ArtSites Updates

This week, I received the following question from one of our artists

Hi, I'm finding that when I link my blog to Facebook, the views that come from Facebook are not showing on my ArtSites stats page. Why is that?

Here's my answer ...

The number of Facebook views, i.e. only seeing or reading your Facebook post, are only recorded by and available through Facebook.

Facebook does not allow that information to be shared with any other websites.

However, if someone actually clicks on the link in your Facebook post and lands on your blog post to read it, that does get counted in your ArtSites statistics.

In other words, our statistics only present actual visits to your website / blog - and NOT "views" of links on other websites, e.g. Facebook, that point to your blog post.

All the views that happen anywhere else on the Internet, e.g. on Facebook, Twitter, etc. are managed by (& fiercely protected by ;-) those specific companies.

Unfortunately, we don't have access to their data.

So, if you want to know your Facebook statistics, you'll need to use Facebook's tools, e.g. Insights for Facebook Pages.

If you have any other questions about your statistics, you may want to read some of our earlier articles:

• How do ArtSites Statistics Work?
  And, Can I Get More Details?
• How to Interpret Your ArtSites Statistics

I do hope that helps clarify how our statistics work! ;-)