I had a browse through my wordpress stats the other day. I was surprised to find the most common search terms people used to find my blog were ‘pomegranate’ and ‘mosaic’. I used to be constantly looking at my stats. I had a couple of different places to go to measure and weigh up what people were reading, where they were from and all the things you can find out about your blog once you get into it.

These days I can’t find the time or the enthusiasm for it. I still check how many visitors I get regularly, at least as often as I blog.

I guess in the beginning I was learning as much as I could because I was hoping to use it at school. I had a vision of blogs replacing student workbooks. They would never get lost or left at home. They would be able to tag each entry and retrieve information on subjects with ease. They might put a bit more care and thought into their work, since it was to be published.  They would be able to have discussions with others through comments. Parents would be able to look up online and see what their young person was doing very clearly. They could check their stats and get real feedback about their work. I thought it was the perfect system. It hasn’t been nearly so simple to achieve in reality for lots of reasons.

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