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Stats Showdown

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How much information?

How much information?

• Do you want something simple?• More information than you know what to

do with?• Or do you want some information, but

don’t want to be overwhelmed?

Just the Facts Ma’am

How to Install Plugins

Login to your self-hosted WordPress Blog and click “add new”.

How to Install PluginsDo a search for the theme you

want.

How to Install Plugins

Click on the “Install Now” button.

WP-Stats

Tell Me More…

…

WordPress.com Stats

•Not only available on Wordpress.com

•Also available as a plugin for self hosted.

WordPress.com Stats

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Referrers & Post/Pages

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Search & Posts

Summary

Search Terms

Sharing Secrets with Google

Sharing Secrets with Google

WordPress.com Stats dashboard

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WordPress.com Stats dashboard

WordPress.com Stats dashboard

Sifting For Gold

Installing Google Analytics

www.google.com/analytics

Google Analytics

Google Analytics

Go back to the plugin configuration and put in you UA account number from Google Analytics.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics

Top Content (pages and/or posts)

Geography by State

Browsers

Operating Systems

Google Analytics

Keywords

WordPress Stats Showdown GraphAttribute WP-Stats WordPress.com Stats Google Analytics

Instant Gratification Yes No No

Post/Page Stats Yes Yes Yes

Comment Stats Yes Yes No

Views or Visitors Views Views Visitors

Referrals/Sources No Yes Yes

Keywords/ Search Engines No Yes Yes

Graphs No Yes Yes

Geo Reporting No No Yes

Date ranges NoFixed

(week, month, quarter, year, all time)Yes

(custom)Browser, Operating System, Connection Speed… No No Yes

Thank You

Special Thanks to Kira Zmuda of The Mathematics of Glamour (www.themathematicsofglamour.com ) for the use of her website during this presentation.

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