[gbrindisi]

Simply put: I want to know if what I am writing is being read and how is propagated.

[chrismorgan]

Yeah, but what will you change based on what you discover? That’s the essence of what tweetle_beetle is asking and why many end up deciding that they don’t actually need analytics—because they’re not going to change anything based on what they observe.

[gbrindisi]

like it or not, analytics can give you actionable information to drive some seo improvements in how your content is displayed and consumed

[chrismorgan]

Can, sure, at least once you have enough volume of content; but will you use it? Almost no one actually does for personal blogs and the likes.