Gary Lewis Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 I don't think there was a lot of image sharing going on, but I can't tell that directly from the Sumo reports. However, I can see the total number of shares and by checking on some of the popular pages it looks like they shared the page itself instead of the image. So let's leave it this way. Thanks for speaking up. Not sure how many shares we had on Feb 1st when I added the new share feature, but there weren't many. And here we are not quite two months later and look at the count - 1K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Not sure how many shares we had on Feb 1st when I added the new share feature, but there weren't many. And here we are not quite two months later and look at the count - 1K. That’s a good number Gary! It would be neat to know where/how the pages are being shared... to groups... to individuals through messenger... etc., and how many shares result in a web visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 That’s a good number Gary! It would be neat to know where/how the pages are being shared... to groups... to individuals through messenger... etc., and how many shares result in a web visit. Yes, it would be good to know who the shares were by. But I can figure out which pages are getting shares by going to the page. Here's the pages I was tracking before with data from Feb 2 and today: (Note that you frequently have to refresh the page twice to get the #'s to pop up.) Bullnose FAQ's: Feb 2: 44 Today: 44 Calibration Info & Part #'s: 43 43 Electrical/Alternators: 59 59 Engines/385 Series: 38 38 Interchange/Air Conditioning: 17 37 Specifications/Towing: 2 2 TSB's/TSB Index: 29 29 Year-To-Year Differences: 18 18 So, those pages aren't getting shared much. But the forum sure is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Yes, it would be good to know who the shares were by. But I can figure out which pages are getting shares by going to the page. Here's the pages I was tracking before with data from Feb 2 and today: (Note that you frequently have to refresh the page twice to get the #'s to pop up.) Bullnose FAQ's: Feb 2: 44 Today: 44 Calibration Info & Part #'s: 43 43 Electrical/Alternators: 59 59 Engines/385 Series: 38 38 Interchange/Air Conditioning: 17 37 Specifications/Towing: 2 2 TSB's/TSB Index: 29 29 Year-To-Year Differences: 18 18 So, those pages aren't getting shared much. But the forum sure is! Gary does this program track likes and shares separately? Not quite sure what I’m looking at. I took this screen shot a couple days ago and the little number in the Facebook box has already changed from 953 to 965... I assume that rounded off that’s where the 1K is coming from? If so, it’s all FB traffic and no other media? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Gary does this program track likes and shares separately? Not quite sure what I’m looking at. I took this screen shot a couple days ago and the little number in the Facebook box has already changed from 953 to 965... I assume that rounded off that’s where the 1K is coming from? If so, it’s all FB traffic and no other media? No, likes and shares are the same, I think. I have an option to determine what that says, and I could make it either. But I do get some reports, as shown below. However, the info is highly suspect. The first screen grab is from Feb 3rd and it says we have "All Time Shares" of 20. The second grab is from today and it says all time shares are 113. So, there were 93 shares in that timeframe but we went from almost no shares showing at the bottom of the page to 1K shares? And, as a freebie user I can't change the start and end dates in the report. You have to upgrade to do that, and they want $39/mo for that. But if that info isn't any better than this info I don't see a reason to pay. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 No, likes and shares are the same, I think. I have an option to determine what that says, and I could make it either. But I do get some reports, as shown below. However, the info is highly suspect. The first screen grab is from Feb 3rd and it says we have "All Time Shares" of 20. The second grab is from today and it says all time shares are 113. So, there were 93 shares in that timeframe but we went from almost no shares showing at the bottom of the page to 1K shares? And, as a freebie user I can't change the start and end dates in the report. You have to upgrade to do that, and they want $39/mo for that. But if that info isn't any better than this info I don't see a reason to pay. Am I missing something? Good grief don’t pay for that! Out of curiosity it’s nice to know what’s working to spread the word but I don’t think those statistics are going to help a whole lot... not like writing the posts that you do in the groups to announce new pages and resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Good grief don’t pay for that! Out of curiosity it’s nice to know what’s working to spread the word but I don’t think those statistics are going to help a whole lot... not like writing the posts that you do in the groups to announce new pages and resources. I agree with all you said. And while we are on the subject, I have several sources of info for traffic to the site and to the forum - which are two separate things. (The forum is embedded on the 1st page of the site.) One is Weebly that hosts the site. Another is Google, and another is Sumo, the outfit that put the social media buttons on. But, those sources do not agree with each other, and one could easily go crazy trying to reconcile them. So, I don't. But I do watch all of them because each has different bits of info. However, Weebly is the one I like the best. And it certainly shows up the results of posting on FB. Here's a grab of the last ~6 months traffic from Weebly, and on the "unique visits" chart I've circled several peaks. (A unique visit means that you get counted once per day, no matter how