Google has come up with Blog Compass, an app for the bloggers. The App which can be downloaded on the iPhone and the Android has much more than analytics to offer.
One thing common with all bloggers is that they want to measure the reach of their activity on the blog. They want to know how many views their blogs have received. And a sincere feedback of the content.
Blog Compass is a must-have App for the bloggers. The app has a number of features that range from providing the analytics of the published posts to giving suggestions on topics to write about.
Here are the 7 main features of the Blog Compass
Every feature of Blog Compass is equally essential for the bloggers. While planning the day ahead, the Blog Compass provides lots of inputs on improving the content of the blog.
The Home Page of the App contains the highlights of the rest of the 6 pages on the App.
- There is a graph illustrating the number of views on the website.
- Mention of trending topics.
- The number of latest comments.
- Overviews of Google Analytics.
- A suggestion of what to learn at the Learning Centre.
- And the number of badges earned for the posts.
Activity
The Activity page includes the Visitors Overviews, Traffic Source, Search queries and Details of the top posts. You can check the above-mentioned information for a week, month, 3 months or a year.
Topics
An outstanding feature of Blog Compass is the topic suggestions to write about. Following are the categories of the topic:
- Your Picks: Possibly these topics are based on the google search made by you.
- Trending: These are the topics that are trending on the internet.
- For you: Based on the topics that you have posted on your blog.
Badges
The highlights of Blog Compass is the Badges provided for reaching a certain milestone. There are badges like bronze and silver. You can view the badges collected so far.
You can share the badges on the Social Media. I shared one time and the response from the readers was as if received an Oscar.
The badges are given for Page View, Unique Visitors and number of posts written each month.
Posts
The posts can be viewed in different ways: post by date, post by last modified, post by the number of views and posts by title. Under each post, you can view the number of views so far and the number of comments.
Comments
You can view the number of pending and approved comments separately. You can also directly approve or remove the comment through the app.
Learning
A plethora of subjects is provided in the learning centre. Ranging fro SEO starter guideline to how to advertise on your blog. You can click on the subject you wish to get educated about. The learning centre is a help not just for the beginner but also for seasoned bloggers.
Overall Blog Compass is a must-have App for the blogger. Until now the bloggers could only get to know the number of views based on country and demography. Blog Compass provides an in-depth insight into the performance of the posts. And the badges provide lots of encouragement.
Blog Compass is just a few months old and currently available only in India. It is more compatible with Android.
Google is still improving on the App and in future blogger can expect more useful features.