The statistics for this blog tell me that I have had over 1400 unique visitors so far. Since only a handful have left comments, it leaves me wondering who you all are. I know the number is inflated, because it only counts IP addresses, and often the same person comes back with a slightly different address. I also know that a number of the visits are from faceless robots. But surely some of them represent real people.
Most of the vistors have been from the United States, but others have come from Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Vietnam! I might be able to account for Italy, Hong Kong, and New Zealand as well as a few from the U.S., but who are the rest of you? How did you find my blog? Are you a one-time visitor, or do you check in regularly? What do you like, or not like? Please leave a comment and let me know. You don't have to identify yourself; just let me know you are a real person! I certainly hope that most of my "readers" aren't just robots.
Most of the vistors have been from the United States, but others have come from Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Vietnam! I might be able to account for Italy, Hong Kong, and New Zealand as well as a few from the U.S., but who are the rest of you? How did you find my blog? Are you a one-time visitor, or do you check in regularly? What do you like, or not like? Please leave a comment and let me know. You don't have to identify yourself; just let me know you are a real person! I certainly hope that most of my "readers" aren't just robots.
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I just had a thought about your question about the "visitors online" number, and why it gets so high sometimes.
That number is calculated based on the number of currently opened sessions. Robots probably don't use the session data, and thus every page visit counts as a new session.
That number is calculated based on the number of currently opened sessions. Robots probably don't use the session data, and thus every page visit counts as a new session.
Posted by
jondaley
on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 10:27 am
I believe one cause for the inflated country count stems from the spiders who crawl around looking for e-mail addresses to index and spam. Since a majority of the spam messages that I receive &8212; those not automatically caught my by filters &8212; originate from foreign countries, I believe it is they who help create misleading figures.
Posted by
David July
on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 6:17 pm
Those were supposed to be EM dashes, by the way. HTML character codes must be disabled.
Posted by
David July
on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 6:24 pm
Right now it only allows a few basic tags; that was the default, and I haven't figured out how to allow character codes yet.
Posted by
SursumCorda
on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 7:07 pm
Too bad about the robots and spiders, though I expect you're right. It was kind of nice to think I had such a wide audience. :) I do feel better about them not leaving comments, however.
Posted by
SursumCorda
on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 at 1:01 pm
I note that Japan has jumped to #2 on the list, after the USA. Some of my visitors are real people. :)
Posted by
SursumCorda
on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 6:49 pm
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