{"id":1723,"date":"2010-06-02T03:34:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T10:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2010-06-02T03:34:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T10:34:27","slug":"monthly-report-for-may-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/02\/monthly-report-for-may-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report for May 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our third full month since we moved from Blogger was excellent.  Politics Plus took off in May.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here are our basic stats:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Note that in May we exceeded our performance in March and April combined.  I gav up on Facebook and started publicizing the site on Reddit, Stumbleupon, and Twitter.  If you use these sites, please share our articles that you consider worthy there, and elsewhere.  The \u2018share\u2019 button at the bottom of each article makes it easy.  The only thing that disappointed me about May is that our biggest response came from the articles about an Arab American winning Miss USA.  Isn\u2019t it sad that a bikini draws more interest than the fate of our nation?<\/font><\/p>\n

Here is our most recent Clustrmap.<\/font><\/p>\n

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We have people coming here from all over the world.<\/font><\/p>\n

Our durations are down a bit:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Number of visits: 12619 – Average: 216 s<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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Percent<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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0s-30s<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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10142<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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80.3 %<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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30s-2mn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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676<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5.3 %<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2mn-5mn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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484<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3.8 %<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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5mn-15mn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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521<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4.1 %<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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15mn-30mn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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233<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1.8 %<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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30mn-1h<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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252<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1.9 %<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1h+<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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311<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2.4 %<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s expected, with so many more visits.<\/font><\/p>\n

Search engine responses are taking off.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Links from an Internet Search Engine<\/p>\n

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                                                                               <\/span>Pages                <\/span>Hits<\/p>\n

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– Stumbleupon (Social Bookmark)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2543<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3406<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Google<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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646<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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653<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Yahoo!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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54<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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60<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Google (Images)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Sphere (Blog)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Unknown search engines<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Ask<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Bing<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– AOL<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Windows Live<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Earth Link<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Dogpile<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Baidu<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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– Yandex<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Our top 15 referrers (blogs) are:<\/font><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/scaredstiff-tim.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/parsleyspics.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/america-weeps.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/whohijackedourcountry.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/carolinaparrothead.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/oakcreekforum.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/bildungblog.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/jackjodell.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/themanwhowalksalonewalksfaster.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/theleftinme.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/infidel753.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/reconstitution.us\/rcnew\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/revmanny.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/thebeekeepersapprentice.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We had other referrers (like Reddit) from which we had a greater response, but I decided to include blogs only, because this stat is about saying thanks and returning some linkage.<\/font><\/p>\n

We have 6,567 links on other websites, up from 3,867 last month.<\/font><\/p>\n

We have 1,011 posts and 7,043 comments.<\/font><\/p>\n

If you are tired of our funky avatars and would like your own avatar, go to Gravatar<\/a>.  Sign up using the email address you use to post comments here and upload the image you want to use.  Whenever you comment under that email address here or on any WordPress blog (several others too), that will be your avatar.<\/font><\/p>\n

Frankly, I\u2019m stunned by the speed of the takeoff, and thankful.<\/font><\/p>\n

Finally, I\u2019d like to remind you why I use the term \u2018we\u2019 when I am the only author.  It is your participation in the comments that makes this blog more attractive that I could on my own.  It is you referring to this blog in your articles that bring people that stay.  Politics Plus has never been about just me.  It\u2019s about us all.  Thank you for your support.<\/font><\/p>\n

P.S.  See today\u2019s Open Thread to sign up for Lefty Bloggers and Friends fantasy football league. \ud83d\ude00<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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