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Post by Admin Pete on Nov 6, 2015 12:29:57 GMT -5
Today we added Syria! Are there gamers in Syria? Inquiring minds want to know!  |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Dec 20, 2015 2:22:11 GMT -5
No readers from Antarctica?
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Post by robkuntz on Dec 20, 2015 3:42:26 GMT -5
I don't know if it's an officially recognised phrase; I meant to refer to the huge ecology of web crawlers, spiders, bots, robots, trawlers, scripts, programs, processes, and so on that are constantly visiting every reachable place on the internet, for legitimate or nefarious purposes. There are many more robots using the internet than there are people; 212 billion connected devices by 2020 is what some marketeers are predicting. Once upon a time there was an internet of content. Then there was an internet of people. Now there is an internet of things. Yep. Same with my blog and my fiancee's, things from Russia. They all appeared at once one month and are now persistent on both of our blogs, which for content are quite different. Bots, scams, as WoE said so eloquently--things. I pay very little attention these days to internet stats and such. |
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Post by Admin Pete on Dec 20, 2015 9:06:36 GMT -5
I don't know if it's an officially recognised phrase; I meant to refer to the huge ecology of web crawlers, spiders, bots, robots, trawlers, scripts, programs, processes, and so on that are constantly visiting every reachable place on the internet, for legitimate or nefarious purposes. There are many more robots using the internet than there are people; 212 billion connected devices by 2020 is what some marketeers are predicting. Once upon a time there was an internet of content. Then there was an internet of people. Now there is an internet of things. Yep. Same with my blog and my fiancee's, things from Russia. They all appeared at once one month and are now persistent on both of our blogs, which for content are quite different. Bots, scams, as WoE said so eloquently--things. I pay very little attention these days to internet stats and such.  I know they don't really mean anything, but it is fun to imagine what they could mean if they were real. It is also fun to speculate on just what percentage are real. It also does serve another purpose. When a new country pops up I go read about it and its culture and other stuff. Seven countries added up to 75, so I have some reading to do. |
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Post by Admin Pete on Dec 20, 2015 9:08:05 GMT -5
No readers from Antarctica? Not yet, but with all those scientists down there, there should be some rpg players among them. |
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Post by Irish Warrior on Dec 20, 2015 14:56:17 GMT -5
That's quite a collection and quite a bit of game fodder.
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 2, 2016 12:44:26 GMT -5
Updated the first post, even if they are bots maybe at least it is still helping expand the audience. |
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Post by captaincrumbcake on Mar 2, 2016 13:10:40 GMT -5
 And here I thought they all stopped by to talk to CCC!
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 2, 2016 13:49:53 GMT -5
That could very well be the real reason! |
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Post by Admin Pete on May 31, 2016 11:49:57 GMT -5
This list is up to 85 countries/governmental units and I wish there were some way to tell which ones are readers and which ones are only bots. I found it quite interesting that I am getting a lot of hits from the United Arab Emirates, like between 10-20 per day for the last few days.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 11, 2016 13:57:32 GMT -5
On a little side note here are the top ten countries that are viewing my blog all time. Wish I could get that kind of data for the forum. United States United Kingdom Germany Russia France Canada Australia Spain Ukraine Latvia I find it amazing that Russia comes in ahead of Canada and that Canada is not second or third. I am even more amazed that the Ukraine and Latvia are on the top ten list all time. Now compare this to the top ten list for the past month. Hmm as of July 2016 Russia has leapfrogged over Germany & the UK.
United States Russia Ukraine Germany France United Kingdom Canada Ireland Italy Australia Russia and Ukraine are second and third over the last month. In both cases I am surprised that the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are not two through four in one order or another. And then the list for the last week is even more odd. United States Russia Brazil France Argentina Germany Peru Canada Luxembourg Australia |
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 11, 2016 13:58:08 GMT -5
Updated the list in the first post.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 27, 2016 8:48:20 GMT -5
As some of you know I have a blog The Ruins of Murkhill - (OD&D). I have started using (as of about 10PM on10/3/16) a new stat/analytics tool that filters out all of the bots and spiders and my own stuff and only records real people visiting the blog, at least that is what it claims and it has produced some interesting information (well interesting to me). So far in a almost exactly a month I have had 282 unique visitors from these countries in the order of frequency. Not surprising the USA is the lions share of visits and a total of 26 countries.
