How to Check Your Blog's Traffic Statistics on Today.com

Traffic stats will tell you how many people have viewed your site each day, including the number of unique visits, total visits, the referring website, pages they viewed, and keywords users searched.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Today.com blog

1. Log in to Today.com. There is a "sign in" button on the top right of the header.

2. Move to the "My Account" screen. Click "VIP Statistics" under "VIP Blogs."

3. Click the second tab, which says "traffic stats."

4. Change the type of report and the dates you want to view in the top window. For daily traffic, your report should be for "visits."

5. Below you will see the number of unique visits, total visits, earnings, and the applicable promotion for each date.

6. Click the "pages" link to see which pages on your blog people most frequently viewed.

7. Click the "referrers" link to see where people came from (what page they were on when they clicked a link to your site). Referring links can tell you what sites are best for promoting your site. Entrecard.com, for instance, often has a large number of hits.

8. Click the "searches" link to see what people searched for in any search engine (Google, Yahoo!, etc.) to find your blog.

Tips & Warnings

• Check your traffic often to keep track of the popularity of your blog.
• Check the "searches" link to find suggestions for popular keywords. Use these often in your blog.
• Check out referring links that are unfamiliar. You may find another blog or website that references what you've written.
• Beware of spam. If you find a referring link you don't know, know that spammers can be attempting to profit from your blog's popularity by frequenting and commenting on your blog.

Resources

• Sign up for a paid blog on Today.com
• Entrecard.com - Excellent for promoting your blog