Stats and notifictions
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Hi,
I think I am having problems with the stats view count on my blog https://dreamingofbigger.wordpress.com/
I usually have a regular view count, but it seems to have dropped down since 8th August.
I am also not receiving my notifications for like etc and I know I have likes because I have received emails telling me.
So is it possible for someone to look in to this for me.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Our stats are not real time stats and take time to update. There are frequent fluctuations that most do not notice because we aren’t watching the process. For details see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/ and note the views and viewers take hours to update.
Our stats are page view stats. But please do not assume that everyone who clicks a follow, like, share, reblog or comment link actually reads the post on your blog because odds are they may not.
Follow, like, share, reblog or comment clicks are not page views. In fact, follows, likes, shares, comments and reblogs are completely misleading when you are talking about page view stats.
Your followers and anyone with a WordPress.com/Gravatar account who is logged into WordPress.com can “follow” your blog, “like”, “share” and “reblog” your posts and “comment” in several locations such as the Reader, without ever clicking into your blog and creating a single page view stat. Subscribers control how frequently they receive your posts (instantly, daily, weekly) and can comment without clicking into the blog.
Logged in visitors using a mobile can read the full post without creating a page view stat. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-reader-show-full-text?replies=31#post-1373606
You can control the length of the entry sent out on your RSS feed here Dashboard > Settings > Reading. Choose the “summary” setting for your RSS feed rather than to “full text”. That will compel followers who are not using mobiles to click into the blog to read the full post which will create a page view stat.
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I am also not receiving my notifications for like etc and I know I have likes because I have received emails telling me.
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Thank you for the help in explaining the way stats works a little easier for me :),
I have subscribed to the post, so I am notified.
Maria x
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Hi there,
In addition to the fluctuations that timethief mentioned, it’s also normal to see some fluctuation from week to week. I’ve noticed in my own blogging that it’s not unusual to see things slow down a bit in the summer (especially in August, as a lot of people are on vacation and not at the computer as much). I checked your blog’s stats and don’t see any sign that stats aren’t being counted correctly.
I also checked your account’s notifications, and I see a number of recent like notifications there. (You can click the notifications icon in the admin bar at the top of the page, and then click Likes to see just your like notifications.) Are there specific likes or other activity you’re not seeing notifications for?
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