Less than a year ago I was SOOO excited to discover Stat Counter – the free device I could download to track how many people visit my blogs. Finally, a way to see how popular I really am.

But recently, my numbers are slipping. There are actually more people following me than there used to be, but the daily number of hits keeps going down.

Huh?

As I contemplate this phenomenon I jump to my Google reader and peruse the blogs I’m following … whoa, jump back. Rewind … “I jump to my Google reader” …

DING! DING! DING!

If you’re like me, that handy little gadget has saved me hours of opening new pages and clicking back and forth. I like the ease of everything in one place, but that doesn’t help anyone who is trying to track their daily/weekly/monthly hits. At one point I had hoped to use my stats to impress agents and editors (Why yes, I have 61 followers and register 96 hits a day), but right now I’m averaging hits in the 20s …

Hmmm …

I’m not sure that there’s a solution to this. I’m not even sure if this is a problem. Perhaps this is nothing more than my inner Narcissus begging for attention.

Regardless, please know that I DO read other blogs. Sometimes I actually visit the blog, sometimes I don’t. I don’t often leave comments anymore, but I hope to get back into the swing of things. In the meantime, I will continue to believe that no one cares how many hits my blog receives … while I continue to figure out how to increase my traffic 😉