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xenigo · 06-23-2012, 12:29 AM

I think I'm re-living my early days of being a webmaster. I ride an emotional high or low depending on what my Google Analytics stats say day by day. I can't help but think I'm probably harming my motivation. If I do a huge update over the previous days and immediately my traffic slumps, I can't help but lose sight of the long-term. But if I wait a few weeks without updates, it seems as if traffic goes on a major upswing that puts me on that high again.

I'm thinking a more solid strategy might be to update daily, and possibly multiple updates on the weekend... And simply not look at Analytics except for 2x a month to gauge progress.

Thoughts?

06-23-2012, 12:29 AM
xenigo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 8,067	Is it beneficial to stop checking stats? I think I'm re-living my early days of being a webmaster. I ride an emotional high or low depending on what my Google Analytics stats say day by day. I can't help but think I'm probably harming my motivation. If I do a huge update over the previous days and immediately my traffic slumps, I can't help but lose sight of the long-term. But if I wait a few weeks without updates, it seems as if traffic goes on a major upswing that puts me on that high again. I'm thinking a more solid strategy might be to update daily, and possibly multiple updates on the weekend... And simply not look at Analytics except for 2x a month to gauge progress. Thoughts?