Installing and Using Statcounter & Sitemeter

Photo by Irina Patrascu

This lovely photograph by the truly exceptional photographer, Irina Patrascu, carries the words of Goethe ‘I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving’.  The compass beautifully captures this thought, and yes Irina, we all need to use a compass when we are lost!  In the vast seas and oceans of the internet, it is so easy to be lost and hard to know if we’re headed in the right direction.  Measuring and monitoring the traffic to your site, gives you that necessary compass, that helps you to find your way and know for sure whether what you are doing is achieving the desired results.  So join me now, as I go through the process of how to monitor or measure traffic to your website / blog, and outline what has worked for me…

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Time for An End of Year Review

Photo by Irina Patrascu

Firstly, I would like to wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year, as this is likely to be my last post for the year.  As the last few days of 2008 slowly take a bow and leave, the new days of 2009 are eager to join into our experience of life.  The time at the end of the year is indeed a good time to take stock and review what we have achieved.

Always be good to yourself, there’s enough people out there to knock us down in one way or another, so look at your achievements, accentuate the positive.  I am really proud of this website, it started of as an experiment for me, to just create some sort of a web presence and learn the ropes.  However, its come to mean a lot more to me now.  It has has become an avenue for my thoughts, a vehicle to share my experiences with others.  Life is a journey, and I do intend to see this journey through to the end, not give up and let things go.  So join me as we take a look back, and then look forward to what I want to share next with you, my readers.

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