FoG turned six last week. As been the habit here for the past six years here are the stats over the course of the life of the blog.
| One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | |
| Visitors | 2,525 | 12,792 | 43,166 | 46,445 | 40,745 | 39,600 |
| Posts | 135 | 204 | 178 | 152 | 158 | 92 |
| Comments | 52 | 253 | 685 | 655 | 402 | NA |
| Conversational Index | .38 | 1.24 | 3.85 | 4.31 | 2.54 | NA |
| Technorati Rank | 788,400 | 189,138 | 180,054 | 46,798 | 41,981 | 58,419 |
| Blog Grader Rank | NA | NA | NA | 10,442 | 56,879 | NA |
My number one takeaway? I need better metrics.
I switched comments to Disqus based on some reader feedback which on the whole is a better user experience and increased engagement. Unfortunately unless I want to shell out $299 a month they offer no analytics. While really wanting to know how many comments/reactions have been made since the switch it seems a little rich to me. And for whatever reason HubSpot killed Blog Grader. All in all too many NAs in the table above.
Given what I have the most important thing to note is that posts are down 40%. Primary cause being that I am now directly involved in a startup as opposed to helping other folks with their startups. It's hard to find time to write and many of the most interesting things that I do are difficult to discuss in an open forum.
Let's see what year seven brings.