Blog Stats and Posts

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  chadaknudson · Member · Mar 31, 2007 at 2:54 pm

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  I have a quick question. I want to get a more accurate read on what posts are being read. I split the post so people have to continue reading. Does WordPress only record a stat for a particular post if the actual post is selected or can it record a stat for the post if they select “continue reading?” I hope that makes sense.

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  judyb12 · Member · Mar 31, 2007 at 3:08 pm

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  WordPress counts page views. What that means:

  Scenario 1
  someone lands on the front page of your blog = 1 page view
  someone clicks through to continue reading = 1 page view
  total page views = 2

  Scenario 2
  someone lands on the front page of your blog = 1 page view
  someone decides they don’t feel like continuing to read = 0 page views
  total page views = 1

  Scenario 3
  someone lands on a post page by finding it via Blog Surfer, Tag Surfer, a feed reader, a search engine result, etc. = 1 view
  someone leaves the blog after reading that one post in its entirety = 0 page views
  total page views = 1

  A bit long-winded, but does it make sense?

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  drmike · Member · Mar 31, 2007 at 3:08 pm

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  As we understand it, wordpress makes a count every time anything on your blog is viewed. That’s what’s in the graph. The system counts a post view anytime someone clicks through to read the rest of the post or comes into your blog via a link or a search engine and lands on one of your Posts.

  Hope this helps,
  -drmike