Tag Archives: Wordpress Stats

1,000,000 Hits on A Pilgrim in Narnia

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

A Pilgrim in Narnia has just now had its 1,000,000th hit! A million page views is right, according to WordPress analytics. After passing our 9th Anniversary last month, after 1,057 posts (this is number 1,058), this little sandbox of literary … Continue reading →

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What Does My Google Autofill Say About Me? (a little Friday Feature nonsense)

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I have come to love the google autofill function for sites I frequent. This is partly because I have filled the little avatar-button toolbar thing on my browser. This means that I have 60+ sites that I visit frequently enough … Continue reading →

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The 5 Most Common Mistakes Bloggers Make

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Great blogs are based on great content–good design, creative network capability, and, especially, great writing. When bloggers get it right, it can be a beautiful thing. At the moment when an audience connects with great online writers and content curators, … Continue reading →

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Fun With Stats 2: Lessons on Connectivity from 5 Years of Blogging

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

As I have confessed before, I love bar graphs and lists. I love data and spreadsheets and trying to read the data to see what trends emerge. As last month was the busiest month ever on A Pilgrim in Narnia, … Continue reading →

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Fun With Stats 1: Lessons on Growth from 5 Years of Blogging

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the critical advantages of WordPress is that it offers the blogger tools for calculating their impact. It is also one of its critical weaknesses as the analytics are limited to daily visitor and hit counts, as well as … Continue reading →

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2014 in Review

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

The WordPress.com stats helper rabbits prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. A Pilgrim in Narnia had 71,120 views in 2014. For the first time ever we had more than 7,000 views in a single month–just this past December. … Continue reading →

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