United States
Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
Singapore
Australia
France
Brazil
Kuwait
Belgium
Spain
Sweden
Italy
Ireland
Hungary
Poland
India
Finland
Greece
Portugal
Philippines
Indonesia
Korea, Republic of
Russian Federation
New Zealand
Japan
I can also see the breakdown overall and for each country, as to where the traffic is coming from. Here is the overall breakdown of how traffic gets to the blog.
34% Direct Traffic
32% Referring Websites
14% Social Networks
19% Search Engine Referrals
Also currently the 21.6% of the visits last more than one hour.
Edit: most recent update is 11/4/16 All future updates will be in a new post. |
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Post by ripx187 on Oct 27, 2016 9:52:06 GMT -5
I had taken a break for a couple of years, in that time my blog saw more activity than when I was posting. The #1 country was Russia for some reason, I still can't figure that out. Now that I am posting again, Russia has dropped off.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 27, 2016 10:08:27 GMT -5
I had taken a break for a couple of years, in that time my blog saw more activity than when I was posting. The #1 country was Russia for some reason, I still can't figure that out. Now that I am posting again, Russia has dropped off. Weeding out the bots and spiders dropped Russia from number two to near the bottom for me. |
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Post by ripx187 on Oct 28, 2016 10:04:07 GMT -5
I betcha that one could hide lots of cloak and dagger stuff in a gaming blog. Now that I think about it, I probably attract lots of bots just because of the subject matter. Great, as if I wasn't paranoid enough.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 28, 2016 11:20:32 GMT -5
I betcha that one could hide lots of cloak and dagger stuff in a gaming blog. Now that I think about it, I probably attract lots of bots just because of the subject matter. Great, as if I wasn't paranoid enough. BTW why don't you add a link to your blog in your signature. |
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Post by ripx187 on Oct 28, 2016 16:41:31 GMT -5
Not because I didn't think about it! I want to be mysterious. Yeah . . . mysterious.
Thanks Peril:)
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Post by Mighty Darci on Oct 29, 2016 21:49:02 GMT -5
That is just one month. I wonder how many people read the really well known blog that have over 1000 posts and have been around for a long time?
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Post by ripx187 on Oct 30, 2016 14:47:53 GMT -5
That is just one month. I wonder how many people read the really well known blog that have over 1000 posts and have been around for a long time? I hardly fit the bill Darci, as I've only got 284 posts, but I started in 2008 and represent a very small niche, even in the gaming community. This month I saw a total of 5,972 page views by what my counter believes are real people. But, of that number 89.8% only clicked through, spending less than 5 seconds, so only 609.2 were views that the user actually read the content. Including bots and people who've made it impossible to trace them, I registered 18,526. |
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 30, 2016 19:55:42 GMT -5
That is just one month. I wonder how many people read the really well known blog that have over 1000 posts and have been around for a long time? I hardly fit the bill Darci, as I've only got 284 posts, but I started in 2008 and represent a very small niche, even in the gaming community. This month I saw a total of 5,972 page views by what my counter believes are real people. But, of that number 89.8% only clicked through, spending less than 5 seconds, so only 609.2 were views that the user actually read the content. Including bots and people who've made it impossible to trace them, I registered 18,526. Yeah, blogger tells me I have had 4,162 page views in the last month, but the new stat counter says that real page views are much less at only 564, but it gives me a lot more info than blogger does. More interesting is that of the 243 visitors that it noted so far since 10/3/16 (today is 10/30/16) 51 of those people have made multiple visits this during that 27 days which is 22.3%. The totals and the return visits are a lot less than I thought they were, but now I know and I have a real goal now to work towards. |
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Post by Admin Pete on Nov 7, 2016 10:14:57 GMT -5
As some of you know I have a blog The Ruins of Murkhill - (OD&D). I have started using (as of about 10PM on10/3/16) a new stat/analytics tool that filters out all of the bots and spiders and my own stuff and only records real people visiting the blog, at least that is what it claims and it has produced some interesting information (well interesting to me). So far in 35 days I have had 295 (over the past week averaging 7 new visitors per day) unique visitors from these countries for a total of 26 countries.
United States - From 38 states out of 50
Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
Singapore
Australia
France
Brazil
Kuwait
Belgium
Spain
Sweden
Italy
Ireland
Hungary
Poland
India
Finland
Greece
Portugal
Philippines
Indonesia
Korea, Republic of
Russian Federation
New Zealand
Japan
I can also see the breakdown overall and for each country, as to where the traffic is coming from. Here is the overall breakdown of how traffic gets to the blog.
34% Direct Traffic
32% Referring Websites
14% Social Networks
20% Search Engine Referrals
Also currently the 22.1% of the visits last more than one hour.
