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Weird Moments in Web Analytics: October 2007 |
by Jason Rosenbaum :: Filed Under Special Topics :: November 1st, 2007 @ 6:14 pm EST
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As you’ve probably suspected, The Seminal measures everything we can about our visitors. We’re creepy like that.
Today, as I did last month, I want to highlight some of the odder things we’ve measured about you, our readers, this month.
- Last month, I remarked on the increased traffic we have been receiving from the Middle East (which is good, seeing as how we write about the region a lot). Well, I’m happy to report our Middle Eastern traffic has gone up a whopping 200% this month! And that includes 7 more visits from Baghdad. Welcome friends!
- Interestingly enough, Middle Eastern users are more likely to come from StumbleUpon when compared to normal users. I’m not sure what that means, but I found it interesting.
- A quick note on StumbleUpon users: We love you guys and gals! You are more than twice as likely to check out multiple pages on our site as any other traffic. Thanks for reading!
- Though we only occasionally mention porn related topics, we continue to get traffic from porn related keywords. Combined, we’ve had over 70 visits from such keywords as “sex dolls,” “egypt sex,” and (disturbingly) “hot child porn.”
- Even more surprising, some of these folks stick around and view other articles here. I guess our content is so engaging, they can push aside their lascivious thoughts long enough to read about Bush’s latest failure or something.
- Lastly, our visitors love Firefox by a factor of about 2 to 1. Smart people!
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this edition of Weird Moments in Web Analytics as much as I enjoyed writing it. Just remember, whatever you do here, we’re watching! (cue creepy Halloween music)
I’m pretty sure people looking for “egypt sex” are just looking for me. I’m kind of the sexiest thing to come out of Egypt since the Sphinx.