Until I was in my early twenties I must have had a couple of dozen Pen Pals from all around the world- of course the Internet changed all of that and now me and a few of my ” Pals” from the old days send mail via the Internet.
I think that e-mail changed the flavor of letters and only recently has some of that come back.
Another thing that changed was my stamp collection.
In ‘the day’ I’d save the envelope ( which we used to decorate ) with the stamp in the corner and I’d put them in these photo albums. Every once and awhile I’d go through them and think about how neat it was that I was writing to people in places like Scotland or Germany or somewhere here in the States.
Now days I have site meter- it’s not the same as the stamp, but on the other hand I can’t imagine that the kid I was would have guessed that one morning she’d wake up every morning to find that people from these places had read something she’d written.
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Canada |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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United States |
Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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United States |
Oakland, California |
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United States |
Jacksonville, Florida |
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United States |
New York |
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United Kingdom |
London, London, City of |
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Norway |
Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag |
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United Kingdom |
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Qatar |
Doha, Ad Dawhah |
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Romania |
Constanta |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Ljubuski, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegov… |
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United Kingdom |
Barrow In Furness |
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Czech Republic |
Rudn, Stredocesky Kraj |
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United States |
Columbus, Georgia |
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Italy |
Rescaldina, Lombardia |
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Australia |
Preston, Victoria |
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Netherlands |
Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland |
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Egypt |
Cairo, Al Qahirah |
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Germany |
Recklinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
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Hungary |
Szeged |
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Australia |
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Spain |
Santa Brgida, Canarias |
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United Kingdom |
Elgin, Moray |
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Australia |
Busselton, Western Australia |
I don’t have the stamps anymore, but what I do have is a better understanding about communication- how important it is to ourselves that we are part of a community and that in that community we have a place and a voice.
It’s an important understanding to have.
Write On.
Irregular Bones 
I didn’t even know about Site meter until a few weeks ago. I suspected there was such a thing, just didn’t know for sure.
It’s really cool to see where the people come from and what they are reading, whether they stay on and read more. I always thought most of my hits were really spam, but the site meter doesn’t count those hits. I don’t think. I’m still learning about that thing.
Kitty, your blog is awesome that’s why you have a lot of visitors.
Silly Kitty.
Thanks Anita. Yours rocks!
Hey you know Site Meter does not count the people who are reading via rss feeds?
For instance, I use the blog surfer feature and check all my WordPress buddies’ blogs at least once per day, but you won’t see my visit or any hit as a result of that.
Hi Kitty
I think you do have to directly hit the page for it to count with site meter, but I’ve used that site for more then just number crunching.
I used site meter at my other blog to help track when more people were likely to hit the site so I could manage it better – like when should I have new material up, what places I was being read so I could edit for easier reading-
Last year I started to pick up readers in the Middle East and India, Russia, and various Asian countries -so I did away with slang and things that could make understanding my stories harder.
In the end it did actually help so I’d say tracking your site’s traffic is more then being just about numbers.
You will have to tell me more about what you learned about Site Meter.
I haven’t used any of the data to make any changes to content.
Mostly though, it is there in case I get any sort of “problem reader” or stalker type.
That is, if they are not using a proxy server to spoof their ip. Then, well, I don’t know.
Do you need to pay a fee to use the site meter in the way you do? If it’s free, do you know how the site meter people are using your site to make money?
That’s really cool, Anita Marie. And what a huge variety of places your readers come from!
I had seen those maps on blogs which I thought were cool but I’d never seen a site meter. I like it. I have site meter envy. How do you get it? (The meter not the envy :{ )
Hi Kym,
go to Site Meter.com
I like site meter better then the Maps, I’d rather use the margins for links. But that’s just me.
Have fun
Thanks I signed right up. I can’t wait to see the results.
I know mine is just a baby blog but I want to know every thing about it.