As I've mentioned before, one nice thing about the Blogger software is that it includes a crude statistics package, that allows us to track who's looking at this blog. There aren't a lot of people who find this blog, but those that do are searching for specific things. That's interesting to us, because hopefully this blog helps people find whatever they're looking for.
You can see part of this statistics package on the right-hand side of this page, under "Popular Posts." These are the top ten posts that people read. At the very top is "Exploring St. Petersburg," with, as of now, a little over 600 views. Next in line, with roughly half as many views each, are "Let's explore Kotlas" and "The baby house in Kotlas, illustrated." Then, with a little under half of that, are "Our baby house schedule" and "The Hermitage part II: The upper floors," then "The Hermitage part I: Down in the basement" and "Who elses here has seen the Kotlas baby house? Anyone? Anyone?" with a few less. Finally, with under 100 view each, "It's all about the Yaroslavs," "Malye Korely", and "What happened in court" round out the top ten.
That's actually kind of an interesting mix: five of those post ("Exploring St. Petersburg," "The Hermitage part II: The upper floors," "The Hermitage part I: Down in the basement," "It's all about the Yaroslavs," and "Malye Korely") are related to Russian tourism, and five ("Let's explore Kotlas" "The baby house in Kotlas, illustrated," "Our baby house schedule," "Who elses here has seen the Kotlas baby house? Anyone? Anyone?" and "What happened in court") are related to in-country Russian adoption, with all except the last one about Kotlas and the Kotlas baby house specifically.
That mix reflects what people viewing this blog are coming to see. Most of the visits to our blog are probably people who know us. A fair chunk of the rest come from M's blog (explained in this previous post), and are mostly people interested in the Kotlas baby house. Of the people stumbling across our blog from search engines, "Kotlas," "Kotlas orphanage," and "Kotlas baby home" are by far the most-used search terms, but there is also a fair sprinkling of general searches related to Russian adoption. That explains the people looking at the pages all about the Kotlas orphanage.
The other group of people coming to this blog are often looking at images. A lot of the "popular posts" here are picture-heavy, and certain specific images seem to be popular. This one of St Nicholas's Cathedral, for instance, in the "Exploring St. Petersburg" post, seems to be a hit, as is Matisse's Portrait of L. N. Delectorskaya in the upper floors of the Hermitage. Images of Malye Korely and Russian currency are also popular search terms, and that image search probably explains the eighth and ninth of the "popular posts."
Most of the top ten posts are also relatively old. That makes sense - the longer they've been around, the more likely they are to be stumbled across. It might be interesting to see which newer posts are gathering hits, too. In the last year, the most popular post was "Who elses here has seen the Kotlas baby house? Anyone? Anyone?" (already in the top 10), followed by "Look What I Found" (with an orphanage video), the neat story in "Our Lives Intertwine," "The Swedish are coming," and "Orphanage behavior." Hopefully those posts are out there helping someone, too.
You can see part of this statistics package on the right-hand side of this page, under "Popular Posts." These are the top ten posts that people read. At the very top is "Exploring St. Petersburg," with, as of now, a little over 600 views. Next in line, with roughly half as many views each, are "Let's explore Kotlas" and "The baby house in Kotlas, illustrated." Then, with a little under half of that, are "Our baby house schedule" and "The Hermitage part II: The upper floors," then "The Hermitage part I: Down in the basement" and "Who elses here has seen the Kotlas baby house? Anyone? Anyone?" with a few less. Finally, with under 100 view each, "It's all about the Yaroslavs," "Malye Korely", and "What happened in court" round out the top ten.
That's actually kind of an interesting mix: five of those post ("Exploring St. Petersburg," "The Hermitage part II: The upper floors," "The Hermitage part I: Down in the basement," "It's all about the Yaroslavs," and "Malye Korely") are related to Russian tourism, and five ("Let's explore Kotlas" "The baby house in Kotlas, illustrated," "Our baby house schedule," "Who elses here has seen the Kotlas baby house? Anyone? Anyone?" and "What happened in court") are related to in-country Russian adoption, with all except the last one about Kotlas and the Kotlas baby house specifically.
That mix reflects what people viewing this blog are coming to see. Most of the visits to our blog are probably people who know us. A fair chunk of the rest come from M's blog (explained in this previous post), and are mostly people interested in the Kotlas baby house. Of the people stumbling across our blog from search engines, "Kotlas," "Kotlas orphanage," and "Kotlas baby home" are by far the most-used search terms, but there is also a fair sprinkling of general searches related to Russian adoption. That explains the people looking at the pages all about the Kotlas orphanage.
The other group of people coming to this blog are often looking at images. A lot of the "popular posts" here are picture-heavy, and certain specific images seem to be popular. This one of St Nicholas's Cathedral, for instance, in the "Exploring St. Petersburg" post, seems to be a hit, as is Matisse's Portrait of L. N. Delectorskaya in the upper floors of the Hermitage. Images of Malye Korely and Russian currency are also popular search terms, and that image search probably explains the eighth and ninth of the "popular posts."
Most of the top ten posts are also relatively old. That makes sense - the longer they've been around, the more likely they are to be stumbled across. It might be interesting to see which newer posts are gathering hits, too. In the last year, the most popular post was "Who elses here has seen the Kotlas baby house? Anyone? Anyone?" (already in the top 10), followed by "Look What I Found" (with an orphanage video), the neat story in "Our Lives Intertwine," "The Swedish are coming," and "Orphanage behavior." Hopefully those posts are out there helping someone, too.
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