Tag Archives: #Greenland

Stats , views, likes, followers……and Greenland

It’s hard to avoid being caught up in the statistics game when you are on a creative journey. I give my stats an occasional glance. I think in pictures so the stats map within the depths of WordPress invariably catches my attention more than the numbers.

I’m flattered that anyone would spare a moment of their day to read my blog posts. Life’s busy so I am thankful to those souls who stop by my blog and read my content. Time is precious and if you’ve spared me some of yours then I am eternally grateful.

The map fascinates me. I saved the snip above of the map from my blog stats recently. It shows all the areas of the world where someone has spared a few moments to look at my blog at some point during its lifespan. If it’s pale pink then there have been a few views. If it’s a deeper shade then the numbers are higher. I’m based in the UK and the 16125 noted on the map is the total number of views from there. The number for the USA isn’t far behind it and that surprises me, if I’m being honest.

All of those pink countries make me go a bit pink too. (Yes, I know some of those views could just be bots scanning content but please don’t burst my bubble here)

A few years ago now I shared the map on here and I set myself a goal at that point. It’s a creative goal that’s still to be achieved for my blog.

I really hope I manage it one day….

oh… and what is it? I’d love to see Greenland go pink!

In all seriousness though, thank you from the bottom of my heart for the ongoing love and support that you show my blog. It really does help to fuel the fires of creativity.

love and hugs to each and every one of you

Coral xx

Conquering the world one word at a time LOL

Sometimes you have to pause and look around and reflect back over the ground you have travelled so far.

I did that a few minutes ago as I was looking at my WordPress stats and thinking “what the heck am I going to blog about this week?”

I pulled up the stats map that shows the “all time” view of where in the world my blog has been read. (Yes, I know that some of these could quite easily be bot pings but don’t burst my bubble please).

The very fact that most countries around the globe are pink and some are red, indicating a lot of hits, blows me away.

Why would someone in Australia or Japan or Brazil even find my blog in among the millions of blog posts out there?

The very thought that people in all of these countries have taken time out of their busy lives to even glance at my blog fills me with warmth and pride.

An indie author/blogger’s journey can feel quite lonely at times. Seeing the “likes” notifications and the occasional comment on my blog posts helps to make it much less lonely so thank you to those who have taken the time to hit like or comment. It really is appreciated.

I do try to keep the content on here varied. It was a conscious decision when I started this blog that I didn’t want tied down to one genre or theme. It would have been all too easy to fill it each week with photos of my cats but so far I have largely resisted that temptation.

So I guess that this week’s blog is really just a simple thank you to each and every one of you who read my ramblings each week and keep coming back for me.

Something that would really make my day …my week…my months…even my year would be if someone from Greenland stumbling across this blog…..oh well, a girl can dream 😉