I can hardly believe this day has come so soon. It was two years ago today when I started this blog. It was two years ago today that I got my first blog comment. TWO YEARS! I feel like I just started blogging yesterday…MAN, time flies when you blog. And I would have never thought that my blog would bring me to the place I am today. I never thought that having a dumb little website would be such a huge part of my life. I never thought that I’d develop so many relationships– CLOSE relationships –because of it. I cannot thank you guys enough for being here for me all this time. I do have friends in “real life”, but there have been times where you guys have encouraged me more than they have. I really want you guys to know that you are not merely “online friends” or “blog friends”, but you are just friends, period. I don’t see you as imaginary people who live in cyberspace, although people who don’t understand this whole thing might think so. Although my blog stats have actually gotten worse over these past two years, the relationships I’ve built have gotten stronger. And that is worth more than thousands of blog views, trust me.
I guess that’s all I’ll say for now, because I really don’t think a post could express how much I love you guys.
I thought it’d be fun to leave you with some stats, despite me trying to stop worrying about them so much (:
After two years:
- 298 posts [including this one]
- 15, 878 blog views [~21.8 a day]
- 1,607 blog comments [~2.2 per day]
Link Loved [condensed version]:
1. Zachary – 1065 views
2. Brody – 444 total views*
3. Annie – 256 views
4. Aly – 173 views
5. Holly – 148 total views*
Kjaere said,
July 4, 2009 @ 11:33 am
Happy blog-aversary! :-)
Raquel TWG said,
July 4, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
Thanks!
My little blog is already 2 years old! They grow up so fast :(
Evan said,
July 4, 2009 @ 1:45 pm
How’d you find out how many times someones has looked at your blog? That’s cool.. Happy birthday blog! :P
Raquel TWG said,
July 4, 2009 @ 1:54 pm
Well on your blog stats page [Dashboard > Blog Stats] it tells you how many blog views you have.
Evan said,
July 4, 2009 @ 6:37 pm
But how did you get the “Linked Love” stats?
thejambi said,
July 4, 2009 @ 9:54 pm
You average nearly 22 views PER DAY!?
Raquel TWG said,
July 4, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
Well not anymore…I just divided the number of blog views by 365 times 2 and I got that number. Is that a lot or a little?
thejambi said,
July 4, 2009 @ 10:09 pm
I mean, it’s rare that I get that many a day, let alone average it.
anon4him said,
July 5, 2009 @ 12:16 pm
Those stats are pretty impressive :-P Congrats for sticking with us “friends” for two years :-) Love you!
Raquel TWG said,
July 5, 2009 @ 1:17 pm
Thanks for tolerating me for two years (:
Love you too!
Raquel TWG said,
July 4, 2009 @ 9:14 pm
Oh. You go to your Blog Stats page, and there should be a section labeled “Referrers” and it says “People clicked links from these pages to get to your blog.” under it. Click the word “Referrers. It should say “Summarize” at the top of the page and it will list different time periods (7 days, 30 days, quarter, year, all time). Click “All Time” and it will show you how many referrals you have from every site that has a link to your blog.