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  sondrabateman · Member · Oct 10, 2012 at 3:28 am

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  What’s up with the stats? I’ve had several “likes” on my latest post, but the stats show that there’s been no traffic.

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 10, 2012 at 4:19 am

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  You can Like a post from the reader, and those views aren’t counted as hits. It’s very common.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 10, 2012 at 4:30 am

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  As raincoaster said 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. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/07/09/wordpress-followers-likes-and-stats/

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  sondrabateman · Member · Oct 11, 2012 at 11:06 pm

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  thanks, these are things I didn’t know.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 13, 2012 at 8:05 pm

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  You’re welcome.