Good morning and Happy Fathers Day to those of you who are fathers, and up. (It’s 7 am in EST Canada as I type this, so that means Europe mostly…)
I’m sitting in a wet spot and my coffee cup is empty. 😳
The wet spot is courtesy of the dew from overnight – I don’t think it rained…
The old, ripped lawn chair cushions were left out by whomever was outside last (hint: not me) which normally isn’t a big deal if the night is dry. Right? But the humidity content in the air yesterday was about 600% so…anyway. Tweet a meteorologist if you want to understand any if this.
Point is, I’m sitting in a wet spot yearning for more coffee but I’m too lazy to get up. 😀
I was looking at my stats today. I rarely do this because analyzing stats is a business thing and this isn’t a business blog so I don’t care what the stats say. But I’m bored, my tushy is wet and I’m out of coffee…
…so I clicked and spent some time looking at the countries thing.
More specifically, the map.
Cool, right?
I wish I could expand Europe a bit and look closer (and maybe I can zoom on the laptop but I’m on mobile now) because I saw on the list of countries that there are quite a few views which don’t show up well on this teeny map. Like Switzerland. And Belgium.
Anyway, I’m rambling about this because I find geography fascinating. And blogging gives us this fun opportunity to reach wide and far across the globe which is also amazing. I have (at last count) a German and a French follower who have translations on their blogs. These two ladies are much more clever than I am. 😀
Side note: I got up to make more coffee and in the time I was inside the wet spot on the chair has dried. That’s how hot it is already.
Next beverage after this one will include ice cubes. 😉
Great post. I think it’s great that we can all reach readers in such far away places
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Yes. It’s quite wonderful. 🙂
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I am obsessed with my stats and look at them way too often. And I realize it serves no purpose… 🙂
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It’s fun sometimes… 😉
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I love the map feature on WordPress! Fascinating to see people reading our musings from all over the world 🌍 glad your seat dried out 😉
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Hope your tushy dried as quickly as the chair. 🙂
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😂
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What a great post, I’m a follower from the USA, and I too check stats from time to time. I wasn’t sure if the hits I get from foreign countries was just a mistake? If not, that’s pretty cool! I have a lot from Russia? How about you? C
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We both love geography and have maps all over the house and a globe.
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I love geography. Not surprisingly, I have a bunch of followers from Croatia now…ever since I spread the blogging love there.
Hope your humidity is 560% lower today!
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It isn’t. Boo.
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The map vis the most interesting part of the WP stats, especially when you look at all-time. I really want someone from Greenland to visit, because that’s one big chunk o’ land.
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I knew a very sweet pilot from Greenland once. Karsten something. He sent me a cookbook when he returned home. 😉
(I worked for a simulator company once, he came in to train.)
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Perhaps it’s time to track him down and get him on your map!
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It always amazes me when I pick up a reader from some far away exotic land. Makes me wonder just how boring their country has to be for them to be interested in my endless woodchuck posts.
😉
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It’s the entertainment factor. 😉
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It’s funny…I’m a total stats person….yet i rarely look at my blog stats. I don’t know what that says about me…
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You treat the blog as a non-mathematical entity. A social network. The stats are irrelevant because you seek engagement, not hits and numbers.
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Very true
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Yay, I’m a blip on your map 😉
I don’t generally bother with stats either, but it can be quite interesting on occasion to see where your followers are coming from.
Enjoy yoyr next drink 😉
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