Why is it important to know where traffic comes from?

Because if you don’t know where it’s coming from, you can’t maximize it.

It’s also essential to understand that each social media site has a threshold for sending your post a traffic spike. If you don’t push a post up to that threshold, it’s unlikely to get a significant amount of social media traffic.

How to See Where Post Traffic is Coming From

Looks under “WP Stats” on your blog’s dashboard navigation menu. Soon, we’ll probably place it on the dashboard.

How to Use the Referrers Tool Effectively

After you’ve written a post, check in with the referrers tool frequently to see where you’re getting traffic from.  One of the most important things this can tell you is where you haven’t done enough. For example, if you submitted your post to StumbleUpon and it only has 5 pageviews, it probably didn’t take. Try sending it to a few more friends to see if you can push it over the threshold.