Whats means your doing well?

[dazd2d]

Was just wondering what other people use as a guide to see how well their blog is doing?

Do you use things like google/alexa rank, amount of subscribers to judge how well your blog is doing.

[Melody]

I think that is a great question.

As to the google rank/alexa rank - I watch those (moreso my page's google page rank, which goes up and down) but I don't find those to be the answer about whether a blog is successful. I have even seen some blogs with a low PR, yet it appears it has a devoted readership. My PR is only a 3 right now, and I would like to get to a 5 or 6 someday, but I guess that's mostly wishful thinking.

I definitely look at my "absolute unique visitors" and "page views" which come from Google Analytics, and hope for upward trends. Once in a while, it's two steps forward and one step back. I remember when I got to the point of averaging like 500 or 600 uniques a day, I felt like I had really become "successful" though now I am past that.

I think most of all, more than any of the above numbers, I look at the conversations in the comments. To have created some sense of community in the readership means a lot to me. That's better than any PR or absolute uniques number.

[victorqd]

How well you are doing depends on how well your readers are engaged with your content.
The best three parameters according to me are-(this does not include the amount of traffic because that depends on how popular your blog topic/theme is)

1.Number of pageviews per unique visit
2.Low Bounce rate
3.Number of comments made
4.Search engine ranking
5.Increase in traffic over a period of time

Google analytic and webmaster tools are best methods to track them...

[BloggingNovice]

I am measuring my blog's success by the following criteria:
1. How I feel the quality of my posts are
2. Number of females wishing to hook up
3. Page Views (in a few months PR)
4. Comments

So far, my blog has failed in all categories

[Chrisg]

For me an slightly ambiguous question. It really depends what your goals are. If they are for 10 visits per day, or 5 comments per day, or earning $20 per day through your blog, then if you hit these then your doing well. The benefit being is that you constantly take the next step up and aim higher

[doublexuan]

BloggingNovice you are hilarious!

[Digitalpkr]

I don´t measure my blog in any way. I just write stuff that I think is interesting and I would want to read on a blog. If other people like that as well, then cool! mission accomplished

[ShereKhan]

As most I measure blog success by the revenue it generates.

[Bagleworm]

I measure by time on site and bounce rate metrics. A couple of my posts have been doing well in search engines, but search engine visitors aren't blog readers... so pageviews isn't a good way for me to measure.

[The Human Jester]

I don't really bother with caring about how my blog is doing I more care about how much fun I'm having doing it