{"id":18165,"date":"2015-12-18T07:59:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T15:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18165"},"modified":"2015-12-18T13:01:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T21:01:20","slug":"monthly-report-november-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/18\/monthly-report-november-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report &#8211; November 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">This is finally it . . . November stats and it isn&#39;t January yet! &nbsp;I have to say though, my furbabies don&#39;t come near me while I&#39;m working on them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Here is our latest summary:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1204Stats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1204Stats\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1204Stats-300x185.jpg\" width=\"676\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\" width=\"80\">Month<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FF9933\" width=\"80\">Unique visitors<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F3F300\" width=\"80\">Number of visits<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#4477DD\" width=\"80\">Pages<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#66F0FF\" width=\"80\">Hits<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#339944\" width=\"80\">Bandwidth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jan 2015<\/td>\n<td>10,329<\/td>\n<td>29,156<\/td>\n<td>79,523<\/td>\n<td>241,305<\/td>\n<td>3.34 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 2015<\/td>\n<td>9,917<\/td>\n<td>27,754<\/td>\n<td>75,630<\/td>\n<td>220,134<\/td>\n<td>3.12 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mar 2015<\/td>\n<td>9,547<\/td>\n<td>26,594<\/td>\n<td>77,688<\/td>\n<td>217,204<\/td>\n<td>3.12 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Apr 2015<\/td>\n<td>9,838<\/td>\n<td>26,580<\/td>\n<td>80,467<\/td>\n<td>233,368<\/td>\n<td>3.36 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>May 2015<\/td>\n<td>8,806<\/td>\n<td>27,104<\/td>\n<td>75,708<\/td>\n<td>216,640<\/td>\n<td>3.09 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jun 2015<\/td>\n<td>8,798<\/td>\n<td>27,484<\/td>\n<td>79,415<\/td>\n<td>212,991<\/td>\n<td>3.04 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jul 2015<\/td>\n<td>9,760<\/td>\n<td>30,626<\/td>\n<td>89,850<\/td>\n<td>235,370<\/td>\n<td>3.17 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aug 2015<\/td>\n<td>9,612<\/td>\n<td>32,079<\/td>\n<td>91,883<\/td>\n<td>245,973<\/td>\n<td>3.09 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sep 2015<\/td>\n<td>10,087<\/td>\n<td>29,818<\/td>\n<td>104,743<\/td>\n<td>274,560<\/td>\n<td>3.44 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oct 2015<\/td>\n<td>10,265<\/td>\n<td>32,938<\/td>\n<td>118,319<\/td>\n<td>302,050<\/td>\n<td>4.53 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nov 2015<\/td>\n<td>11,064<\/td>\n<td>34,904<\/td>\n<td>143,087<\/td>\n<td>377,069<\/td>\n<td>5.80 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dec 2015<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">Total<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">108,023<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">325,037&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">1,016,313<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">2,776,664<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">39.10 GB<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">It is not as neaty and tidy as TomCat&#39;s, but thanks to the Puddy Tat, the graph is no longer the size of a postage stamp. &nbsp;The numbers here are definitely going up, with November seeming to take right off. &nbsp;I hope TomCat will comment on the direction of the stats. &nbsp;I suspect with the holiday season upon us, things will slow down, but be prepared for more activity as the elections grow closer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Data from November 2015:<\/font><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" valign=\"top\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Reported period<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Month Nov 2015<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>First visit<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">01 Nov 2015 &ndash; 00:00<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Last visit<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">30 Nov 2015 &ndash; 23:59<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Unique visitors<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Number of visits<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Pages<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Hits<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Bandwidth<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Viewed traffic *<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>11,064<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>34,904<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">(3.15&nbsp;visits\/visitor)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>143,087<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">(4.09 Pages\/Visit)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>377,069\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">(10.8&nbsp;Hits\/Visit)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>5.80 GB<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">(174.27. KB\/Visit)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Not viewed traffic *<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><b>393,309<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><b>453,597<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><b>7.23 GB<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Unfortunately, I was unable to reconcile October 2014 numbers from