Motivation and stupid statistics
Have you ever sat down to watch the paint dry after painting a wall? Or walked around the lawn staring at the grass waiting for it to grow after mowing it.
Not?
But I am sure you have been in and out of Google Analytics several times per day to see if anything is happening or ran your site through Alexa just to find out that your site still is in the 18.000.000 range in the world, and then done it again the next day to see if it's improved.
Don't get me wrong. Keeping track of the stats is important. It will help you analyze user behavior, build a better site and find out if what you do is good or not.
But when you have a new site, building traffic take time. Sometimes a very long time.
It's like watching grass grow. You will not see any significant growth at once, but eventually, maybe without you even noticing, it will get long enough. Even if you absolutely love to mow the lawn, the grass will not grow faster if you watch it.
The same applies to your traffic stats. They will improve eventually.
But still, you will check Analytics every day, just as you from time to time have to put your finger on the wall to see if the paint has dried some more.
Just don't let it kill your motivation to see low to zero in traffic on your site.
Instead, let it inspire you to fertilize your site with better keyword research, better SEO and many more articles.
And even if your site is number 18.000.000 on Alexa you are still among the top 1.4% of the 1.297.000.000 websites out there.
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Cant agree more on that. We have to divert our restlessness to something useful. Thanks for the reminder.
Love this. It made me laugh. Not sure this was your intention but your analogy struck home. I think I was laughing at myself.
With Grace and Gratitude
Karen
I am always happy if I make somebody laugh. Even if we are into serious business we should never forget to have fun. And if a point can be made in a way that makes people smile, it's even better. Thank you for reading.
I have decided to only check google analytics a few times a week. Seeing the numbers change down to zero can be very discouraging. So, I am going to focus on content for awhile.
I like the mindset and analogy. U don't plant a seed and start digging it every 5 minutes to see if it growing. U end up killing it.
Fully agree - I would add as an example watching on everyday basis the fluctuation of the stock market - you will see lots of donws which may discourage you, while in a long term your shares will be statistically proven profitable.
Yes, the stock market is the same. If your long-term investment goes on small daily downs you will get panic and sell prematurely
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So incredibly true what you wrote in this article. I read right here at WA so many articles written by members who are practically obsessed with their website stats on Google Analytics.
As you stated in cases within niches that are competitive, one's analytics are not going to change overnight, or in one day, one week or even significantly within a month.
Your suggestion as to a person instead building up his/her website with highly relevant content is a task that people SHOULD focus their efforts on. Conversely instead not wasting time in checking at the Google analytic site a half dozen times or more every 24 hours.
That is correct. Thanks for reading