How reliable are clicks stats vs views?

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  auntiekate · Member · Jan 31, 2013 at 1:39 pm

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  my stats consistently show that less than half my views of a given post result in a click on a link… even when the link is the primary “reason” for the post. Could it be that certain browsers don’t allow for click stats to be gathered, or is it a formatting problem within my blog, that people don’t NOTICE the links? Or perhaps, those who are reading my blog in their emails aren’t counted as they click?
  I have the sneaky suspicion that I need to format my links within posts so that they are more apparent to my readers, especially those who scan rather than read ;) …

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  metan1 · Member · Jan 31, 2013 at 1:50 pm

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  Maybe your readers aren’t clicking directly from your post but are using right click and opening in a new tab.

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  auntiekate · Member · Jan 31, 2013 at 2:14 pm

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  Good thought, metan1, that I hadn’t considered! Thanks.