Information Technology Reference
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8
caution
We love WordPress's stats, but the clicks display has an annoying feature. It only displays the first 40 charac-
ters of a URL, no matter how wide you make your browser window. This isn't enough for most links. And there's
no easy way to get the full link to display, even by copying and pasting the text. If you're really determined, you
can right-click on each link, choose Copy Link Address from the context menu that appears, and paste the (full)
address wherever you want. Doing this for more than a few links gets old fast, though.
Internal clicks are great—users are getting more out of your blog than just the original post they
came for, or more than just the front page. You should take the time to see what the top 7 or 10
internal links are and understand why a user might be clicking them. Then, whatever it is they're
trying to do or see, make sure it's as easy as possible for them to get to it.
Blog Stats: Summary Tables
On the main Stats page, WordPress provides summary stats for your entire blog. These include total
views, your busiest day, total posts, total comments, and so on.
For details, click the Summary Tables button. The tables, as shown in Figure 8.11, include totals
and average by month (all months) and for recent weeks, as well as visits per day. WordPress even
calculates your weekly increase or decrease as a percentage so you can quickly spot trends.
Figure 8.11
Despite the
name,
Summary
Tables also
include fall,
winter, and
spring
(groan).