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Post by Admin Pete on Nov 7, 2016 17:10:52 GMT -5
Locations in non-USA countries:
Number
| City
| Province/State/Etc
| Country
| Reader
| 1
| Happy Valley
| Newfoundland
| Canada
| 1
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| St. John's | Newfoundland |
| 2
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| Kelowna
| British Columbia
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| 3
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| Vancouver
| British Columbia
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| 4
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| Sidney
| British Columbia
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| 5
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| Ottawa
| Ontario
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| 6
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| North Bay
| Ontario
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| 7
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| Peterborough
| Ontario
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| 8
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| Scarborough
| Ontario
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| 9
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| Waterloo
| Ontario
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| 10
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| Charlottetown
| Prince Edward Island
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| 11
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| Edmonton
| Alberta
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| 12
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| Winnipeg
| Manitoba
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| 13
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| Saint-jean-sur-richelieu
| Quebec
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| 14
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| Amherst
| Nova Scotia
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| 15
| 2
| Wiesbaden
| Hessen
| Germany
| 16
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| Wachenheim,
| Rheinland-pfalz
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| 17
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| Ludwigshafen Am Rhein
| Rheinland-pfalz
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| 18
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| Carlsberg
| Rheinland-pfalz
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| 19
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| Potsdam
| Brandenburg
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| 20
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| Erlangen
| Bayern
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| 21
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| Neuss
| Nordrhein-westfalen
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| 22
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| Gera
| Thuringen
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| 23
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| Unknown
| Unknown/Unique IP
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| 24
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| Unknown
| Unknown/Unique IP
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| 25
| 3
| Leicester
| Unknown
| United Kingdom
| 26
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| Feltham
| Hounslow
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| 27
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| Newcastle Upon Tyne
| Unknown
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| 28
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| Cardiff
| Unknown
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| 29
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| Weymouth
| Dorset
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| 30
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| Slough
| Unknown
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| 31
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| Exeter
| Devon
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| 32
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| London
| Unknown
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| 33
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| Harrogate
| North Yorkshire
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| 34
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| Edinburgh
| Unknown
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| 35
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| Belfast
| (Northern Ireland)
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| 36
| 4
| Teneriffe
| Queensland
| Australia
| 37
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| Unknown
| Queensland
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| 38
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| Blacktown
| New South Wales
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| 39
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| Parramatta
| New South Wales
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| 40
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| Melbourne
| Victoria
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| 41
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| Ainslie
| Australian Capital Territory
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| 42
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| Perth
| Western Australia
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| 43
| 5
| Saint Etienne
| Rhone-alpes
| France
| 44
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| Canari
| Corse
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| 45
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| Richebourg
| Nord-pas-de-calais
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| 46
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| Marseille
| Provence-alpes-cote D'azur
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| 47
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| Aix-en-provence
| Provence-alpes-cote D'azur
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| 48
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| Unknown
| Unknown(unique IP)
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| 49
| 6
| Madrid
| Madrid
| Spain
| 50
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| Parla
| Madrid
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| 51
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| Barcelona
| Catalonia
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| 52
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| Dos Hermanas
| Andalucia
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| 53
| 7
| Rio De Janeiro
| Unknown | Brazil
| 54
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| São José Dos Campos
| Sao Paulo
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| 55
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| Belo Horizonte
| Minas Gerais
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| 56
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| Curitiba
| Parana
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| 57
| 8
| Floda
| Vastra Gotaland
| Sweden
| 58
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| Stockholm
| Stockholms Lan
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| 59
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| Umeå
| Vasterbottens Lan
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| 60
| 9
| Budapest
| Unknown (Unique IP)
| Hungary
| 61
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| Budapest
| Unknown (Unique IP)
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| 62
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| Gyor
| Unknown
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| 63
| 10
| Dún Laoghaire
| Dublin
| Ireland
| 64
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| Unknown
| Unknown (Unique IP)
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| 65
| 11
| Rho
| Lombardia
| Italy
| 66
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| Alpignano
| Piemonte
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| 67
| 12
| Thessaloníki
| Thessaloníki
| Greece
| 68
| 13
| Singapore
| Singapore
| Singapore
| 69
| 14
| Chennai
| Tamil Nadu
| India
| 70
| 15
| Takefu
| Fukui
| Japan
| 71
| 16
| Kuwait
| Al Kuwayt
| Kuwait
| 72
| 17
| Moscow City
| Moscow
| Russian Federation
| 73
| 18
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Korea, Republic Of
| 74
| 19
| Denpasar
| Bali
| Indonesia
| 75
| 20
| Manila
| Unknown
| Philippines
| 76
| 21
| Lisbon
| Lisboa
| Portugal
| 77
| 22
| Hove
| Antwerpen
| Belgium
| 78
| 23
| Tampere
| Western Finland
| Finland
| 79
| 24
| Lublin
| Lubelskie
| Poland
| 80
| 25
| Auckland
| Unknown
| New Zealand
| 81
| 26
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Post by Admin Pete on Nov 8, 2016 13:00:01 GMT -5
The above is a list as of 11/7/16 of the non-USA readers of my blog and where they are from. I think it is rather cool!  |
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Post by Admin Pete on Nov 11, 2016 23:23:56 GMT -5
Update 11/11/16: As some of you know I have a blog The Ruins of Murkhill - (OD&D). I have started using (as of about 10PM on10/3/16) a new stat/analytics tool that filters out all of the bots and spiders and my own stuff and only records real people visiting the blog, at least that is what it claims and it has produced some interesting information (well interesting to me). So far in 39 days I have had 313 unique visitors from these countries for a total of 26 countries.
