Bye Bye 2016, hello 2017. I can’t say December ended the way I was hoping, as far as my blog’s traffic report. I told you in November how I thought the secret.google.trump spam may affected my google analytics report for November. Boy, was I right. My December traffic report is from December 2-31st. I caught the secret.google.trump spam on December 1st. So I created a new filter and had to eliminate data from December 1st. I’ll also show November and October’s traffic reports for comparison because there are significant differences due to the spam.
December Traffic Report – Dec 2nd thru 31st
- Unique page views – 275 (-55%)
- Bounce rate – 23.75% (+340%)
- Sessions – 160 (-71%)
- Users – 115 (-65%)
November Traffic Report – With Trump Spam
- Unique page views – 611 (+65%)
- Bounce rate – 5.39% (-78%)
- Sessions – 557 (+122%)
- Users – 335 (+139%)
October Traffic Report – For Comparison
- Unique page views – 371
- Bounce rate – 25%
- Sessions – 250
- Users – 140
Social Media Goals For December
I made a return to social media in December, with a goal of getting more followers on my social sites. I made my biggest push on twitter with the help of Crowdfireapp and Instagram.
- Twitter – November at 578 – Goal 600 – Now at 641
- Facebook – November at 80 – Goal 90 – Now at 80
- YouTube – Goal 30 Followers – Now at 24
- Pinterest – November at 70 – Goal 90 – Now at 73
- Instagram – November at 75 – Now at 100
Top 5 Posts of 2016
These are my top 5 posts from 2016. What’s funny is the first one was actually written in 2015 but it continues to have legs. I guess many parents can identify with the fact that their kids have a secret language that is a lot more complicated than pig latin.
- Texting Acronyms For Parents of Teenagers (This post was written in 2015 but continues to have the most page views)
- Interview with Super Bloggers John Chow and Syed Balkhi
- Going to the Movies Alone
- Top 5 Book Series for Kids Ages 10-12
- Fitness and Staying Motivated to Workout
If you have any tips or tricks to reaching your goals, I’d love to hear them. Please comment below. Cheers, Michelle