many pages you view.) And I'm sure I could go back to FB and correlate those peaks to one or more posts I've done there about new content. But there are several things to note from that chart. One is that 6 months ago we were running around 300 unique visits per day. And now we are pushing 600/day. Another is that the peaks are around 800, but you see how much smaller the peaks appear since the base is increasing. And that doesn't even speak to the posts on FB where I point someone to the site to answer his/her question. Those generate repeat visitors as well. And, several of those have started answering other people's questions with links to the site. So, in some ways we are the best-kept secret re Bullnose trucks. But, the word is slowly getting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 I agree with all you said. And while we are on the subject, I have several sources of info for traffic to the site and to the forum - which are two separate things. (The forum is embedded on the 1st page of the site.) One is Weebly that hosts the site. Another is Google, and another is Sumo, the outfit that put the social media buttons on. But, those sources do not agree with each other, and one could easily go crazy trying to reconcile them. So, I don't. But I do watch all of them because each has different bits of info. However, Weebly is the one I like the best. And it certainly shows up the results of posting on FB. Here's a grab of the last ~6 months traffic from Weebly, and on the "unique visits" chart I've circled several peaks. (A unique visit means that you get counted once per day, no matter how many pages you view.) And I'm sure I could go back to FB and correlate those peaks to one or more posts I've done there about new content. But there are several things to note from that chart. One is that 6 months ago we were running around 300 unique visits per day. And now we are pushing 600/day. Another is that the peaks are around 800, but you see how much smaller the peaks appear since the base is increasing. And that doesn't even speak to the posts on FB where I point someone to the site to answer his/her question. Those generate repeat visitors as well. And, several of those have started answering other people's questions with links to the site. So, in some ways we are the best-kept secret re Bullnose trucks. But, the word is slowly getting out. I should have said that we have a page on the website (Metrics in the menu) which shows usage for the last ~9 months. Anyone can view that and it is updated automagically. But, it doesn't exactly correlate to any of the other sources. Close, but no cigar. Perhaps different cutoff times, but I don't know. Having said that, it just occurred to me that there may be a way to add social media shares to that page. So I'll be doing some research on that. But, at first blush there is and it may actually change how/where/by whom the buttons are presented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstone4646 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 I should have said that we have a page on the website (Metrics in the menu) which shows usage for the last ~9 months. Anyone can view that and it is updated automagically. But, it doesn't exactly correlate to any of the other sources. Close, but no cigar. Perhaps different cutoff times, but I don't know. Having said that, it just occurred to me that there may be a way to add social media shares to that page. So I'll be doing some research on that. But, at first blush there is and it may actually change how/where/by whom the buttons are presented. I actually found you guys through word of mouth on Facebook when I joined up about 5 days ago or so. I think your website layout is pretty perfect. It is minimal, easy to navigate, extremely informative, and simplistic. I actually build websites occasionally and people lose the point of their website to extensive modification, overuse of big flashy applets, too many moving items, java plugins, etc. Also you guys have a very good community on here it seems. When you begin to over reach into facebook integration you can easily find trolls trying to flood in. Obviously not everyone out there is bad, but when it concerns social media, it really is just a bunch of kids who love to talk trash on the internet because there is no chance of them getting throat punched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 I actually found you guys through word of mouth on Facebook when I joined up about 5 days ago or so. I think your website layout is pretty perfect. It is minimal, easy to navigate, extremely informative, and simplistic. I actually build websites occasionally and people lose the point of their website to extensive modification, overuse of big flashy applets, too many moving items, java plugins, etc. Also you guys have a very good community on here it seems. When you begin to over reach into facebook integration you can easily find trolls trying to flood in. Obviously not everyone out there is bad, but when it concerns social media, it really is just a bunch of kids who love to talk trash on the internet because there is no chance of them getting throat punched. Thanks for the . We've tried to make this simple, clean, logical, and w/o adverts, and it is good to know that we are achieving that. And, we do have a very good community. Or family. And, we try to be "family friendly", which is important to me. In fact, on Facebook I have a rule that someone that uses the "f" word gets blocked. I don't just hide the comment, I block the user. That sure is cutting the number of such posts that I see down on the FB pages I follow. But, you have a very good point - a lot of the poor manners that happens on FB is because there are so many people on those pages that some think they are anon. Here, we get to know each other and behave like friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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