Anyone else stalk their own site?

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Permalink Reply by Nanette on October 30, 2007 at 12:49pm

Hee, hee. Well, when I get comments, they're sent to my Gmail account via Blogger. So I always have my Gmail open and instantly check comments when I see them in a new email. Before that, however, I did stalk my own site, as you described.

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Merchant on October 30, 2007 at 2:55pm

So I'm not alone!

I'm so fascinated with stats and access logs and how it looks to the outside world. But yeah, I'm constantly looking to see if I got comments (wordpad sends it to my gmail account) that I need to approve or deny...

I just need more people to read my blog....

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Permalink Reply by kperfetto on October 30, 2007 at 3:18pm

I am, but mostly out of habit from when I was with a really bad host and I checked it multiple times a day to see if it was down. Right now, I'm trying to do a better job at answering the comments I get, so I've been checking more than I would.

I am a stats fiend. I'll cop to that. I care more where the visitors are coming from than how many. I recently changed blogging services, so I lost a bunch of readers. I keep telling myself that's normal, but it still sings a little to see your traffic half of what it was.

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Merchant on October 30, 2007 at 3:26pm

I like to see what brought them (I have a very small membership group) so it's curious to see what people searched for that brought them to my site. Then of course being the dork I am, I try the search myself...hahahaha

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Permalink Reply by Erin on October 30, 2007 at 6:00pm

You're definitely not alone there. I'm addicted to watching the stats for my blog. That's half the fun of blogging, I think.

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Permalink Reply by Anitra on October 30, 2007 at 6:30pm

Yea, I gotta figure out how to get comments emailed to me through my service. And the stats is a whole other thing that makes me crazy... love it.

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Permalink Reply by Kerri Sparling | SixUntilMe on October 30, 2007 at 7:38pm

I'll admit it - I check for comments, and often. I also check my email about 314 ... wait ... 315 times a day. I'm slightly OCD.

Reader feedback is part of the fun of blogging, though. :)

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Permalink Reply by Courtney Chesley on October 30, 2007 at 8:00pm

Oh, I hope you are normal, because I do that, too. Although, I am notified by email if anyone leaves a comment, so I am usually checking my blog stats.

Remember: normal is BORING.

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Permalink Reply by s.e. smith on October 30, 2007 at 8:03pm

I totally stalk my Movable Type interface for comments, and I check my stats more often than I should. I'm always so excited to get comments, too...it's a little sad, actually, the enthusiasm. I must not have been loved enough as a child or something.

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Permalink Reply by Nussaibah on October 31, 2007 at 9:57am

Well guess we are two to be 'unique' :P

Though I do get email notifications, I never check them :| I prefer going to the blog and see if there are new ones :|

Then I view my emails... actually, just see through if I missed anything :|

Guilty of charge!

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Permalink Reply by Kendra Puckett on October 31, 2007 at 11:40am

I definately do..lol. I'll admit it :)

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Permalink Reply by Nussaibah on October 31, 2007 at 11:49am

Great mind think alike... Hehe =P

Well, I do have to say, we have a lot in common =)

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