What Is The indicator A Blog May Be Moving Upward?

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  joer223 · Member · May 5, 2010 at 12:15 am

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  I’ve read about page views, visits and hits. I can’t say that I’m absolutely clear about it, but what is the way to tell
  your blog is moving upward toward gaining traffic?
  Thanks.

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

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  timethief · Member · May 5, 2010 at 12:24 am

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  @joer223
  This forum is for posting questions about how to user wordpress.com software and features and associated issues. This is what the left side forum sidebar states:
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  The best place to ask a question related to WordPress.com

  I will flag this thread and have out Moderator’s move it to the Off-Topic Forum for you.

  P.S. I’m telling you in the kindest way that I can that IMO you need to learn patience. There are many metrics to measure success in blogging by. The first milestone is to actually have a living and growing blog 1 year from when you started. By living and growing blog I mean one that’s frequently updated and has a community of regular readers and commenters who are growing in number. You see in many, many cases free blogs are started and 6 months later they are dead ie. inactive.

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  joer223 · Member · May 5, 2010 at 12:29 am

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  Thanks TT, I didn’t mean to post in the wrong forum. I will have to work on my patience.
  And you are kind! Thanks for all the help you’ve given me.
  Best!

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  timethief · Member · May 5, 2010 at 12:37 am

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  @joer223
  I know you didn’t mean to post to the wrong forum. Everyone makes mistakes so don’t fret about this. The next time you want to start a thread go to the left sidebar. There you can click the link for the correct forum. :)

  P.S. Enthusiasm is important and passion for blogging on the subject you choose is a requirement for longevity in blogging. Invest as much time as you can in building an archive of unique content. As raincoaster advises … blog, blog, and then blog so more. :)

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  tellyworth · Staff · May 5, 2010 at 1:10 am

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  @joer223 go to your main Blog Stats page. Click on the Months tab near the top right. That’ll give you a pretty good indicator of your general trend in traffic. (When you look at shorter time periods it’s easy for short-term spikes to overshadow the long-term trend)

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  joer223 · Member · May 5, 2010 at 1:47 am

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  @Tellyworth, thanks I’ll do that. @TT thanks for moving this to correct forum

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  pornstarbabylon · Member · May 5, 2010 at 1:49 am

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  One indicator is when someone sends their lawyers to your blog to complain.

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  raincoaster · Member · May 5, 2010 at 5:53 am

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  Ha! True.

  I use Weeks, because I find blogs to be volatile. If you get in http://botd.wordpress.com under Fastest Growing Blogs, that’s a confirmation that your blog is growing MUCH faster than the norm on WP.com.

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  pornstarbabylon · Member · May 5, 2010 at 7:38 am

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  While I had the lawyer this week, you actually had a country! ^^