I use a combination of AdSense, Analytics and other metrics for measuring traffic volume. Not perfect, but relative traffic is more important than absolute traffic with regards to income.

-Scott

Cool ideas. Was wondering, though, if you found any resolution to a question you posted last year that I just saw (which is how I landed on your blog): are Godaddy “traffic facts” stats accurate? What did you find out? Are you still using it? We are encountering the same problem with a blog we track for a client. If you’re viewing stats less often, I assume you are at a point where you are comfortable with the stats accuracy.

-CAH

Adsense is the only thing I don’t have a solution too. Google should offer a AdSense desktop tool bar that shows your AdSense stats continuously. That way all you’d have to do is look at the corner of your desktop. This would eliminate login and clicking time.

True. I’d expect I’d probably take a 3-Day average or something similar to minimize local fluctuations. But if you were doing this average only once a month, that’s a serious cutback.

-Scott

I sometimes check for latest book releases, movie releases weekly. I suppose I can cut down on that as well.

Check my hotmail, yahoo account once a day is ok. But checking the workplace email once a day is not practical at all, at least for me. Many things are communicated through email including the meeting that will begin in 1 hour!