog is doing as a brand. It indicates returning visitors that keep coming back for more.
Search Engines - Includes anyone that reached the site by searching for me or keywords in this blog. This piece of pie also includes visitors that found me via image searches, even though I don't consider that useful in any way.
Blogs - This is traffic generated by posting comments or writing guest entries for other blogs. The majority of these referrers came from my good buddy Jamey Stegmaier's blog. If you haven't already, check out my posts written as this alter ego.
Social News Sites - Includes traffic from sites like Digg, Propeller, and StumbleUpon. While not a huge driver of traffic for this site, these types of outlets are great ways to bring your work to new sets of eyes. Consistently generate remarkable content, and your chances of going viral increase exponentially by utilizing these sites.
Reader Comments (2)
Hey! I'm glad you get traffic from my blog. People want to know what JoshVision sees. I love these breakdowns, by the way. How are you making the graphs?
The graphs are just made in Excel 2007. You can do all kinds of crazy stuff with graphs these days.