tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7935594309491848290.post6831983851992594982..comments2023-10-06T01:40:23.135-07:00Comments on Wander without being lost: ViewWanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12384347526625976847noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7935594309491848290.post-70224364171062238922011-06-03T11:15:47.548-07:002011-06-03T11:15:47.548-07:00You get it. It is pretty cool. Social media like...You get it. It is pretty cool. Social media like Facebook is mainly local though it doesn't have to be. I have a Facebook friend who lives in Spain, another in Ireland. They come from blog contacts however. Blogs are truly international. I am nearing my third anniversary. I now have about 4000 site hits a month.<br /><br />To be clear about it, there is nowhere near that many readers, I am sure. What happens is that you get a place in the search engines and people looking for stuff come by and go on. Also sites in some locations are blind sites that mask web surfing locations for those who wish that service. Germany and the Netherlands have those sites and so do the US and Canada and Russia but I don't know how many other places. That means your record from these locations will skew from multiple visits from these sites which then lead anywhere in the world.<br /><br />Your stats will not be accurate about readership only about site visits, however brief, and you will never know really where your audience is except when they comment and you get a chance to get to know them.<br /><br />However, this whole thing is similar to being a published writer who only gets an idea of who buys his books by going on road trips to meet them. However he can tell by sales that people are reading. Just because a book is purchased doesn't mean it is read, of course.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.com