The fireworks have flashed in the sky, the ball has dropped, it is now 2015.
As the clocks ticks over to the next year it is a great time to reflect and look back at what went well and what – well – bombed.
How did my little site about tips and advice for travel with kids go?
I started 2014 with a new look, I think it is working well. In 2013 I had 7493 page views and for 2014 – 12300 page views so I’ve almost doubled my page views with this new look. 🙂
Top 10 posts/pages for 2014
According to Google Analytics
- Phuket with Kids
- Kota Kinabalu with Kids
- Family Packing Lists
- Packing for your Child
- Bali with a toddler
- Airline Child Meal
- Family Holiday to Busselton
- Toiletries to Pack for the Family
- Essentials for Family Travel – what you need to know
- Packing for Swimming
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- Phuket with kids
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- Kota Kinabalu with kids
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- Child Packing List
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- Bali with Toddler
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- Airline Child Meal
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- Busselton with kids
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- Toiletries to Pack
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- Family Travel Essentials
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- Packing for Swimming
More travel with kids articles from 2014
From this tally I gather people really want handy packing lists which is why toward the end of the year I created a final checklist for family travel and my packing essentials for kids.
I also noted that people love to read about different families travelling; whether they are living vicariously through them, or doing as I do, a thorough research and planing for our travel with kids. It will be interesting to see next year if our recent family holiday to Penang with Kids will be up there with the ratings (I am still half way through writing up all the articles).
As I’m starting to write more articles from our travels I have added 2 new categories within the Our Family Travels category this year:
I find it quite thought-provoking to note that even after completing a travel writing course with the Australian Writers Centre earlier this year my posts on our 2014 day trips did not rank in the top 30. Maybe people did not find our adventures at:
- Perth’s Kings Park
- Providore Margaret River in the Swan Valley
- A Model railway Exhibition
- Lego Exhibition
- Mundaring Weir
all that interesting, or perhaps after a full 12 months they may rank higher.
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- Perth’s Kings Park
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- Swan Valley Providore
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- A Model Railway Exhibition
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- A Lego Exhibition
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- Mundaring Weir
Meanwhile I hope that my tips and advice for travel with kids will help and inspire your family to take a much-loved holiday, but before you travel don’t forget it’s your holiday too.
What a huge year you have had – almost doubling your views is amazing! It is always interesting to see what was popular over the year, it is usually always different to what you think. I for one am looking forward to your 2015 posts.
Thanks Malinda, with any luck my views will continue to rise with a little help from your #WednesdayWanderlust link up.
Well done on doubling your views! I have no idea how my blog did last year. I probably should look into that.
Thanks Jess. If you have Jetpack Stats connected to your WordPress site they send out a cool little report at the end of each year, not quite as accurate as Google Analytics but very easy to read and then compare.
It’s great that you are using your stats to determine what people want to read. It can be frustrating as a writer when you are publishing things and it feels like no one is reading it! I wish you all the luck for 2015.
Thanks Tegan, it was one of tips I picked up reading the ProBlogger site
Well done on doubling your page views! I’m often surprised when I see which of my posts have been popular and which haven’t. Your blog is full of so much info that is useful and interesting. I’m sure your views will continue to climb in 2015 🙂
Thank you Lizzy and your comments about the blog being useful are so nice to hear.
Here’s to 2015 seeing your figures maintain their upward climb Sally-Anne
Thanks so much Aleney
You are a brave lady traveling with kids, loved the post. have a great day!
Thanks Jennifer, when travelling wit kids it is just a matter of altering your mind set.
Love you blog Sally-Ann you’ve had a great year in 2014! Hope it is even more successful for you in 2015!!
Thanks for linking up with #wanderlust. Hopefully it’s helped with those stats a bit. 😉 Our Feb linkup is next Wednesday 4th Feb if you’re keen. 🙂
Thanks Talia, I really looking forward to contributing to the monthly link up.