Google Analytics tells us that Maggie's Farm gets around 330,000 page views per month, and has around 45,000 regular readers (comparable to subscribers, with the others more like newsstand buyers). About 25% of our visitors are new visitors, which I think is good. Some will return. We do not count "hits" on the site anymore. Last I saw, hits ran into the millions, but I do not think that meant much.
The metrics are pretty solid for a boutique, middlebrow, eclectic, redneck, hobby website. For many reasons (including not being clever enough, and not having enough original material), we'll never be able to compete with the big dogs. It has to be good enough for us that some of the big dogs check in with us regularly.
By space, we have around 25-30% political material but since everything is politicized these days including Zumba workouts and reading Shakespeare, maybe it all is. Regardless, I wish we had more Lefty David Brooks types checking us out if only to see what the great unwashed might be thinking about. Actually, though, I am well-washed today and well-dressed too, having taken a long extremely hot shower after my deadlifts and pull-ups this morning.
I also wish we had more international readers. We have a share, but I thought we'd have more who are interested in some views of Yankee life.
Anyway, send our site around to people who might be interested. Our readership is our only reward.
