tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post483191652234035151..comments2024-03-28T20:30:35.448+13:00Comments on Confessions of an Ageing Motorcyclist: Who reads our blogs, anyway?Geoff Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041523109817248619noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-10241311534875509002012-07-15T10:53:21.478+12:002012-07-15T10:53:21.478+12:00Hi Andrew!
That's some big numbers you've ...Hi Andrew!<br />That's some big numbers you've been getting. Pleased to hear that you've got rid of the spam issue. It certainly turned me off making posts because I'd then get spam replies! Maybe that's been at the heart of it.Geoff Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041523109817248619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-55972335782293612582012-07-15T03:36:02.576+12:002012-07-15T03:36:02.576+12:00Hi Geoff, this was an interesting post for me and ...Hi Geoff, this was an interesting post for me and I am moved to go through my posts to see what has attracted visitors as well. I have a pageview counter which is now at over 77000 and a visitors counter which shows more than 27000 from 157 countries but I get painfully few comments, my last post had one comment (from my son) and the previous five had none at all.<br />After your email I have initiated comment moderation to eliminate spam - I used to get loads of spam comments, but if it wasn't for my pageview and visitors counters I might have given up long ago, comments from readers let you know if you are doing it right don't they?the riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681668130209585709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-73690934596176369372012-07-03T08:20:41.259+12:002012-07-03T08:20:41.259+12:00Hi Dar,
Yours is an interesting and well-written b...Hi Dar,<br />Yours is an interesting and well-written blog and there are so many 2 wheel enthusiasts in the world that you're bound to get hits from some weird places. Got to agree that some of them have to be looked up to find out where they are and you marvel that they have Internet!<br /><br />Hey, congrats on that fantastic turn-out, absolutely magnificent. Safety must be the no1 concern for any serious rider.<br /><br />Yep, I hate blogs with advertising and will continue to turn down requests too.Geoff Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041523109817248619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-67680358373687192022012-07-02T19:04:36.295+12:002012-07-02T19:04:36.295+12:00Geoff,
I check the stats on my blog from time to...Geoff, <br /><br />I check the stats on my blog from time to time just to see where people are located. It blows my mind that a tiny little scooter/motorcycle blog about every day ramblings has people from different parts of the world reading. I may not get tons of comments, but that isn't why I put my thoughts to blog. I find it amusing when I look at the search results and have posted about those from time to time. One of my top blog posts was a entitled Riders For Safety, the event that 9 motorcyclists put together after another rider was killed in October 2011 and 300 riders came out to honor him and to call our government to action on safety issues. <br /><br />Sometimes my posts are whacky off the wall and other times they are serious or about safety & motorcycle skills/gear. I get emails from time to time asking to permission to advertise on my blog and I am not there with that and don't think I will be any time soon. I love reading other moto bloggers stories about their journey and it inspires me to try to be a better rider every time I go out. If there is one thing that I could accomplish with my blog it would be that people actually get the point that motorcycling is about good skills and wearing gear.Dar https://www.blogger.com/profile/14690180541358767168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-33673696105443732942012-06-30T08:34:08.171+12:002012-06-30T08:34:08.171+12:00SonjaM has left a new comment on your post "W...SonjaM has left a new comment on your post "Who reads our blogs, anyway?":<br /><br />I am guilty of having read everything remotely Striple related, no matter if the posting was about farkling or traveling, so several of the clicks for #1 are on my account ;-)<br /><br />If you actually google 2009 & Street Triple & review your posting shows up on page 3 of about 1,390,000,000 results, how about that?<br /><br />And Geoff, my friend, if it weren't for your wonderful blog about motorcycles and travel adventures spiced up with your British trademark humor, and sprinkled with old age, uhm make that best ager experience I would have never met you and Jennie.<br /><br />So, yes I am reading your blog, and I will continue to do so. <br /><br /><br />Sonja!!<br /><br />Have had to copy and paste your reply as I've just bought an iPad and it doesn't seem to be liking approving a post - will figure it out in due course :-). Thanks very much for that info! I Googled everything too when looking to buy one. We share a common approach to analysing EVERYTHING before committing to buy!<br /><br />Hahaha - I should be offended with your age wisecracks :-). The same applies to both you and the other great bloggers though. It's the quality of your posts which finally lead to meeting up. Can't be a bad thing, can it?<br /><br />Safe riding on your trip!Geoff Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041523109817248619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-65744441026702286432012-06-29T07:16:35.431+12:002012-06-29T07:16:35.431+12:00Steve,