the&nbsp;<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/03\/monthly-report-for-november-2014\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Monthly Report for November 2014\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Monthly Report for November 2014<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">&nbsp;to give you any meaningful data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here is our latest demographic data from&nbsp;<\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantcast.com\/politicsplus.org\" target=\"_blank\">Quantcast<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\">:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pp demographics\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pp-demographics-300x159.jpg\" width=\"828\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Here are our top non-blog\/news referrers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/527046926?sort=submitted\" target=\"_blank\">Care2<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>3,458<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Search Engine Home Page [new window]\">Google<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>1,112<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Stumbleupon home page [new window]\">Stumbleupon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>102<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Search Engine Home Page [new window]\">Google (Images)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>76<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/\" style=\"line-height: 1.6;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Search Engine Home Page [new window]\">Microsoft Bing<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>39<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Search Engine Home Page [new window]\">Yahoo!<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>48<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Compared to October 2015, all referral sources are down with the exception of Care2 which is up significantly again. &nbsp;Thanks to JL for trying and succeeding to widen the distribution on Care2.&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"yes\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/ckeditor-for-wordpress\/ckeditor\/plugins\/smiley\/images\/thumbs_up.png\" title=\"yes\" width=\"23\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"yes\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/ckeditor-for-wordpress\/ckeditor\/plugins\/smiley\/images\/thumbs_up.png\" title=\"yes\" width=\"23\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Here are our top 15 commentators:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;jla (181)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">Lynn Squance<\/a> (168)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/101612212?sort=submitted\" target=\"_blank\">Joanne Dixon (161)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">TomCat (151)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edie (144)<\/p>\n<p>Lona Goudswaard (119)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mail.twc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pat B (98)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">SoINeedAName<\/a> (80)<\/p>\n<p>Mitch D. (74)<\/p>\n<p>Jim Phillips (64)<\/p>\n<p>Vivian B. (36)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=1654174312\" target=\"_blank\">Patty (33)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/critterscrap.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Critter (25)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>dave c (24)<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie Lynn (13)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">During September&nbsp;and October, the resident Big Mouth designation was shared by JL, Joanne Dixon,&nbsp;SoINeedAName and me, Lynn Squance as TomCat was ill. &nbsp;TomCat increased his postings substantially through November and is back to posting daily. &nbsp;Kudos TomCat for a spectacular return!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Kudos to JL for winning the Big Mouth Award for the 72,000th comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I recommend using your own avatar. Go to&nbsp;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gravatar<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\">.&nbsp; Sign up using the email address you use to post comments here and upload the image you want to use as your avatar.&nbsp; 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<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The political campaign has definitely heated up much earlier than it normally has<\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">.&nbsp; Whether you support Bernie, Hillary, or Martin, please base your arguments on the good things about your choice.&nbsp; However, it&rsquo;s open season (politically) on the Republican candidates.&nbsp; They and the Republican Bubble Machine will be repeating so many lies so often that we&rsquo;ll be hard pressed to keep repeating&nbsp; the truths. &nbsp;Of course as we have been seeing, Donald Trump and now Ted Cruz&nbsp;are taking insaniTEA to new heights. &nbsp;Ben Carson is sinking into oblivion. &nbsp;How so many of these Republican candidates can afford to stay afloat financially with poll numbers so low, I really don&#39;t know.&nbsp;&nbsp;Expect little help from the media. &nbsp;we will&nbsp;do our&nbsp;best to assist you, by exposing the lies and presenting the truths clearly.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thank you for all that you do, here and elsewhere.&nbsp; You make doing this job worth the effort!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is finally it . . . November stats and it isn&#39;t January yet! &nbsp;I have to say though, my furbabies don&#39;t come near me while I&#39;m working on them. 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