Where are you from?

“Shelf Reflection” is the blog of the Kirtland Public Library.  It’s one way the library staff tries to keep in touch with and reach out to the local community.  Through the blog readers can get recommendations for new books or the staff’s favorite movies.  Since it is the internet our audience isn’t just limited to Kirtland or Ohio or even just the United States.  Our audience is truly global.

An interesting feature that Google Blogger provides is for blog administrators to see where their readership comes from.  When I checked our stats from the last month (Sept. 23 to Oct. 24) I saw some interesting things.  The most remarkable statistic is that 30% percent of our traffic comes from outside of the United States!  Of our foreign visitors Germany had the most (23).  Russia (14), the United Kingdom (6), Netherlands (3), and Ukraine (3) rounded out the top five foreign countries.

When you read our blog, just think you could be looking at the same page as somebody across the street from you or 3,000 miles away!