Comments on: Blog Stats: Oranges vs. Apples vs. Plums vs. Pears

By: Mark Evans - comScore Pokes Stick at Stats

Mark Evans - comScore Pokes Stick at Stats — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:50:43 +0000

[...] dice the numbers, that it’s difficult to know whether any of them are on the mark. (See my Apples vs. Oranges vs. Plums vs. Pears post). comScore, which makes its living from providing online statistics, wades into the debate [...]

By: B Scout

B Scout — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:35:43 +0000

The Attention and Velocity metrics do seem to be a new way to look at things, which might not be the worst thing in the world. It seems like the old metrics are getting a bit stale and obsolete. These new ones from Compete might not be the perfect answer, but they definitely help give a better impression of a site’s true traffic.

By: jules

jules — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:54:32 +0000

Methinks a traffic stats support group would be a welcome distraction….
I feel your pain. I’m chained to traffic logs

There are worse addictions, I suppose. Like heroin.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:14:49 +0000

Thanks for the tip.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:34:13 +0000

Mark, Check out AttentionMeter.com when you get a chance.

By: Shaun Rotman

Shaun Rotman — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:26:55 +0000

I only have experience with Google Analytics, but I might be able to help you with the issue of low page visits and unique visitors.

WordPress blogs don’t track properly on GA unless you have a plugin installed to work with it. Otherwise GA won’t track most of the activity you get.

Head on over to wordpress.org and check our their new plugins section. There is a nice selection that will mesh with GA and bring those stats right back to where you’d expect them.