Can you really use an analytics tool to increase blog traffic?  How is it responsible for getting traffic to your blog? Well it's not directly responsible for traffic generation.
However if used properly it could indirectly be responsible for a large amount of targeted traffic.
There is a very powerful analytics tool available for anyone to use on their blog.
It's free, incredibly accurate and has become the standard across the web.
Of course I'm talking about Google Analytics.
The Google Analytics tools plays a vital traffic generation role for several reasons Most notably it tells you what type of traffic you are getting to your website.
It can tell you if the traffic is direct, referred or from search engines.
It gives you a wealth of information about your visitors.
Such as; Are they here for the 1st time? How long are they on the site? What is the bounce rate? What type of web browser are they using? Even what country are the visitors coming from.
It will even tell what keywords they typed in the search engines to find your blog.
How does this play a role in blog traffic generation? Without a blog analytics tool you really have no idea how many people are showing up to your blog.
You don't know where they come from or even how they got there in the first place.
You will have no idea what keywords are being used to find your blog.
All of this information is lost without Google Analytics.
You are effectively flying in the dark.
Forcing you into a guessing game trying to improve your blog and attract traffic.
The most exciting part is Google Analytics is easy to setup and install.
It's provides simple information for the newest blog owner.
But has advanced features for power users.
It's really is a one size fits all solution.