JUNE STATS FOR THE BANGKOK BUGLE
My coverage of Thai Rath's publication of the David Carradine photographs drew a large number of visitors last month. The number of unique visitors to The Bangkok Bugle was up 143 per cent on the previous month, and up a staggering 441 per cent on the same month in 2008.
Only two non-Carradine stories made it into the top ten; Liverpool Football Club's impending visit to Bangkok (7th) and the launch of the Thai Red News newspaper (10th).
This website is my hobby and I am always amazed by the number of people the visit and interact, either by leaving a comment or by email. I want to once again record my sincere thanks to everyone that has visited, and also to everyone that has linked to one of my stories.
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Raw figures, please? Percentage increases mean not a thing, but as a marketing man, you know that well.
Sure ...
June 2009
Unique Visitors: 5,572
Page Views: 12, 224
Av. Time on Site: 1m 44 sec
Previously I have been average between 2,000 - 2,500 unique visitors per month. The good thing is the trend is upwards; a lot of people who find me keep coming back.
Thanks for your interest BkkDreamer and I hope you find that data interesting.
That's a solid daily readership. I imagine many are loyal, as you say, as your blog fills a niche and meets reader demand.
Yes - in a normal month just 20-30 per cent are new visitors. Most, like yourself, drop by from time to time.
Interesting statistics.
I got the same reaction from the David Carradine story also.
I got linked at the Huffington Post, so I got huge traffic for a couple days.
Honestly, I hardly ever check these things. I check my analytics once every few months.
But it always entertaining to see how people come to the site.
I know there's value (page ranks, etc) in being linked to from places like Huffington Post, but I think you're the same as me in that you're just happy people want to read what you write?
Frankly, I started my blog to record that there was public dissent to the way the English language Thai media reported on the coup and aftermath.
Put simply, the propaganda made me sick and I had to vent.
I never thought in a million years that my blog would get any notoriety.
I don't think I have ever written for an audience.
Pathetic to say, but I think my blog reflects that.
But you're writing has found a big audience, and I guess that must give you a certain amount of satisfaction?
I don't really have a big audience. Maybe 300 people a day.
Your question really stumped me.
I don't know where my satisfaction comes from.
My intent has really never changed. I want there to be a record of dissent in cyberspace to this period of Thai history which disputes the conventional wisdom in the Bangkok Post and The Nation.
Then there are other issues I find interesting.
The only time I think about the audience is when I want to swear but decide not to.
I should probably care more, because when I do bother to check up on my audience through self-Googling or analytics, I always find blogs I never knew about.
I read all our new posts, Bugle. If you post every day, I'm here every day.
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