Best of the first six months

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I’m looking back on six months of blogging. In this posts I’ll share some statistics, biggest traffic sources and my favorite posts!

Statistics:

• 108 posts
• 315 comments
• 1780 spam comments (since I switched to WordPress)
• 37,022 visits (since I started using Google Analytics in May)
• 195 average visits per day
• 64,146 page views (since I started using Google Analytics in May)
• 32,035 absolute unique visitors (since I started using Google Analytics in May)
• over 400 RSS subscribers
• $80.15 total blog income

Want to know more stats? Ask me in the comments!

Biggest traffic sources:

1. StumbleUpon 63%
2. Direct Traffic 13%
3. Google searches 6%
4. Zen Habits 4%

I think it’s great that the top 4 consists of 4 different types of sources. Social media, direct traffic, search engine traffic and direct referral traffic. StumbleUpon has generated a massive amount of traffic. This was mainly due to my article with 21 riddles (see link below), that one went viral when I was on holidays
Favorite single posts:
Posts I enjoyed writing and that keep on being a resource for myself and others.

• Battle your inbox: 11 habits to an empty inbox
• Why backlogs suck big time!
• 7 steps to unleash the power of the 80/20 rule
• Seven powerful ways how the Alchemist can change your life
• Success is never an accident
• Formulate powerful goals using these 7 rules
• Detailing my mission statement into guidelines and goals
• Early Bird Challenge: recap with lessons learned

The series:
I’ve written three series, and I’m still proud of them. 17 posts in total, but not all on my own blog.

• How hard can it be, to be me - 6 part series on authenticity
• Seven habits of highly effective people - 7 part series on Covey’s habits
• Mastering Productivity - 4 part cross-blog series on productivity

Wildly popular posts:
A special mention for these posts, as they generated a ton of traffic.

• List Extravaganza: 5000 tips on 100 lists
• 21 riddles to train lateral thinking