National Blog Posting Month

Anyone else stalk their own site?

Am I the only one that stalks my own site regularly to see if I got a comment from one of my faithful readers? Or do you not have the time for such nonsense. ...just checkin' to see if I'm normal or a weird-o. [insert nervous laugh here]

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Permalink Reply by Natalie Visage on November 1, 2007 at 9:04pm: Yes. I stalk my own site DESPITE the fact that I don't have time to do so. This explains why I'm still up at midnight when I have to wake up in less than six hours. I don't even GET that many comments, I just live on the hope that maybe someday I will.

Ahh, yes. Such a dreamer.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mike Carvin on November 2, 2007 at 5:37am: "stalking" is such an ugly term.... I prefer to use "monitoring"....

Ok - fine, I stalk my site! :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mel Bergen on November 2, 2007 at 9:04am: Closely monitoring? Today I'm caught between excitement (I got another comment!) and sadness (my feed subscribers are still down from the big peak two weeks ago). But you have to know which posts are big hits, right? So you have to check your stats at least every couple of days or you won't know what "the people" want. Yeah, that makes sense. I'm going with that explanation.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Anitra on November 2, 2007 at 5:46am: LOL.... yes I like that word better. "monitoring"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Caroline Moore on November 2, 2007 at 9:21am: Not quite. I stalk my e-mail inbox, which receives notifications of comments\.

So, yes, I'm guilty as charged. :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Remembering Ruby on November 2, 2007 at 9:31am: I TOTALLY agree with Jonathan! I am always checking the stats and I DO try those searches myself! LOL

I find myself sad when I have only had a visitor or two in the previous hour. It's a sickness, I'm convinced!
By the way, please check out my blog. Do me that favor so I can see a jump in my stats this afternoon! LOL

Melisa
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Permalink Reply by Lisa Baldwin on November 2, 2007 at 9:52am: I've been stalking all my blogs all day.... I guess it's sad... I've had a busy few weeks and I'm enjoying some down time... not that I have it to enjoy, I'm kind of taking it :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Library Diva on November 2, 2007 at 9:56am: I do, but it's generally a disappointment. For whatever reason, I don't get many comments, even when I shamelessly beg for them in my posts. I guess because I write mostly about books, and if you haven't read what I'm reading, there's not much to say, maybe? But I do like my stats. I even get excited whenever I pass a "milestone": my thousandth visit or whatever. I try to ignore the fact that I'm probably my own best visitor!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Aimee Greeblemonkey on November 2, 2007 at 10:00am: I wouldn't go straight to "stalking" - LOL - but I am really fascinated with the whole psychology of blogging, so I do look at my Sitemeter readings and see where people are coming from, what search phrases brought them, what referrals, etc. It is such an interesting medium!

And I also get notified when I have comments, and I love the banter, so I do like to go back and chat!

Very fun stuff.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by fireweaver on November 2, 2007 at 2:05pm: oh, you know it. i'm hosted on wordpress, and they have this uber-nifty little graph that you can use to check your site visits, right alongside that mysterious search terms. and the searches that some people have used to find my blog are **really weird**, so trust me, just looking at a little graph isn't what makes you nutso.

i haven't yet started doing those same searches myself, but after reading this, that might all change...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Leslie Capron on November 2, 2007 at 4:48pm: I compulsively check to see if the 3 readers I have posted a comment! It's really the addictive part of blogging for me.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jientje/heaveninbelgium on November 8, 2007 at 11:49am: Well I guess, bloggers are all the same, where ever they are!
It sure feels good to know that I'm not different than any of you ....; ▶ Reply to This