Super-Bloggers Arise!!! Today we begin talking about Statistics (No, not sadistics!) and Creating Posts (No, not creating compost! - it’s really not funny, so be quiet). You might not feel like Super Bloggers yet - but in my hands I will create you as supreme Super Bloggers. We will focus on the ways of the fourth dimension and find the path of the future.

Statistics are very important if you want to measure your blogs growth and to know why it is a Super Blog - or why not. With statistics you can track your blog’s visitors, which will tell you what you have accomplished and what must be improved. There are some sites who have free meters or packaged statistics anayzers, and some of them are very impressive.

Here’s a list that can help you gain knowledge for your quest, peer now into the list: AWStats - is a free log analyser, normally already in your hosting panel, Statcounter(http://statcounter.com/) - free yet reliable web tracker, tells you returning visitors vs new visitors (one of Uncle Arthur’s very favorites), Sitemeter - a free basic counter and site statistics tracker, Google Analytics - a good interface with site stat, also integratable with Adwords campaigns, Feedburner - this can manage and track RSS feed readership, Mint - the extensible website analytics program, all on 1 page, 103Bees - a
search engine traffic analysis and statistics tool, pMetrics - a new performancing metrics with detailed visitor information and clean interface.

Creating Posts is very important. Your texts and articles are the things that will matter the most to readers. Now repeat what I just said to yourself (to yourself, not everybody you meet!). Make sure you spell check (this was once one of Uncle Arthur’s great downfalls, so learn from my mistakes). ScribeFire - a full featured blog editor that integrates with your browser, Spellbound Spell Checker - a Firefox extension that enables spell-checking, Microsoft Word - the industry standard word processor with spellcheck, Adobe Reader - a PDF file reader, Ta-Da Lists - a simple list making and tracking utility, BlogDesk - a free offline weblog client for creating and publishing posts.

Now just think for a moment what you have read. Let these ideas mull deep in the recesses of your subconscious for a while. When these ideas are fully integrated you will be one full step closer to being - a Super-Blogger! ( Part 1 or 5 )

Pushing every envelope beyond all recognition,
Arthur Browning,