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As noted on my present Facebook status, I noticed for the first time that with my two Google+ profiles associated with my two blogs, one blog per Google+ account, that 'view' statistics were provided.
I was surprised that relative to the Blogger blog (s) pageview numbers, how much higher the Google+ site's views were.
The Google+ sites are several years more recent than my blogs and in my opinion I do not have that many 'followers' relative to those recently documented Google+ views.
I view myself as a moderately successful blogger with two blogs writing in the difficult genres, as far as gaining views, of Philosophical Theology, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy and Biblical Studies with Satire being a major component of my second blog.
I have not been significantly publicly embraced within the Church or in a secular context, and yet I do have slowly increasing readership, it appears within the Church and secular society.
The statistics
First Google+ account associated with my first blog, Dr. Russell Norman Murray.
Russell Norman Murray
Google+
112 followers|933,887 views
Dr. Russell Norman Murray
Blogger (Google)
173 followers/286,913 views
Second Google+ account associated with my second blog, Satire And Theology
Russell Norman Murray
Google+
58 followers|2,529,493 views
Satire And Theology
Blogger (Google)
137 followers/485,788 views
My first blog was established in 2004 with basically full-time blogging beginning in 2006. The blog was restructured in 2006 and I deleted some satirical (Bobby Buff related) posts taking this approach to my second blog, Satire And Theology, established 2006.
My Google+ accounts and sites were started this decade and therefore have many more pageviews than the Google Blogger accounts in much less time.
Perhaps the use of the animated clips, often humourous and sometimes educational, featured on Google+ and borrowed legally, make my Google+ sites more marketable overall, and more popular than my Google Blogger sites.
Even so to have 933, 000 views with my first account associated with Dr. Russell Norman Murray blog and to only have 112 followers is disappointing and somewhat of a concern as far as actual and potential readership and support.
The same can be stated for my second Google+ account, associated with my Satire Theology blog, as I have over 2.5 million viewers and only 58 followers.
That statistic seems very disproportionate! Two and one half million pageviews according to Google and I do not even have 60 followers.
Laughable.;)
I would have never reasoned with 58 followers the Google+ numbers would equal the Google Blogger pageviews at this time.
Forget the reasonable reality of surpassing them substantially.
My sister-in-law on Facebook, a professional online marketer, was impressed with the Google+ statistics. Which is a positive.
But as usual with me, I am seeing mixed signals here. Perhaps my academic, skeptical nature.
Chuck has stated previously that I could start my own Christian cynics club...
Overall, this year especially I am noticing more significant growth with my sites. And I am thankful to God and my supporters for this growth.
Incidentally, I shall present the Google+ statistics for my two 'dummy' sites, noted previously on this blog, that were simply formed because Google kept emailing (annoying) me and telling that each Google related email should have an associated Google+ account, making it more difficult to sign in without Google+.
These are accounts and sites that I have zero interest and intent in building, but they serve as good contrast.
R Wales 8 followers|3,631 views
R Wales II 11 followers|425 views
I often wonder how with two blank pages and zero effort I managed to get 19 followers, more so sadly and satirically only 39 behind the Satire blog...
That is a bit concerning.
However, obviously the views tell a more revealing story.
Then there is my good blogging friend Ms. Eva from Brasil and her home decoration blog with 32 million views on Google+ and 13 million Revolver views.
Yes, this is why I realize I am merely moderately successful...
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