{"id":14441,"date":"2015-01-03T00:01:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T08:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14441"},"modified":"2015-01-03T00:01:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T08:01:53","slug":"monthly-report-for-december-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/03\/monthly-report-for-december-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report for December 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December, Politics Plus was little changed from November.  At the suggestion of Gene from Care2, I considered returning to graphics from AWSTATS.  Although AWSTATs tends to miss a lot of valid traffic, while trying to filter out bots, crawlers, spammers and hackers, it has other features that make it worth using.  The graphs are easier to understand, and it has the ability to isolate time periods to compare, as I do below.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here is our latest summary:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Stats12-2014\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Data from December 2014:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Reported period<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Month Dec 2014<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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First visit<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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01 Dec 2014 – 00:01<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Last visit<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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31 Dec 2014 – 23:58<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Unique visitors<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Number of visits<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Pages<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Hits<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Bandwidth<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Viewed traffic *<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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10,150<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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29,249<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

(2.88 visits\/visitor)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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76,869<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

(2.62 Pages\/Visit)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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219,862<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

(7.51 Hits\/Visit)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3.10 GB<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

(111.26 KB\/Visit)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Not viewed traffic *<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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325,283<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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368,893<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5.64 GB<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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Not viewed pages includes people who read RSS feeds  and RSS readers.<\/font><\/p>\n

Data from December 2013:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Reported period<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Month Dec 2013<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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First visit<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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01 Dec 2013 – 00:00<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Last visit<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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31 Dec 2013 – 23:59<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Unique visitors<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Number of visits<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Pages<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Hits<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Bandwidth<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Viewed traffic *<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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9,171<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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30,033<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

(3.27 visits\/visitor)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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74,284<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

(2.47 Pages\/Visit)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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224,365<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

(7.47 Hits\/Visit)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5.15 GB<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

(179.7 KB\/Visit)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Not viewed traffic *<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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248,731<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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320,245<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4.45 GB<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

The last two Decembers are very similar.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here is our latest ClustrMap:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Map12-2014\"<\/p>\n

ClustrMap misses a lot of, because many visits can\u2019t be easily traced to a location.  It shows only the visits from March 2 to November 2, when it was last updated.  The map has not been updated in over a month.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here are our top five articles:<\/font><\/p>\n

Jane Smiley: Capitalist Pigs<\/a><\/font> 1\/17\/2010 1,528
<\/font>Another Police Murder<\/a><\/font> 11\/29\/2914 528
<\/font>Open Thread\u20139\/8\/2014<\/a><\/font> 524
<\/font>Open Thread\u201312\/15\/2014<\/a><\/font> 311
<\/font>Open Thread\u201312\/12\/2014<\/a><\/font> 304<\/font><\/p>\n

I\u2019m pleased to see more from 2014.  For years my Open threads were largely ignored, but lately they have become one of our most popular items.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here are our top non-blog\/news referrers:<\/font><\/p>\n

Care2<\/a><\/font> 1,694
<\/font>Google<\/a><\/font> 1,611
<\/font>Stumbleupon<\/a><\/font> 600<\/font><\/p>\n

Care2 and Google are down,  Stumbleupon is up.  Microsoft Bing fell below 100, so it is not listed.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here are our top  blog\/news referrers:<\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/oakcreekforum.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/infidel753.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/bildungblog.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/frieddogleg.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/zenman1550.tumblr.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/theleftinme.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/www.synapticstew.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/jackjodell53.wordpress.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/alterx.blogspot.ca\/<\/a>
http:\/\/rixar13.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Normally I include fifteen here, but these twelve are the only ones with two or more referrals.  But that\u2019s up two from last month.  Putting their links here increases the ratings of their sites, so this \u201clinkey love\u201d is our thank you for their support.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here are our top commentators.  As the resident Big Mouth, I don\u2019t count.  Those who leave their URLs in their comment headers, also get \u201clinkey-love\u201d here.<\/font><\/p>\n

Lynn Squance (101)
<\/font>Edie (67)
<\/font>Joanne D (65)
<\/font>Patty (51)
<\/font>Rixar13 (49)
<\/font>Pat A (46)|
<\/font>SoINeedAName (40)
<\/font>jla (30)
<\/font>Jerry Critter (23)<\/a>
Jim Phillips (21)
<\/font>Vivian B. (17)
<\/font>mamabear (9)
<\/font>Steve (7)
<\/font>Arielle (6)
<\/font>dave c (4)
<\/font>Infidel753 (4)<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

There are over 15, because of a tie.<\/font><\/p>\n

We have 259,369 links on other websites.<\/font><\/p>\n

Our Technorati rating no longer exists, because Technorati no longer exists as a blog rating entity.    They have left a vacuum in blog authority rating.  If you learn of someone filling that need before I do, please let me know.  I have registered with Quantcast.  They miss a ton of raw data, but among those they can identify they will be a valuable source of information.  I learned that hard way that I have to pull the data off before a new month starts.  However I did learn that we are mostly older, well educated, poor, and politically active.  That remains the same for December.  I forgot to get the data off on time.<\/font><\/p>\n

As of Midnight on January 1, we have 5,288 articles and 59,164 comments.<\/font><\/p>\n

I recommend using your own avatar. Go to<\/font> Gravatar<\/a>.  Sign up using the email address you use to post comments here and upload the image you want to use as your avatar.  Whenever you comment under that email address here or on any WordPress blog (several others too), that image will become your avatar.<\/font><\/p>\n

A new year is upon us.  We know we will be facing major challenges.  Exactly what they will be remains unclear, as we need to see exactly what slithers out of the Republican Party\u2019s bag of villainous behavior.  Whatever it takes, we\u2019ll do it together!<\/font><\/p>\n

Thank you for all that you do.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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