Likes, but no views?!

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  insightfulhappiness · Member · Dec 30, 2012 at 7:56 pm

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  I get almost 5 likes on my posts each day, but I rarely get any views! The people who are looking at my blog are not counting as views. How can this be?? Is there any way I can change it so I can see the people who like my blog as views?

  Thanks,
  Marcella

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2012 at 7:59 pm

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  Likes are not page views. In fact, likes and shares are misleading when you are talking about page view stats. Your followers and anyone with a WordPress.com blog who is logged into WordPress.com can “like” and “share” your posts in several locations such as the Reader without ever clicking into your blog and creating a page view stat. See here for what I do to compel readers to read posts on my site > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/07/09/wordpress-followers-likes-and-stats

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  insightfulhappiness · Member · Dec 30, 2012 at 8:03 pm

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  Thanks, Timethief! That helped me very much. I was wondering, do you work for WordPress? You help other people so much!

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  insightfulhappiness · Member · Dec 30, 2012 at 8:05 pm

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  And also, can people follow my blog without counting it as a view, too?

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  dribblingpensioner · Member · Dec 30, 2012 at 8:11 pm

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  @ 5starmagazine, TT does not work for wordpress, she’s an angel that comes here to do good for her fellow man :)

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  insightfulhappiness · Member · Dec 30, 2012 at 8:15 pm

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  Thank you, Time Thief, for all your help! You should get more acknowledgments! I’m glad that you are a volunteer, it makes you more well-being :)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2012 at 8:18 pm

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  @5starmagazine
  I’m a Volunteer and I’m blushing re: thedribblingpensioner’s answer.

  And also, can people follow my blog without counting it as a view, too?

  Yes. There are several different ways that readers can become followers. See: http://en.support.wordpress.com/following/

  @dribblingpensioner
  Top ‘o the day to thee, Harry.