Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts

Saturday, August 07, 2010

My readers in Mountain View, Ca. /Mes lecteurs à Mountain View (Californie)


The number of visitors to my blog has been increasing steadily but there is one specific aspect of blogging that really puzzles me. In the last month, my blog has received 28 visits (i.e. some 29% of all originator domains) from Mountain View, California, from a very well known company.
Le nombre des visiteurs de mon blogue ne cesse d’augmenter mais c’est un aspect particulier qui m’intrigue le plus. Au cours du mois dernier, mon blogue a reçu 28 visites (ce qui représente 29% des domaines originaires de visites) de la ville de Mountain View, en Californie, de la part d’une entreprise bien connue.
Although no comments have ever been left, I am pleased to report that the reader(s) have looked at practically all my posts, whether they be language related, or otherwise. To me, this means that my utterings have found value with a number of people in a company that is well respected.
Même si mes articles n’ont pas attiré de commentaires, je constate que mes lecteurs ont parcouru pratiquement tout mon blogue, que mes billets traitent de langue ou d’un autre sujet.  D’après moi, cela veut dire que mes idées ont été appréciées par un important nombre de gens d’une entreprise qui jouit d’un grand respect.
I have seen a number of You Tube presentations on the company, showing the layout of the offices and the somewhat unconventional working conditions that prevail there. This still does not tell me who reads my posts. If you are one of these readers, do post a comment. I would be tickled to hear from you.
J’ai récemment visionné un certain nombre de présentations You Tube sur cette entreprise qui illustrent l’aménagement des bureaux et des conditions de travail qui y existent. L’agaçant, c’est que cela ne me dit toujours pas qui lit me billets. Êtes-vous un de ces lecteurs anonymes?  Laissez-moi donc un commentaire – cela me fera un grand plaisir de faire connaissance.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Adventures in Blogland /1900 – 105 /L’univers des blogues

I started writing posts in April 2006 and implemented the counter in November of last year. One hundred and five posts later, there have been 1900 visits to my blog.

La majorité de mes lecteurs provient du Canada et des États-Unis. Il est intéressant de remarquer les autres pays : France, Royaume-Uni, Portugal, Australie, Pologne, Philippines, etc.

Il est intéressant de noter que le blogue a modifié mes habitudes. Je me sens plus attentif à l’actualité et aux sujets qui touchent la traduction, la communication et la culture dans un pays multiculturel. This exercise has made me more aware of language and communications issues and the challenges we all face when we speak to someone from another culture who uses another language.




Thursday, October 18, 2007

My international readers/ mes lecteurs du monde


My Sitemeter statistics never cease to amaze me. The number of visitors has reached 1600 today and here is a picture of the nationalities involved:

Il est extrêmement intéressant de remarquer la variété de mes lecteurs et les rubriques qui les attirent à mon blogue:

La musique, la médicine, les expressions idiomatiques et les articles sur la traduction semblent venir en tête.


Saturday, August 11, 2007

How to Leave a Comment on a Blog

David Finch | media, productivity, technology and ...: How to Leave a Comment on a Blog

Un collègue de la HPCA nous avait fait parvenir un lien au blogue de David Finch qui explique très clairement les avantages d'un commentaire réfléchi. Il s'agit en effet non seulement de laisser quelques mots mais également d'ajouter un peu de soi à la conversation.

As Dave says in his 3rd point, Give something to the Conversation. Our readers will be curious to see another point of view, a twist on the situation or an unusual way of dealing with a challenge.

Challenges in translation occur when two languages and two cultures meet. I am sure that many of my overseas readers have encountered situations where the lack of fluency in a second language created a problem in communication. Sharing their experiences might help our blog readers to communicate better.

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Using my blog as a home page/Mon blogue devient une page d’accueil

I recently wrote of an unexplained increase in hits on my blog page and could not quite explain it. When I shared my concern with a specialist, it was suggested that maybe the reader had set up my blog as his/her home page. This would explain the regular visits, of only one page at a time. The hit count would therefore be affected and erroneously show a large number of visits (instead of repeat visits).

Le nombre de visites recensées par Sitemeter peut représenter soit un élément positif soit une méconnaissance des différents aspects d’un blogue. Il existe un effet une autre façon de recevoir les mises à jour d’un blogue – c’est l’utilisation de la fonction RSS. Dans le cas de mon blogue, cette fonction est remplie par le logiciel Atom (en bas de page- Subscribe to Posts).

It certainly is flattering to know that some of my readers think highly enough of me to set up my blog as their home page but they may find that it is handier to use the RSS function which would notify them each time a new post appears on the blog. In Blogger, this is the Subscribe to Posts caption at the bottom of the page.

It is amazing how much there is to learn out there! Et moi qui pensais avoir tout compris sur les blogues!

Friday, July 27, 2007

Jump in visits/Augmentation des visiteurs

Back in the spring, during a conversation with Nancy McInnis, the new ATIO president, she suggested that I write an article in Informatio which might be of interest to ATIO members. Nancy avait suggéré que je décrive mes découvertes dans le domaine des blogues.

As I was just in the throes of discovering blogging, I said yes and the article was published on page 8 in the July copy (Volume 36, Number 2) of Informatio

Le lien ci-dessus devrait vous mener directement à mon article, qui a été publié dans les deux langues.

My blog statistics underwent a radical change: in the last three days, instead of the 2,3 or 4 hits and reads of one page or two, I have had page views of 7, 9, 15, 22, and 41 pages, lasting anywhere from 2 minutes to 41 minutes. Obviously, more people are learning about my blog and spending a longer time reading my posts.

Des lecteurs si assidus sont rares et je suis certain que cette activité va augmenter ma présence sur Internet.

I do not know at this time whether the meter can tell me what posts were more popular than others as there are 92 of them all together. I will look into this.

Une chose est certaine, si mes lecteurs (et correspondants) décident de s’exprimer dans la rubrique Comment, ils feront d’une pierre deux coups: ils m’aideront à augmenter ma notoriété sur Internet mais ils augmenteront la leur aussi bien. The readers of my blog who leave a comment would kill two birds with one stone: they will increase my “popularity” on the Web but they will also create links to themselves for other readers to follow. A win-win proposition.