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  yeaautumn · Member · Mar 13, 2013 at 2:49 pm

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  my blog is only viewable by one of my friend who is located in Australia.
  and everyday, my friend would be reading it thus, the view by country will be reflected as Australia, and I will also have 1 visitor with 1-3 views everyday from the same country.

  however, I realized that the stats are wrong lately. as I’m certain that my blog has been viewed but there shows no traffic at all. is there anything wrong with the stats counter?

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 13, 2013 at 5:06 pm

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  timethief · Member · Mar 13, 2013 at 5:08 pm

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  my blog is only viewable by one of my friend who is located in Australia.

  I can view your blog. As you have so many password protected posts I suggest that you ought to make the whole blog private and remove the password protection. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 13, 2013 at 6:39 pm

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  I don’t see anything wrong with your stats.

  How are you certain that it’s wrong?

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  yeaautumn · Member · Mar 14, 2013 at 12:14 am

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  That’s because I’m certain my friend has read the blog yesterday but it doesn’t show views by country as Australia.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 14, 2013 at 12:18 am

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  We can only track the statistical data provided to us by the browser. Depending on the level of security settings, the browser may not be broadcasting the necessary location data.

  Also, if someone reads your blog from the WordPress.com Reader, it won’t count as a view or visit in your stats. http://wordpress.com/#!/read/

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  yeaautumn · Member · Mar 14, 2013 at 1:05 am

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  I see. Thanks so much for the clarification.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 14, 2013 at 5:21 pm

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  You’re welcome!

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  yeaautumn · Member · Mar 17, 2013 at 1:40 pm

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  by the way, I have privatize my blog. can I also ask.. how come viewing my own blog (when I’m logged in) counts towards the stats? it should not be the case right?

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Mar 17, 2013 at 2:13 pm

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  If your blog is private, then yes your logged in visits are counted.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/#additional-info

  Do Site Stats include my own visits to my blog?
  Only for private blogs. For users with private blogs, your Site Stats page will show any visits that you have made to your own blog, as well the visits of other users who have access to your blog.

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  yeaautumn · Member · Mar 17, 2013 at 4:34 pm

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  Thanks so much!