{"id":2935,"date":"2004-11-04T10:33:30","date_gmt":"2004-11-05T02:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/iq-redux\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T21:49:26","slug":"iq-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/iq-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"IQ redux"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7199,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.statcounter.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260306133527\\\/https:\\\/\\\/statcounter.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 19:27:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 19:27:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9879,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.isteve.com\\\/Web_Exclusives_Archive-May2004.htm#38115.6465670139&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260310225424\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.isteve.com\\\/Web_Exclusives_Archive-May2004.htm&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9880,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/chrisevans3d.com\\\/files\\\/iq.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260307130355\\\/http:\\\/\\\/chrisevans3d.com\\\/files\\\/iq.htm&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:50:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:50:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Almost a month ago, I signed up for the free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statcounter.com\/\" title=\"StatCounter\">StatCounter<\/a> statistics tracking service, and I&#8217;ve been checking in every few days to see what kind of traffic I&#8217;m getting on my site.<\/p>\n<p>From the 11th to the 31st of October, I&#8217;d been averaging around 1,333 page loads per day, with 1,090 unique visitors, 1,022 first-time visitors, and 68 returning visitors (keep in mind, those are all averages). Not anywhere near the top of the &#8216;net, but not terribly shabby, either.<\/p>\n<p>Then, over the past few days, I&#8217;ve suddenly been watching my traffic start to spike, topping out (so far) yesterday at 2,757 page loads&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2004\/11\/graphics\/graph_daily_summary.jpg\" height=\"172\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"Graph Daily Summary\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A little curious about what was causing the spike, I checked out my referrers and search terms. Turns out that the majority of the spike is caused by people searching for information on how states voted combined with the state&#8217;s average IQ, which first started going around the &#8216;net back in May <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/state_votes_ran.html\" title=\"State votes ranked by IQ\">regarding the 2000 elections<\/a>. The table that was flying around the &#8216;net was later <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isteve.com\/Web_Exclusives_Archive-May2004.htm#38115.6465670139\" title=\"May. 8, 2004 15:31:03\">declared a hoax<\/a>, but apparently the meme is still fairly popular, and a lot of people have been landing on my post because of that.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that someone has actually <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisevans3d.com\/files\/iq.htm\" title=\"State votes ranked by IQ 2004\">updated the table for the 2004 election<\/a> &#8212; though they&#8217;re using the same data for the IQ, so I&#8217;m sure the table is just as faulty for this election as it was for the 2000 election. As it still seems to be amusing people, though, I added a quick update to my original post noting the new table (and calling attention to the fact that it&#8217;s a hoax, though most people probably won&#8217;t care about that), and in the meantime, I&#8217;ll just enjoy the upswing in traffic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DVarious Artists%2526albumTerm=Tripnotized Vol. 1 (full mix)%2526songTerm=Tripnotized Vol. 1 (Part 1) (full mix)%26partnerId%3D30\">Tripnotized Vol. 1 (Part 1) (full mix)<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DVarious Artists%26partnerId%3D30\">Various Artists<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DVarious Artists%2526albumTerm=Tripnotized Vol. 1 (full mix)%26partnerId%3D30\">Tripnotized Vol. 1 (full mix)<\/a><\/em> (1995, 1:11:25).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little curious about what was causing a traffic spike, I checked out my referrers and search terms. Turns out that the majority of the spike is caused by people searching for information on how states voted combined with the state&#8217;s average IQ, which first started going around the &#8216;net back in May regarding the 2000 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[58,25],"class_list":["post-2935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-internet","tag-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}