“No clicks have been recorded on your blog yet.” What’s it mean?
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A view on your home page is a view in the total number of views but not a post view, as in “Most viewed posts”. A post view is a view looking at
blogname.wordpress.com/year/month/day/post-name. So yes, unless the reader clicks the Read More link this is not a post view. It is just a view that shows up in your total count.There is no way to really confirm that all visitors are in fact accounted for, and if you install a separate counter, e.g. sitemeter.com or statcounter.com you are likely to get different results from the wordpress.com stats.
And for the record, visitors leaving spam comments that are caught by Akismet are also counted, as far as I know.
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Thanks, husdal. I just belatedly read Support > Traffic > Stats, which I should have done before asking all these questions. Your comments have been helpful, nevertheless, as they flesh out the offical explanation.
According to that official explanation, a “view” is recorded “Every time a visitor views a URL on your blog.” That is explicated further, as follows:
“Why don’t post/page views add up to total views?
Post/page views are included in total views, but there are many views to your site that are not a post or page URL. The front pages, category/tag/date/author archives, and searches are all examples of other views that only count towards total views.” -
Hey there – me again. So – are clicks:
1. When someone clicks away from your site from a link within the site; and
2. When someone clicks to another link within your site?Ta!
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Did you read my response above:
A click is a outgoing click or an internal click that brings up a media file (e.g. an image). Click on links to other posts/pages do not count.
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1. When someone clicks away from your site from a link within the site
Yes.2. When someone clicks to another link within your site?
Only if that link is to a media file, e.g. clicking a thumbnail to bring up a larger image. -
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Now I don’t see the point of clicks.
You don’t? Clicks are important in telling you whether your content is interesting enough for people to click on, e.g. your images/files or links to other sites that you have posted about. Are you able to capture your readers? If you have links, but no clicks, then obviously your blog is not that interesting at all.
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