90% Stats Divergence in last two days
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Traffic on Quantcast shows a 90% divergence / drop over the last two days for my site from the WordPress.com stats.
That is a bit much for “normal variations” seems more like one of the staff “adjusted” the Quantcast counter completely off the theme
I have ask Quantcast this morning to check their stats, but maybe the staff need to double check something, since I use both tracking systems this just trashed my data
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Thanks @TT – glad to know I am not the only one – just got the creeping crud and got up this morning to a double dose of bad with the head ache then Quantcast Stats that look like they jumped off a bridge
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@auxclass
Speaking of being annoyed. This morning I got 3 reblog notices and they were all to an otherwise empty blog. It may be that after getting rid of the last leech who was a content thief hosted by bluehost there could be a new one setting up a “blogging tips” blog by reblogging my posts here… agagargghh!P.S. It;s month end and I’m in the perfect mood to wipe the forum today with any troll who posts into any thread here – let me at ’em!
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I sent a query to quantcast and I got this in response:
WordPress recently removed default support for Quantcast measurement of WordPress.com hosted sites. We are currently looking at alternatives for implementing our tag within WordPress as they do not currently support javascript, and we will reach out to you if we have more information.
It seems as though wordpress.com has rather deliberately screwed us all.
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WordPress.COM has a ton on javascript on each of our sites. Just look at the source code for your blog.
Quantcast has a lot of stats that WordPress.COM does not seem to even thought about giving users here (city and state views & visitors for starters).
So if true, yes WordPress.com has screwed everyone. And since stats vary a bit from company to company, using a reliable and consistent source is the only way to accurately compare what is happening over time. That comparison is now out the window
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I asked a question about quantcast in this forum on 6 January and it wasn’t answered. I doubt we will ever hear from staff on this, either.
Apparently I need to migrate my site away from wordpress.com. I can’t recommend this as a blogging platform if they behave this capriciously. It’s very sad but the only way to go is with a self-hosted site.
I’ll start thinking about how to move my content without losing anything tomorrow. It’ll be a lot of work but the lack of support here is now something more like deliberate malice.
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Quantcast has now pulled everything on my site:
https://www.quantcast.com/erikhare.com?country=GLOBALThanks, wordpress. Great job.
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Mine too.
https://www.quantcast.com/onecoolsitebloggingtips.com
https://www.quantcast.com/thistimethisspace.com
[sarcasm]Thanks for the advance warning. It was a civilized thing to do. [/sarcasm] -
Several things really bother me about this:
1) Not only has there been no warning, I very much doubt we will hear anything from wordpress staff. They seem to feel that they can change anything without telling us or responding in any way.
2) They are taking WordAds out of beta http://wordads.co which I think has something to do with this. My guess is that they want it to be run through their own stats and not quantcast. But no matter what losing an independent verification of traffic is horribly stupid and goes against what advertisers need.
3) Quantcast, in general, deserves support for their quality work. No one else has publicly available accurate traffic information. It is the best way to determine who is full of BS and who has an popular site, IMHO.
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Advertisers have their own ways of tracking statistics, so the presence of Quantcast or not is not important. We’re trying to eliminate as much third-party tracking code on our sites as possible, and focus on in-house code that we know how it runs and how it’s used.
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Your statement is not true. BIG advertisers have their own ways of tracking stats, but smaller ones have to rely on public stats. Please rethink what you are saying because it is simply not correct and produces a heavy bias towards big companies that does against the spirit of the blogworld and the internet in general.
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We’re trying to eliminate as much third-party tracking code on our sites as possible, and focus on in-house code that we know how it runs and how it’s used.
Thanks for explaining that. Now it’s been said it does makes perfect sense to me. However, I miss not having the Quantcast traffic stats Demographics, Web Traffic Frequency, Audience Also Likes, and the Web Traffic Sources especially Mobile Web vs. Online for my site. :( So I’ll be looking forward to having the same information I had from Quantcast on my WordPress.com Stats page soon.
As for sarcasm above, note that I’m in silver surfer baby boomer demographic and I have a a dry sense of humor – as dry as Melba Toast. I began using computers at work when punch cards existed. I can clearly recall how working on a VAX mainframe for the first time felt like a flying lesson. Although I’ve got lots of years of experience online, and I dearly love WordPress (the best software on the planet), I’m still having a difficult time developing a more flexible attitude towards the reality of never ending tech changes and need to cultivate more resilience. Any tips for defeating my first response to all change ie. resistance and rejection will be welcomed. ;)
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I’m going to go ahead and close this thread, as the original question has been addressed. (Thanks, Matt!) If you have any further questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact us again. :)
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