{"id":3634,"date":"2006-01-02T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2006-01-02T18:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/02\/2005-traffic-report\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T15:57:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T23:57:46","slug":"2005-traffic-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/02\/2005-traffic-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2005 Traffic Report"},"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;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 01:35:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 15:20:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 14:03:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 14:03:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7200,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/27912180&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/27912180&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7201,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/27912181&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/27912181&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7202,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.raincitystory.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.hugedomains.com\\\/domain_profile.cfm?d=raincitystory.com&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7203,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/48290337&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/48290337&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7204,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/forums.fark.com\\\/cgi\\\/fark\\\/comments.pl?IDLink=1643446&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/forums.fark.com\\\/cgi\\\/fark\\\/comments.pl?IDLink=1643446&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7205,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/80975391&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/80975391&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7206,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/80977214&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190121191907\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/80977214\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 19:28:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 19:28:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been using the free traffic monitoring service <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statcounter.com\/\">StatCounter<\/a> for some time now to get an idea of how much traffic I&#8217;m pulling in. Here&#8217;s a look at the past year&#8217;s traffic for Eclecticism:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Q1: Jan. 01 &#8211; Mar. 31 2005<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/27912180\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/23\/27912180_8dacce895e.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"229\" alt=\"Site Traffic, Jan. 1, 2005-Mar. 31, 2005\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<th>Total<\/th>\n<th>Daily Average<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Page Loads:<\/th>\n<td>109,908<\/td>\n<td>1,221<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Unique Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>82,105<\/td>\n<td>912<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>First Time Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>76,110<\/td>\n<td>846<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Returning Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>5,995<\/td>\n<td>67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Overall fairly steady. A very slight upward trend over the quarter and one spike from a mention by Yahoo! Japan in an article about fired webloggers.<\/p>\n<h4>Q2: Apr. 01 &#8211; Jun. 30 2005<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/27912181\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/22\/27912181_3a247154ab.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"229\" alt=\"Site Traffic, Apr. 1, 2005-Jun. 30, 2005\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<th>Total<\/th>\n<th>Daily Average<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Page Loads:<\/th>\n<td>110,309<\/td>\n<td>1,212<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Unique Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>86,021<\/td>\n<td>945<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>First Time Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>80,449<\/td>\n<td>884<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Returning Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>5,572<\/td>\n<td>61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A very slight <em>downward<\/em> trend for the first two months of the quarter as my home-run webserver started showing its age. A nice jump in the third month thanks to a kind offer by Michael of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raincitystory.com\/\" title=\"Rain City Story\">Rain City Story<\/a> for a more capable server that was able to handle all the requests. One moderate spike towards the end of the quarter from searches for photos of the nude bikers at the <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/06\/2005_fremont_so.html\" title=\"Eclecticism: 2005 Fremont Solstice Parade\">Fremont Solstice Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Q3: Jul. 01 &#8211; Sep. 30 2005<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/48290337\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/26\/48290337_d8be8ad673.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"229\" alt=\"Site Traffic, Jul. 1, 2005-Sep. 30, 2005\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<th>Total<\/th>\n<th>Daily Average<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Page Loads:<\/th>\n<td>234,652<\/td>\n<td>2,551<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Unique Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>188,281<\/td>\n<td>2,047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>First Time Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>179,664<\/td>\n<td>1,953<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Returning Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>8,617<\/td>\n<td>94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Again, fairly steady across most of the quarter. One small spike from a \/. comment mention and one small bump from an Engadget comment mention &#8212; and then one <em>huge<\/em> spike thanks to an <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/ten_tech_items.html\" title=\"Eclecticism: Ten Tech Items Inspired by Science Fiction\">old post<\/a> being <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.fark.com\/cgi\/fark\/comments.pl?IDLink=1643446\" title=\"Fark: Ten common items 'invented' by sci-fi writers\">Farked<\/a>. Whee!<\/p>\n<h4>Q4: Oct. 01 &#8211; Dec. 31 2005<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/80975391\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/40\/80975391_0315ce603e.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"229\" alt=\"Site Traffic, Oct. 1, 2005-Dec. 31, 2005\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<th>Total<\/th>\n<th>Daily Average<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Page Loads:<\/th>\n<td>172,416<\/td>\n<td>1,874<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Unique Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>131,998<\/td>\n<td>1,435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>First Time Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>123,268<\/td>\n<td>1,340<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Returning Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>8,730<\/td>\n<td>95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Nothing really major happening this quarter &#8212; pretty steady all the way across, and no major spikes worth noticing.<\/p>\n<h4>2005 Overview<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/80977214\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/41\/80977214_8f7f599420.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"229\" alt=\"Site Traffic, Jan. 1, 2005-Dec. 31, 2005\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<th>Total<\/th>\n<th>Daily Average<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Page Loads:<\/th>\n<td>627,282<\/td>\n<td>1,719<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Unique Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>488,405<\/td>\n<td>1,338<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>First Time Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>459,491<\/td>\n<td>1,259<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Returning Visitors:<\/th>\n<td>28,914<\/td>\n<td>79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The year overall shows a slight tend upward. Not a huge one, and having moved to a webserver that doesn&#8217;t choke is a large factor in that, but it&#8217;s still good to see that I&#8217;m pulling in a few more people as time goes by. That Fark spike is still incredibly noticeable, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Not a bad year in the end, I&#8217;d say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been using the free traffic monitoring service StatCounter for some time now to get an idea of how much traffic I&#8217;m pulling in. 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