WordPress sends out an annual blogging report to those that use their stat services, which is a nice time capsule and a great way to look back at your year in blogging.
Funny thing is that last year when I got it, I was like, “I don’t get it, it’s just animated fireworks.” Well, that’s because I didn’t scroll down. Duh! This year I did scroll down and it was WAY more informative and interesting (to me at least). It got me thinking of what a great year it has been blogging-wise and how things are just bound to get better in 2013.
So with info from both WordPress and Google Analytics, I present to you:
my year in blogging…
In 2012, I posted 313 times (as of the release of the WP report). The busiest day of the year for this blog was February 18th with 2,776 pageviews (according to GA). The most popular post that day was Baking Broken Bits of Crayons.
Attractions in 2012…
The most popular posts were:
- Shit White Girls Say…to Mexican Girls (12,481 views)
- Baking Broken Bits of Crayons (10,561 views)
- 101 Ways to Praise a Bilingual Child (6,026 views)
- Advice for the Bride to Be (5,658 views)
- DIY Laundry Soap (3,811 views)
Top Referring Sites in 2012…
- StumbleUpon.com (5,980 referrals)
- Facebook.com (3,078 referrals)
- online-sweepstakes.com (2,437 referrals)
- Twitter.com (1,817)
- HalfPastKissintime.com (1,014 referrals…Thank you Mrs. 4444!)
Top Keyword Traffic for 2012…
“Michael Jordan Quotes”
“advice for the bride”
“shit Mexican girls say”
“weird jobs”
“101 ways to praise a child”
Countries Represented by Visitors in 2012…
165 countries in all were represented with most visits coming from The United States with Canada and The United Kingdom not far behind.
Top Commenters of 2012
- lisleman (256 comments)
- dpucci9972 (222 comments)
- Vidya Sury (210 comments)
- Eva Gallant (147 Comments)
- fraukmwest (135 comments)
All 5 of my top commenters have blogs of their own that I visit regularly and I HIGHLY recommend you visit them.
And that’s about it my friends. 2012 was a very rewarding year for me blog-wise and I am so excited to see what 2013 brings.
Wishing you a wonderfully productive and spectacularly rewarding year!
Wow pretty sweet year! Happy 2013!
Thank you for helping make it so sweet. Happy 2013 to you!
Congratulations of the mad stats! Wishing you a wonderful year of happiness in 2013! (With even better stats!)
Thank you! Love that you got a shout out from HuffPo. You deserve it. Happy New Year!
Awesome year, Mami! May the New Year be even better for you! 🙂 Feliz Año Nuevo!
Feliz Año Nuevo, amiga!
This is very cool! No fair, though…you had days in bed to write it!haha jk Hope you’re feeling better!!!
It’s true, I did have the sick “advantage” otherwise this post wouldn’t have gotten written. I’ll happily send you a tissue with my germs on it if you are in need of the sick advantage yourself.
haha No, thank you 🙂
Holy Moly (I don’t get the chance to write that phrase often, so Holy Moly) I had the most comments here. Really it shows that you write interesting posts that trigger thoughts in my head. I’m very glad you checked the comment stats. I happened to be looking at comments on my blog when I saw yours. Lately I’ve been hit with a load of spam comments and I was just cleaning them out. The filters work good so I don’t think any got through.
Well you can count me down for one comment for 2013 now.
I appreciate your comments because it’s not like you ever leave generic ones. Thank you, I was pretty impressed by your prolific commenting when I saw all the commenting broken down by numbers. Holy moly, indeed.
One thing that helps increase my total is getting into a discussion on your blog. I wish more people would engage in discussions within the comment section but I do know it takes time which there is a limited amount of.
It’s true and it’s still one of the main reasons why I like Disqus, but so many people don’t like Disqus, which I think hurts my commenting section in the long run, but it’s my blog and I have to make me happy too.
Well happy statistics in the new year! You are making my geek heart a flutter.
Yay! I’m finally embracing numbers.
happy new year!
all the best in 2013!
xo
I love looking at those reports. My favorite is from where are the visitors from. It makes me wonder how did someone from Latvia or Botswana happen upon my tiny blog.
The search terms always crack me up too.
Happy New Year Mami!
WOW!! What a fantastic year you’ve had my friend 🙂
I cannot wait to see all the wonderful 2013 brings you!!
Epic year was 2012, here is to 2013. Happy New Year Unknown Mami, looking forward to smiling along with your posts. Take care. xxx
Big hugs to you!
Hey Claudya, that’s a neat report! You know what feels really sweet to me? I remember all the posts you mentioned as though I wrote them myself! 😀 Oh, but that baked crayons thing was very exciting to me – I told everyone who would listen….and since I had just joined Pinterest at the time, I was thrilled to “pin it” and gaze at it – for it looked so very pretty there – and even more thrilled when I got a stream of email alerts telling me about the repins.
I am a bit moist-eyed about the shoutout 😀 (yea…you know I am like that).
What I also want you to know is – you are among my most favoritest people/bloggers. And I wish you wonderful, wonderful year ahead. I get a huge smile on my face when I pray in the morning and think of you. God bless.
Thank you. I appreciate all your kindness and support. I feel very lucky to have it.
Wow, impressive stats my friend, Congratulations on the success of your blog.
Happy New Year to you and I look forward to visiting your blog often in 2013.
I am totally working on very similar post. It is fun seeing stats and numbers. All of my most popular posts were crafting ones-makes me realize why those crafting bloggers are so popular.
Wow! I was one of your top 5 commenters!!! Way cool. thanks for the shout out!
Lady, you are WAY cool. Thank you to you for all the awesome interaction.
BRAVO to you!!!! Fantastic! I admire your work-a blogger I truly look up to!! Felicidades!
Congratulations! I actually started following you after I saw the how to praise a bilingual child post 🙂 So very happy to have found this space and you! Wishing you all the best in 2013!