Regular EW readers know that I am an online content writer by day (among today's 200 word pieces: Radiohead's album marketing strategy; getting in touch with your anus through regular proctological exams). I put some light SEO into each article I write, which is to say I am not 100 percent stats adverse.
A few interesting readership trends:
First off, since seeing a significant viewership increase about two months ago when I started the Arisugawa Park "cloud novel" project and began blogging in earnest, I have stayed fairly consistent at around 10,000 to 12,000 views per month. No mean feat, considering that I have a strict "no video, no clickbait, no bullshit"policy. Here is a look at trends over the past month:
A few interesting readership trends:
First off, since seeing a significant viewership increase about two months ago when I started the Arisugawa Park "cloud novel" project and began blogging in earnest, I have stayed fairly consistent at around 10,000 to 12,000 views per month. No mean feat, considering that I have a strict "no video, no clickbait, no bullshit"policy. Here is a look at trends over the past month:
The interesting things to note is that I got 412 views on May 15, when I posted Arisugawa Park 1.16 - Landing. This is dwarfed by 703 and 618 views on May 13 and May 17 respectively. Days when I posted nothing. What does this seeming randomness mean?
Let's take a look at the unique visitors:
Let's take a look at the unique visitors:
As you can see, May 15 (412 views) far outstrips the other dates, with a whopping 123 unique visitors. I was puzzling this out and came to the conclusion that the difference is that these are not first-time visitors. These are 123 regular readers of the novel who come in for their Ari Park fix and get out.
So what to make of the 703 views and only 53 unique visitors on May 13? I believe it's that a number of first time visitors got interested in the content and started clicking around in the blog archives, reading other stuff. This is valuable in its own right––it means that what I write has heft and captures the interest of casual readers.
Now let's look at the stats for ArisugawaPark, to see if they correspond. The site was hovering at about 4-10 views and 1-2 unique viewers per day until I relaunched it as a home of the "cloud novel" last month.
So what to make of the 703 views and only 53 unique visitors on May 13? I believe it's that a number of first time visitors got interested in the content and started clicking around in the blog archives, reading other stuff. This is valuable in its own right––it means that what I write has heft and captures the interest of casual readers.
Now let's look at the stats for ArisugawaPark, to see if they correspond. The site was hovering at about 4-10 views and 1-2 unique viewers per day until I relaunched it as a home of the "cloud novel" last month.
Big sigh of relief, the stats do correspond (there has been some controversy about the veracity of Weebly's stats––the consensus seems to be that they have made them more accurate in the past year or so).
A relatively large spike, 129 page views on May 15, when I released the latest episode of Ari Park. In other words, some readers are visiting AP to get caught up on the story, refresh. This is encouraging to say the least––the first time I got a real spike from the publication of an AP episode.
For the sake of completeness, here are the unique visitors for ArisugawaPark:
A relatively large spike, 129 page views on May 15, when I released the latest episode of Ari Park. In other words, some readers are visiting AP to get caught up on the story, refresh. This is encouraging to say the least––the first time I got a real spike from the publication of an AP episode.
For the sake of completeness, here are the unique visitors for ArisugawaPark:
72 unique viewers to 123 page views is an excellent ratio and what you would expect––unlike with EnduranceWriter, there is not much to explore except the ongoing first chapter.
Thanks for nerding out with me on this and exploring the dynamics of growing a blog audience. This may be something that you can get something practical out of if you are considering publishing a cloud novel of your own. Bottom line: it is not quick or easy, but an audience gradually grows.
As for Ari Park 1.17 - Imbecile? It is coming very soon, possibly mañana.
Damon D. Dawson of Bandito College
Thanks for nerding out with me on this and exploring the dynamics of growing a blog audience. This may be something that you can get something practical out of if you are considering publishing a cloud novel of your own. Bottom line: it is not quick or easy, but an audience gradually grows.
As for Ari Park 1.17 - Imbecile? It is coming very soon, possibly mañana.
Damon D. Dawson of Bandito College
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