I’ve started this blog one year ago to help biologists learn bioinformatics. Now, I would like to share with you this first annual blog traffic report!
My objective was to write 52 blog posts, i.e. one per week. I published my first blog post on the 17th of June 2022 and created 45 posts in total. For the past few weeks, I’ve been focused on fixing Google’s indexing issues.
Jetpack
I received my first blog view (which is not mine) on the 13th of July 2022 and got 1,330 views in total. Additionally, I got my first (and only) comment on the 17th of March 2023:
Google Analytics
I’ve set up Google Analytics one month ago and got 132 sessions and page views:
Google Search Console
I also joined Google Search Console one month ago and obtained an average click-through rate (CTR) of 4.8%:
However, I noticed a problem with Google’s indexing. On the 30th of May 2023, only 11/45 pages were indexed. Therefore, I decided to request a manual indexing for the remaining pages. At present, all my 45 blog posts are indexed (the 46th page corresponds to the home page):
But I still need to fix a page that failed indexing due to 404 error and a page that was crawled but not indexed:
I joined Pinterest one week after my first blog post. I published 39 pins (with a very irregular schedule) and have about 1,860 monthly views and 2 followers:
Indeed, I got my first follower on the 18th of December 2022 and my second follower on the 17th of March 2023. In total, I received about 18,200 impressions and 391 engagements (clicks and saves):
As you can see on the plot below, one pin became viral on the 27th of September 2022 (989 impressions) but I still don’t know why:
Conclusion
In conclusion, I publish this first annual blog traffic report to keep track of my blogging journey. Feel free to link to your science blog and tell us how long you’ve been blogging!
