According to the login page for WordPress.com, there are almost 385,000 bloggers using WordPress.com (and hundreds of thousands more using WP software). Considering those numbers, the end of year report from WordPress is impressive. It’s got to be an investment to send this report to every WordPress.com blogger.
Here’s a link to the presentation of 2011 Work, Wine and Wheels stats:
http://cparente.wordpress.com/2011/annual-report/
I try hard to provide interesting content on all three topics, so the numbers were gratifying:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 28,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 10 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
In 2011, there were 96 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 297 posts. There were 139 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 68mb. That’s about 3 pictures per week.
The busiest day of the year was September 30th with 316 views. The most popular post that day was The Supercookie Debate.
I thought last year’s report from WordPress was good, reporting that my blog received about 17,000 visits in 2010. Thanks to my readers, traffic is up 65%. I was also pleased to see that the number one post was my discussion of the Supercookie issue.
Online companies need to be more transparent with users about how the online business model works — discounted or free services in exchange for personal information. It would be good for business AND good for online privacy.
Whether you visit here for technology, wine or BMW news, thank you for your time in 2011. Watch for design upgrades to Work, Wine and Wheels this year. And as always please share feedback on posts and tell me what issues you’d like to see covered.