I had some decent numbers looking at that c...Steve,<br />I had some decent numbers looking at that challenge too. I think that people are using search engines to look fo popular bikes. Hope that Brandy lets us know.Geoff Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041523109817248619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-89468909945885129432012-06-28T21:13:50.652+12:002012-06-28T21:13:50.652+12:00Its very interesting when you look at the stats. S...Its very interesting when you look at the stats. Some of what I think were my best blogs have no comments and then some of them that I don't put much thought into get the most comments. My post with the most hits came from one of the blog challenges put out by Trobairitz with her Seven Days Seven Bikes blog challenge. It is streets ahead of any of the others, so I wonder what her stats for that one are?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10160712689280276620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-11892147292293117052012-06-28T16:37:28.079+12:002012-06-28T16:37:28.079+12:00Hi Brandy,
Got to agree with you - it provides end...Hi Brandy,<br />Got to agree with you - it provides endless amusement with respect to what people search for! Would love to know what the most popular posts on your blog are. Yep, it is a bit head-scratching regarding number of views vs. comments.<br /><br />That's very kind, thank you. I simply enjoy writing about everyday stuff as a change from years of writing boring technical reports and procedures etc at work. Maybe that's why a lot of us do it!Geoff Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041523109817248619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-53710545105551859502012-06-28T15:11:59.875+12:002012-06-28T15:11:59.875+12:00I often chuckle at what the most popular posts hav...I often chuckle at what the most popular posts have been or the keywords that people search to find the blog or a particular post. Thanks for the idea. Maybe I'll have to do a follow-up post on what is most popular on my blog. I don't much care for what my stats are, but I do find it funny which ones are popular for viewing as opposed to popular for comments.<br /><br />I always enjoy your posts no matter the subject. I think partly due to your writing style and partly because of the personality behind the writing. We miss you when you don't post.Trobairitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453398807198746434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-89434597035751324322012-06-27T13:26:29.380+12:002012-06-27T13:26:29.380+12:00Brenda,
Have just looked at your "popular pos...Brenda,<br />Have just looked at your "popular posts" thingy - I've never noticed that on anyone's blogs before!! Mus be getting blind as well as daft as I get older!<br /><br />Thanks for that!Geoff Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041523109817248619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-11054359399914273072012-06-27T08:04:29.591+12:002012-06-27T08:04:29.591+12:00Hi Brenda,
After breakfast, I must look at your &q...Hi Brenda,<br />After breakfast, I must look at your "Top 10 posts" thingy. So technical, that I don't know what it is, haha! There's always something new to be discovered! Well, why they're the top 10 is only my supposition based on Google Analytics search history, but the reasons probably stack up. Some of the searches that get directed to the blog are enough to make me blush. Perhaps I shouldn't have used the phrase "bike porn" to describe some fantastic-looking bikes!! Must be a lesson in there somewhere not to use slang.Geoff Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041523109817248619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-60800394970601344652012-06-27T00:19:25.895+12:002012-06-27T00:19:25.895+12:00Hi Geoff, that's a shame that you wont be roun...Hi Geoff, that's a shame that you wont be round much, but not too bad for me, will give me a chance to catch up with some of the older stuff :)<br /><br />Yeah tis interesting which posts are more read, I put that "Top 10 Posts' thingy on my sidebar thingy (i'm good at the technical terms :) and found it interesting and also wondered why those particular posts are looked at so much.<br /><br />I can see why your top ones are though when you think about what people might do searches for.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06395364582355269753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-56221092706783363362012-06-26T22:58:28.294+12:002012-06-26T22:58:28.294+12:00Hi Jules and thanks for the kind words. It was si...Hi Jules and thanks for the kind words. It was simply curiosity with no real purpose in mind. I'll never commercialise the site either. I've had a little burst of activity whilst waiting for a few IAM things to fall in place, but I'll be struggling to do much in a while. David Hough's new book is imminent and I've promised to review that as soon as the publisher sends a copy. I've seen some draft chapters and it's an absolute cracker.<br /><br />Cheers.....Geoff Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041523109817248619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341114511830074977.post-68644739015730841422012-06-26T22:15:00.555+12:002012-06-26T22:15:00.555+12:00Geoff, an interesting exercise. I don't know h...Geoff, an interesting exercise. I don't know how to do that on Word Press but will look into it when I get a chance. <br /><br />Again, my congratulations on your site. You bring wit and intelligent analysis to all of your writing.<br /><br />I don't get too fussed about hits as I'm not commercializing my site. Having said that - when one puts a lot of time and effort into doing a trip report, resizing pics, posting them on a host site etc, it is pleasing to know that a few people have actually thought that your post was worthwhile. <br /><br />I see folk who place ride reports on 3 different forums and I often wonder about their motives.<br /><br />Cheers Jules.Tarsnakes Down Underhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04859439380216890525noreply@blogger.com