Celebrating Seven Years of Blogging

After seven years I believe writing a blog is one of the most rewarding aspects of doing family history and genealogy work. To celebrate here are some current statistics as of today, 26 April 2018.

Pageviews for all-time 144, 473

Pageviews for today, April 24, 2018 – 27, last post December 26, 2017

Months with the most pageviews

December 2016 – 10,314

May 2017 – 5,414

October 2017 – 2,689

Blog Archive, posts per year

2017 – 28 (Many for the Watts House)

2016 - 3

2015 - 12

2014 - 37

2013 - 56

2012 - 105

2011 - 80

Comments - 111

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Followers

Google Family Connect - 77

Networkblogs - 11

Most read post, Genealogy Serendipity Moments, May 13, 2011 - 1400 views

Dates of the current top ten posts viewed:

2011 - 1

2012 - 1

2015 – 4

2016 – 3

2017 – 1

Pages and views

GFO Bulletin Articles - 6132

Portland, Oregon World War II - 3371

Daniel Tidd Article - 1669

Calendar - 1502

Adril Gates Article – 1216

FAQ - 1208

Amos Tidd Family Article – 1193

Lectures - 1109

Ole A. Brown Article – 932

Cole Family Migration - 773

Traffic Sources -

Referring Sites

Google.com - 7502

gophergenealogy.blogspot.com - 3383

networkedblogs.com - 645

geneamusings.com - 391

facebook.com - 328

blogegon.com - 145

Keywords

gopher genealogy - 62

aarpdiscount - 61

Audience

United States - 92262

Germany - 7357

France – 5114

Netherlands - 5141

Russia – 11192

Ukraine - 3670

Canada - 1341

United Kingdom – 721

Poland - 609

Lativa - 0

Turkey - 606

China - 0

By Browsers

Firefox - 33618 (23%)

Internet Explorer - 30677 (21%)

Chrome - 66080 (46%)

Safari - 8095 (5%)

Operating Systems

Windows - 82032 (56%)

McIntosh - 46170 (32%)

Linux - 7520 (5%)

The statistics make me feel that even though my writing has slowed to a crawl in the past couple of years people keep viewing the past posts and pages on a regular basis. My goal for the coming year is to at least double the amount of articles. There is certainly plenty to write about, but sometimes life just gets complicated. Putting one's mind in the mood for writing is critical. Usually the hardest part is just getting started. The comments and followers have remained fairly limited, but steady. Almost all comments have been positive and usually with an interest about a particular family written about.

The most read post, Genealogy Serendipity Moments, May 13, 2011 - 1400 views, is one of my earliest written posts. Serendipity moments are also a focus of the blog in general.  The top viewed posts by years are fairly consistent and show that as time passes some of the older posts continue to be viewed.

GFO Bulletin Articles – 6132 has taken over as the most read page. Previously it was,  

Portland, Oregon World War II - 3371 views, one of my earliest articles written for the GFO Bulletin. The other twelve pages have varying amounts views. Five of the pages are articles written about ancestral families. The others include the calendar of classes taught, a list of Bulletin articles written, a list of book reviews written, lectures information, a client article and FAQ.

Of the six referring sites, Google.com with 7502 hits and gophergenealogy.blogspot.com with 3383 hits are the most productive. The other four seem to occur due to a review of a blog posting. Any referrals are greatly appreciated. The Keywords for searches, gopher genealogy and aarpdiscount, with 62 and 61 hits, are interesting. There is no known connection to aarpdiscount unless it was a brief mention of their discount for an ancestry.com subscription.

The audience portion of the statistic is very informative. The United States seems to be where the most viewers live. The four European countries seem consistent, but Canada and the United Kingdom are much smaller than expected. The last three countries come from areas where one might expect less viewers.

The different browsers and operating systems were somewhat surprising. With Windows at 56% and McIntosh at 32% it would seem to indicate what type of computer systems viewers are using and that shows change. Handheld devises were minimal. Statistics certainly do not drive the purpose of the blog, but they do give a writer an opportunity to review the impact of certain aspects of the blog. For me the love of writing continues to be putting into words the serendipity moments and results of researching family history. Thank you for being a part of this audience and for your support and encouragement.