Showing posts with label followers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label followers. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 12, 2014



Greetings to My International Audience!


So, this is my first blog, and I'm still geeking out over all the cool little bells and whistles that Google puts on behind the scenes. My favorite part is all the charts and statistics that show where the traffic is coming from, both the websites that direct people here, and the actual countries where views originate. There is even a little map of the world showing which countries have people who viewed my blog posts, and it's color coded; countries who have provided so much as one view appear in a pale green shade, and it apparently gets darker as more views are registered. The United States, as you might guess gives me the predominant number of views, is a very dark green.

But hi, Poland! Or should I say, "Cześć!" You were the first country to give me love. I was surprised to see those 2 views, and even more surprised when a third was added!

And Canada, O Canada, you showed up next. So far you have only favored me with one view, but that's understandable--I do write about Greensboro, North Carolina, after all. But thanks/merci (everything has to be in both languages by law, right?).

And then Indonesia came visiting - welcome (Selamat Datang)! And just today, India and Sweden joined the party (आपका स्वागत है and Välkomna!, respectively), with one view each. You are just pale green, now, my friends, but maybe your shade will deepen some day, as we get to know each other better. If you keep visiting, you might want to plan a trip here to Greensboro to see all the cool stuff I'm telling you about!

You can also find What's Good in Greensbroro? on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Good-in-Greensboro-848569635208317/ . See you there!

Image from Pixabay http://pixabay.com/en/map-world-globe-earth-planet-307405/
Translation provided by Google Translate and by my casual acquaintance with French.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014


Hey, I Got My First Follower!


I promoted my nascent blog to my friends on Facebook yesterday, now that I have a few articles to show them, and I just now logged in, curious to see what the views and other stats might show. Did they take a jump? Why, yes, they did! And not only that, I had views not just from my Facebook share, but from Google, which means actual internet traffic! Perfect strangers are reading my work! SEO, baby! And not only that, but I also had shares on G+ (I mean, besides my own)! And not only THAT, but I also have a follower, now--GemofaGirl! And it's true, she is a good friend of mine in real life, but the fact that she bothered to sign up and all was extremely cool. I don't know how to tag people in posts, but I guess she'll see this--thanks, Chickie! Friends are awesome.

As for the stats--I am a giant analytics nerd, and I  love how Blogger shows you where the views are coming from--I've never had that before, anywhere that I have written. I'm pretty happy with Google--now if I can just get the elusive AdSense on my blog, that will ice the cake. In the meantime, you early adapters can enjoy my content ad-free!

You can also find What's Good in Greensbroro? on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Good-in-Greensboro-848569635208317/ . See you there!

Image from Pixabay http://pixabay.com/en/girl-hat-happy-laughing-face-cute-204327/