[videoblogging] Re: Collecting stats on wordpress.com
I just heard that Wordpress 2.5 RC2 came out, completewith image galleries and dashboard redesign. I will start messing around with Show in the box when a stable WP2.5 comes out. Never did like the interface of the current WP. Pardon for being a bit off-topic... Renat --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jimmyjay24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My vlog host is wordpress.com. I'm trying to decide what stats to collect and how to get them. Eventually, I may want to show stats to potential advertisers. I'd appreciate any info, specifically: 1) What are the must-have stats? wordpress.com gives page views but not unique visitor counts and it does not give clickthoughs on its feed. 2) Should I stick with the wordpress.com feed or install feedburner? wordpress is slowly bringing back feed stats. They currently let me see how many hits on a particular post come from its feed and they'll eventually let me know the total number of feed subscribers. But wordpress is rolling out new features slowly. Feedburner will give me clickthroughs. Are there other compelling reasons to go with feedburner? I realize I may want to use feedburner to capture email subscribers. 3) Do I want to install a stat counter and, if so, which one should I install? The only stat counters that wordpress.com supports are sitemeter, statcounter, shiny stats and activemeter. I lean towards sitemeteranyone having issues with sitemeter? 4) If I switch to a self-hosted blog with wordpress.org, will that cause a problem? What do I need to know about transitioning my stats? Stats are confusing and I'd appreciate any suggestions. Jim ihatetodance.com
[videoblogging] Re: Collecting stats on wordpress.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jimmyjay24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My vlog host is wordpress.com. I'm trying to decide what stats to collect and how to get them. Eventually, I may want to show stats to potential advertisers. I'd appreciate any info, specifically: 1) What are the must-have stats? wordpress.com gives page views but not unique visitor counts and it does not give clickthoughs on its feed. Hi Jim, I forget if we spoke about this at the last SHVH, but how about goggle analytics? Lots of free stats available there depending on what you are looking for. I wonder if they be adding video related features in the near future? They have added video features to google search recently, so perhaps they will begin to offer analytic tools and stats for video soon. Markus
[videoblogging] Re: Collecting stats on wordpress.com
Hey Markus I requested stats at SHVH but we never got to it. Too much merriment ;) A blog hosted at wordpress.com can not use google analytics. From their FAQ: We already use Google Analytics code to monitor the domain in ways that provide us with useful information to benefit the service we offer. It is not possible to use two instances of Google Analytics on one page. I'm wondering if the geeks in the group are skipping this thread because it has wordpress.com in the header. I may have to rephrase the question. Jim ihatetodance.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jimmyjay24 onaroll44@ wrote: My vlog host is wordpress.com. I'm trying to decide what stats to collect and how to get them. Eventually, I may want to show stats to potential advertisers. I'd appreciate any info, specifically: 1) What are the must-have stats? wordpress.com gives page views but not unique visitor counts and it does not give clickthoughs on its feed. Hi Jim, I forget if we spoke about this at the last SHVH, but how about goggle analytics? Lots of free stats available there depending on what you are looking for. I wonder if they be adding video related features in the near future? They have added video features to google search recently, so perhaps they will begin to offer analytic tools and stats for video soon. Markus
[videoblogging] Re: Collecting stats on wordpress.com
Thanks, Jay, good point on the flexibility of a feedburner feed. So, are there any stat-hounds in the house? Jim ihatetodance.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) What are the must-have stats? wordpress.com gives page views but not unique visitor counts and it does not give clickthoughs on its feed. im not the best one to answer. but if you look at Federated Media...they seem to charge by page views: http://www.federatedmedia.net/authors/index Your video stats would probably be the click throughs. 2) Should I stick with the wordpress.com feed or install feedburner? wordpress is slowly bringing back feed stats. They currently let me see how many hits on a particular post come from its feed and they'll eventually let me know the total number of feed subscribers. But wordpress is rolling out new features slowly. Feedburner will give me clickthroughs. Are there other compelling reasons to go with feedburner? I realize I may want to use feedburner to capture email subscribers. feedburner is nice because if you ever decide to change your feed in the future, you can switch it out...and viewers wont know the difference. this is a nice feature of Feedburner. 3) Do I want to install a stat counter and, if so, which one should I install? The only stat counters that wordpress.com supports are sitemeter, statcounter, shiny stats and activemeter. I lean towards sitemeteranyone having issues with sitemeter? dont know this one. 4) If I switch to a self-hosted blog with wordpress.org, will that cause a problem? What do I need to know about transitioning my stats? im not sure i understand your question. whatever stat counter you use should work on whatever blog you use. to me, stats are often fuzzy and whatever you choose to present to the world. Im sure there are some stat hounds on this list who can school us both. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