United States - From 38 states out of 50
Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
Singapore
Australia
France
Brazil
Kuwait
Belgium
Spain
Sweden
Italy
Ireland
Hungary
Poland
India
Finland
Greece
Portugal
Philippines
Indonesia
Korea, Republic of
Russian Federation
New Zealand
Japan
I can also see the breakdown overall and for each country, as to where the traffic is coming from. Here is the overall breakdown of how traffic gets to the blog.
34% Direct Traffic
31% Referring Websites
14% Social Networks
21% Search Engine Referrals
Also currently the 21.3% of the visits last more than one hour.
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Post by makofan on Nov 14, 2016 16:53:21 GMT -5
Waterloo Ontario is me |
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Post by Admin Pete on Nov 14, 2016 17:13:42 GMT -5
Waterloo Ontario is me Cool!! Have an Exalt! |
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Post by Admin Pete on Nov 19, 2016 8:58:30 GMT -5
Over the last week, I've added readers from Norway and from Pakistan to the blog.
So far in 47 days I have had 342 unique visitors from these countries for a total of 28 countries.
United States - From 38 states out of 50
Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
Singapore
Australia
France
Brazil
Kuwait
Belgium
Spain
Sweden
Italy
Ireland
Hungary
Poland
India
Finland
Greece
Portugal
Philippines
Indonesia
Korea, Republic of
Russian Federation
New Zealand
Japan
Norway
Pakistan
I can also see the breakdown overall and for each country, as to where the traffic is coming from. Here is the overall breakdown of how traffic gets to the blog.
33% Direct Traffic
30% Referring Websites
13% Social Networks
24% Search Engine Referrals
Also currently the 21.3% of the visits last more than one hour.
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Post by Admin Pete on Nov 24, 2016 8:48:55 GMT -5
Just recently added a reader from Denmark.
So far in 52 days I have had 374 unique visitors from these countries for a total of 29 countries. Interestingly, 71% of my traffic comes from the USA and 21.6% of the total USA traffic comes from Ohio.
United States - From 38 states out of 50
Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
Singapore
Australia
France
Brazil
Kuwait
Belgium
Spain
Sweden
Italy
Ireland
Hungary
Poland
India
Finland
Greece
Portugal
Philippines
Indonesia
Korea, Republic of
Russian Federation
New Zealand
Japan
Norway
Pakistan
Denmark
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Post by Admin Pete on Nov 27, 2016 19:57:26 GMT -5
Just recently added a reader from Bangladesh.
So far in 55 days I have had 388 unique visitors from these countries for a total of 30 countries. Interestingly, 70.39% of my traffic comes from the USA and 21.6% of the total USA traffic comes from Ohio and that is with my visits screened out.
United States - From 39 states out of 50, plus the District of Columbia
Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
Singapore
Australia
France
Brazil
Kuwait
Belgium
Spain
Sweden
Italy
Ireland
Hungary
Poland
India
Finland
Greece
Portugal
Philippines
Indonesia
Korea, Republic of
Russian Federation
New Zealand
Japan
Norway
Pakistan
Denmark
Bangladesh
USA - States
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
District of Columbia (Washington, DC)
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I know they don't really mean anything, but it is fun to imagine what they could mean if they were real. It is also fun to speculate on just what percentage are real. It also does serve another purpose. When a new country pops up I go read about it and its culture and other stuff.
