Here are the results of the Cathedral Blog Poll, which had 19 responses between May 4 and May 17. During this time, the counter shows we had 196 visitors. Importantly,a substantial fraction of these are people who come to the blog via a Google search and are just passing through; many others are “returning visitors” who get counted each day they visit. Even so our response rate was pretty low. Still, here are the numbers for your interest.
First, the majority of people who took the poll were St Paul’s parishioners, with a few from other San Diego parishes, oner person who is thinking about joining, and a couple of non members. Of the 19 respondents, 9 have contributed something to the blog.
As for how often people read the blog, most people chose “Occasionally”. Some people read it whenever there are new posts; others make it a weekly habit. Two were first time visitors.
There are a variety of ways of accessing the blog. Few people come directly to the blog page; most click through from the e-bulletin or the Cathedral web site. A few read it on Facebook and a few subscribe to a blog-reader/RSS feed; that means about 1/3 of the readers do not visit the blog page, and therefore are not counted in our “hit” meter.
When asked what they liked best on the blog, it was very evenly distributed between the four options given: spiritual and personal reflections; cathedral and community news; the Cathedral Characters series; or getting to know people via lighter commentary, humor, etc.
Specific comments about what people like or want:
I tend to look at every post – which must say something positive about the blog.
Notice of updates by email, more obvious ways to follow blog. I finally found it way down at the bottom right side. I love this blog
There’s now an email-subscription field on the sidebar of the blog.
more dialog
We’d like to see that too. The blog gets posted to the Cathedral Facebook page, and people there tend to comment more.
Thanks for the inviting site and opportunity!
enjoy the variety and timeliness of content plus surprise essays
More top notch photography
Since I generally post my own pictures, I’ll take that as a compliment!
If you have additional comments, you know where to make ’em!
Susan Forsburg, blogmaster
