Jan 03 2009

Best Of WordPress Guide Spotter 2008

best-of-2008 Even though we are couple days into 2009 I have decided to take the time and present you with the Best Posts of 2008 on my blog WordPress Web 2.0 Guide Spotter. Idea here is to help new readers find out what information that I have shared in last year became most read, most commented on or most accessed through RSS readers.

And perhaps it will help you rediscover some of the posts you have missed but either way it might provides an interesting insight on what is considered by my readers most engaging content in 2008.

To provide you with information I will use data provided by the Popularity Contest plugin and will also give results of WordPress Stats plugin. You can decide for yourself if any of the data useful to you or not.

Last Year – 2008

Stats above represent a compiled score of all the variables that come into play and provide probably the most accurate data I have, and here are some additional stats

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22616 WordPress Web 2.0 Guide
10547 Create A Blog With Simplicity Using Expert WordPress
8250 What Is RSS And Why You Should Subscribe?
8224 Give And You Shall Receive
7695 Being Recognized Has Huge Rewards
7353 Dialup VS Web 2.0 Portals
7347 Optimizing Your WordPress Blog For Search Engines
7207 Blog Mastermind Video For You
7185 Web 2.0 Wealth Updated To WordPress 2.5 Plus
7106 Making Your Blog Work Harder to Achieve Your “Most Desired Action”

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Stats above provided by the popularity contest plugin that is been installed on my blog since its inception and even though it is stopped been supported by its author – it was forced to work due to the useful features it provides.

But there is another way to look at the stats via the WordPress Stats plugin. Unfortunately it was not always installed on my blog throughout the year, as I was experimenting with different things but here are the top posts for 2008 according to WordPress Stats Plugin:

To 10 Posts Of 2008 (WP Stats)

Summary

As you can see above stats presented from different sources can be quite different and I’m not even using information from Google Analytics as it makes the water even more muddy. but what I’m leading to here is importance of at least some form of stats tracking on your blog so you can get a glimpse of what people are reading, what content they find most useful.

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3 Responses to “Best Of WordPress Guide Spotter 2008”

Dennis Edell (173 comments.) says:

January 4, 2009 at 5:47 pm Twitter: @dennis_edell

Now that’s an interesting and unique way to show stats; I like it.

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Andy (7 comments.) says:

January 5, 2009 at 4:25 pm

Hey Alex,
That is a great review of what you have provided to the blogging community. I can’t believe all the wonderful resources you provide. If I could just learn to utilize all this information I would have it made.
I am still going back through your old posts learning stuff.
Thank You

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- TheSpotter (745 comments.) says:
  
  January 5, 2009 at 4:29 pm Twitter: @thespotter
  
  No Problem, more to come – I promise. If you want more direct training and Not Just From me – see this post:
  
  http://www.howtospoter.com/mon.....invitation
  
  This is gonna be huge, I’ll be in learning mode myself as well. Chance to learn direct from Wilie and Mark – this is awesome!
  
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