BY THE NUMBERS...
When I started my blog on November 28, 2008 there were very few ABDL blogs on the Internet. I started mine to little fanfare; I posted the link in a few profiles and forums but, for the first few months I had a very small number of readers; some days I would get 1-2 viewers in a 24-hour period.
Over time, of course, the word got out. More and more people started reading Abysitter.com, following my posts - some regularly. People started contributing diaper photos, baby pictures, and true stories. On October 29, 2010 my blog reached 50,000 views - a milestone for any blogger.
On that day I added a second counter to the blog, the one you see to the right. It's Blogger's counter, and at that time it read 62,000 views. The counter at the right counts views each time someone comes to any page on my blog. The counter at the bottom counts unique views; you can look at 100 different pages here but it will count a viewer no more than once in a 24-hour period.
The counter at the bottom, then, is a more 'accurate' representation of this blog's average daily views. Add +300 to get the actual number of viewers we've had since we started in 2008.
Since October 29 the blog has had 20,000 non-unique views, an average of 250 per day.
Since October 29 the blog has had 6,531 unique views, an average of 81 per day. This number varies widely, based on my posts and promotion on Twitter and other websites; it's been as high as 400 in one day several weeks ago, and can be as low as 50 after a period of days with no new posts.
This means, among other things, that my viewers typically read not only the first page of the blog, but also click on two other pages on the blog.
A recent survey I posted gave a better view of my blog's actual demographics. The survey itself had 60 responses in the first 24 hours, and has had nearly 100 total in one week. It revealed that my viewers are predominately male, 75% are under 30 and nearly half college-aged, with 54% identifying themselves as AB and 31% as DL. The vast majority of my viewers are gay or bi. Most have at least one other fetish, including spanking (more than 50%) and pup play, among others.
61% of my viewers state that they visit the blog once a week or less. If this is true, it implies that my daily view average - around 80 - includes approximately 50 people who view weekly. Stretching the numbers, it suggests that I have at least 350 weekly viewers, in addition to a core group of 30 "regulars" - people who view the blog on a daily or almost-daily basis.
These numbers aren't scientific, and true number crunchers may analyze them a different way. They're not important to most of my readers, but they're important to me as a blogger; they're also important because I'm considering offering advertising space on the blog, and need to have some idea of analytics before I do so.
I've resisted using Google ads because they're annoying and, often, irrelevant. Still, there's no question that they generate revenue. Diapers and assorted gear are expensive, and it would be nice if something I work so hard on might make me a few diaper dollars...
While I won't be resorting to Google ads just yet, I may send out an email to several ABDL-related companies offering ad space at some point in the future. If anyone has experience with this (companies, rates) please contact me at abysitter@gmail.com.
I'd considered offering ad space for a while, but the survey results made me realize that I really do have a core group of regular, loyal readers/viewers/fans.
I'll keep you posted...
In the meantime, you can help me out. At the end of every posting there are 'share' options, click-thru's which allow you to share a link to the post via email, Twitter, Facebook, and Google Buzz. You can see an example in the picture below:
1 comment:
maybe you should move you blog to a real web host and fix a real domain before you ask the company if the wont to advertising on you blog.
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