Trust statistics?

Tricky question. There must be something to it, but I don't trust statistics explicitly. For example, the number of visitors to my blog (according to the sitemeter I subscribe to) have gone up remarkably. Could it be that somebody wants me to feel wanted, and therefore visit the site several times a day? Just in order to bump statistics?

I hope not. Being a positive (most of the time) person I choose to believe I have been "discovered" :) And hey, if that's the case, I am honoured.