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Weird Moments in Web Analytics: September 2007 |
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The Internet is a wonderful thing. It connects us and allows us to communicate over vast distances at the speed of light. It makes things possible, it organizes people, and it provides hours of entertainment. It also allows us to measure absolutely everything!
Every reputable website measures their traffic with web analytics software, and The Seminal is no exception. While many of these statistics are boring (how many visitors did we get, how long did they stay, etc…), web analytics allows you to slice and dice data in amusing ways. So, without further ado, I present to you some fun facts about our web traffic last month:
- Our Middle Eastern traffic has skyrocketed, growing by almost 100% when compared to August. We welcome our desert friends, including those 3 visitors from Baghdad.
- Though we are clearly taking off in the Holy Lands, our growth in Central Asia has stalled. Kazakhstan sent us one visitor in August and another one in September, giving us a 0% growth rate. I guess I gotta start writing about Kazakhstan to get those numbers up!
- The Seminal has opened up many new markets, gaining visitors this month from Afghanistan (1), Bhutan (1), Bangladesh (9), Macao (3), Cape Verde (2), Mali (1), Libya (1), Somalia (1), Malawi (1) and others where last month we had none. Interested in investing? Just drop me an email…
- The Nintedo Wii is much more popular with our visitors than the Playstation 3. Wii users visited our site twice as often, using their cool magic-wand-type-things to navigate our beautiful website.
- According to our records of search engine keywords people typed in Google to find our site, in September:
- Two people came to The Seminal hoping to find the current time in Pakistan.
- Two people came under the search term ’stake + anus “own weight”‘ which leads visitors to my YouTube debates post. (Thanks micky for that one!)
- Six visitors came looking for sex. Sorry to disappoint.
I hope you enjoyed this tour through the wonderful world of web analytics. Just remember, you are being watched, if only for my petty amusement. Happy surfing!
I love web analytics and I love international readership. Happy surfing makes fo happier reading.
Not the WHOLE Middle East is desert, thank-you-very-much. How about the Nile River Basin? Okay, maybe Egypt isn’t really considered the Middle East. How about Dubai? It has TWO, count ‘em, TWO indoor ski slopes.
But… yeah, it’s pretty sandy in general.