New Quick Blogcast Statistics Tool
We recently launched the new Quick Blogcast Statistics tool, a fresh, interactive design for working with your blog site’s statistics. The new statistics tool replaces the previous one; however, for a limited time, you can view your previous statistics in the Classic mode.
Why We Implemented the New Statistics Tool
We designed the new tool in an effort to provide you with the most accurate information for your site and to offer more control over how you view that information. Quick Blogcast's new statistics tool gives you access to statistics and reports for various features of your blog, including how visitors are getting to your blog, how frequently they're visiting, what they're viewing, and on what entries they're commenting.
While the Classic statistics tool provided some similar information, the new statistics tool provides many enhancements over the Classic tool. The new statistics tool is not merely a redesign with a different view of the same information; it is an entirely new method of collecting data. It exceeds the Classic tool in its ability to collect accurate, realistic statistical information for your blog. Because these tools are so different, some reported data may be inconsistent between the Classic and the new statistics tools.
Why Your New Statistics May Not Match Your Classic Statistics
The previous tool and method of collecting statistical information did not always provide a fully accurate account of your blog site’s statistics, because some hits to your site do not represent valid users. This is not to say we collected inaccurate information. Rather, the collected information included traffic to your site generated by web bots, such as Google, that crawl your site and can produce erroneous hits from invalid or non-existent URLs. The system also collected information from some non-automated visits, such as generated screen captcha images.
Classic statistics might show that you received 100 visits to your site last week, while the new statistics tool displays only 11 visits for the same period of time. Such a difference is likely because the Classic mode includes visits to your site from Web crawling bots and other hits that do not represent your site’s actual viewers.
Not all statistics display such radically different results between the two tools. For example, the reported statistics of the Classic tool Article Views and the corresponding Entry Views in the new tool should be quite similar.
Because the Classic and new tools collect different sets of data and use different methods to collect it, we cannot measure the history or statistics that were collected in the Classic mode. However, the new statistic tool provides a truly superior experience over the Classic tool and once more new statistics are collected, you will have far more accurate data to compare for your statistical history.
Why the New Statistics Tool is Superior to the Classic Tool
Now that you know our reasoning for the update and the differences in collection methods, let’s go over the ways in which the new tool is better than the Classic tool.
The Classic statistics tool had the benefit of providing real-time statistics. The moment you accessed a given statistic, we collected the information and provided it immediately to you. Unfortunately, this method of data collection did not include the same verification level as the new statistics tool. Therefore, the collected data included the traffic generated by automated and other invalid users.
The new statistics tool collects information and calculates it before it is presented to you. The tool filters out the superfluous and invalid hits and verifies that the traffic is coming from actual users, providing accurate information about your viewer’s browsers and operating systems. This process occurs nightly.
Additionally, the new statistics tool has many features that exceed those of the classic tool. For example, the Classic tool did not provide any visual displays of your information, such as charts and graphs. The new statistics tool, on the other hand, includes a Visits at a Glance section and offers options to view your data as a pie chart or detailed graph.
With the new statistics tool, you also have more control over the period of time for which you want to view your statistics. You can set the time period (day, week, month, or year) for any of the statistics you want to view. The Classic tool only provided a time range for certain statistics in the article views.
We are very excited about the new Quick Blogcast statistics tool and we want to know how you’re enjoying it. We welcome all your feedback.
For additional information on the details of the new statistics tool, please see Managing Quick Blogcast Statistics.
Why We Implemented the New Statistics Tool
We designed the new tool in an effort to provide you with the most accurate information for your site and to offer more control over how you view that information. Quick Blogcast's new statistics tool gives you access to statistics and reports for various features of your blog, including how visitors are getting to your blog, how frequently they're visiting, what they're viewing, and on what entries they're commenting.
While the Classic statistics tool provided some similar information, the new statistics tool provides many enhancements over the Classic tool. The new statistics tool is not merely a redesign with a different view of the same information; it is an entirely new method of collecting data. It exceeds the Classic tool in its ability to collect accurate, realistic statistical information for your blog. Because these tools are so different, some reported data may be inconsistent between the Classic and the new statistics tools.
Why Your New Statistics May Not Match Your Classic Statistics
The previous tool and method of collecting statistical information did not always provide a fully accurate account of your blog site’s statistics, because some hits to your site do not represent valid users. This is not to say we collected inaccurate information. Rather, the collected information included traffic to your site generated by web bots, such as Google, that crawl your site and can produce erroneous hits from invalid or non-existent URLs. The system also collected information from some non-automated visits, such as generated screen captcha images.
Classic statistics might show that you received 100 visits to your site last week, while the new statistics tool displays only 11 visits for the same period of time. Such a difference is likely because the Classic mode includes visits to your site from Web crawling bots and other hits that do not represent your site’s actual viewers.
Not all statistics display such radically different results between the two tools. For example, the reported statistics of the Classic tool Article Views and the corresponding Entry Views in the new tool should be quite similar.
Because the Classic and new tools collect different sets of data and use different methods to collect it, we cannot measure the history or statistics that were collected in the Classic mode. However, the new statistic tool provides a truly superior experience over the Classic tool and once more new statistics are collected, you will have far more accurate data to compare for your statistical history.
Why the New Statistics Tool is Superior to the Classic Tool
Now that you know our reasoning for the update and the differences in collection methods, let’s go over the ways in which the new tool is better than the Classic tool.
The Classic statistics tool had the benefit of providing real-time statistics. The moment you accessed a given statistic, we collected the information and provided it immediately to you. Unfortunately, this method of data collection did not include the same verification level as the new statistics tool. Therefore, the collected data included the traffic generated by automated and other invalid users.
The new statistics tool collects information and calculates it before it is presented to you. The tool filters out the superfluous and invalid hits and verifies that the traffic is coming from actual users, providing accurate information about your viewer’s browsers and operating systems. This process occurs nightly.
Additionally, the new statistics tool has many features that exceed those of the classic tool. For example, the Classic tool did not provide any visual displays of your information, such as charts and graphs. The new statistics tool, on the other hand, includes a Visits at a Glance section and offers options to view your data as a pie chart or detailed graph.
With the new statistics tool, you also have more control over the period of time for which you want to view your statistics. You can set the time period (day, week, month, or year) for any of the statistics you want to view. The Classic tool only provided a time range for certain statistics in the article views.
We are very excited about the new Quick Blogcast statistics tool and we want to know how you’re enjoying it. We welcome all your feedback.
For additional information on the details of the new statistics tool, please see Managing Quick Blogcast Statistics.
Hi, how're you all doing? So I've been comparing my classic statistic tally with the new statistic format and I have a question. In the entry above, you say that the classic 'article views' should be similar to the new 'entry views'. Here's the thing: Yesterday I showed 202 article views classically speaking, but only 8 entry views newly speaking. That kind of doesn't seem similar. Am I maybe overrun with web crawlers disguised as readers or vice versa?
Thanx.
Hi Ali, our new statistics tool does not include visits from web crawling bots as you might have noticed. This would explain the difference you are seeing between the classic statistics and the new statistics. Web crawling bots will hit your blog constantly, especially if you have submitted your blog to any of the major search engines.