{"id":25132,"date":"2016-12-02T09:19:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T17:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25132"},"modified":"2016-12-02T09:19:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T17:19:23","slug":"monthly-report-for-november-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/02\/monthly-report-for-november-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report for November 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, all categories were up from October.  I attribute our continuing slowness to my health issues and the shock of disbelief that has descended on our poor nation.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"Stats11-2016\"<\/p>\n

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

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Month Nov 2016<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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01 Nov 2016 – 00:01<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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30 Nov 2016 – 23:58<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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9,276<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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27,473<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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81,817<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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276,690<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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350,170<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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405,161<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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Month Nov 2015<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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01 Nov 2015 – 00:01<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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30 Nov 2015 – 23:59<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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

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

\n

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

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

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11,064<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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34,904<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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143,087<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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377,069<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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393,309<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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453,597<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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Year over year, 2016 is considerably lower in every category.  Here is our latest demographic data from <\/font>Quantcast<\/a><\/font>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"QUS11-2016\"<\/p>\n

They miss a ton of raw data, but among those they can identify they are a valuable source of information.  We are still mostly older, well educated, Democrats, and politically active, anmd poor to middle class.  We are  about 40% male and 60% female.  <\/font><\/p>\n

Here is our <\/font>ClustrMap<\/a><\/font> for 2016 YTD.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"ClustrMap11-2016\"<\/p>\n

ClustrMap misses a lot of visits, because many visits can\u2019t be easily traced to a location.  They have changed their format.  When you click the map in the left column, it shows the current month only, but they changed their interface to allow me to pull up the YTD map, and they just made several different  formats available, including one in Russian for Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Jane Smiley: Capitalist Pigs<\/a><\/font> 1\/17\/2010 769
<\/font>Unquestioning Support for Cops<\/a><\/font> 7\/28\/2015 510
<\/font>Friday Fun \u2013 Joe Biden Pranks: Time for Some Chuckles<\/a><\/font> 11\/16\/2016 388
<\/font>Michael Moore\u2019s Five Point Plan<\/a><\/font> 11\/11\/2016 256
<\/font>Chomsky on Trump\u2019s Election<\/a><\/font> 11\/26\/2016<\/font><\/p>\n

The count represents only the people who followed an external link to that specific article.  Three were from November.  Congrats to Nameless, who not only made the list, but also, had November’s top article.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here are our top non-blog\/news referrers (100 referral minimum):<\/font><\/p>\n

Care2<\/a><\/font> 2,694
<\/font>Google<\/a><\/font> 2,280
<\/font>Stumbleupon<\/a><\/font> 256
<\/font>Google (Images)<\/a><\/font> 100<\/font><\/p>\n

Care2 is up by over 400,  Google is up by over 350, Stumbleupon is up 60, Google (Images) made the list.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

http:\/\/infidel753.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/bildungblog.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/oakcreekforum.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/hamsandwich66.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
https:\/\/blogofthebeardedone.wordpress.com\/<\/a>
https:\/\/ethicsalarms.com\/<\/a>
https:\/\/blogs.commons.georgetown.edu\/<\/a>
http:\/\/progressiveerupts.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/harpers.org\/<\/a>
http:\/\/thehill.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/www.laborers860.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/okjimmseggrollemporium.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
http:\/\/www.rose-rosetree.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

We had 14 sites  with 2 or more referrals, up 10 from October.  Putting blogs\u2019 links here increases the ratings of their sites, so this \u201clinkey love\u201d is our thank you for their support.  I’m most pleased with the stat and that some of the sites that linked to us are household names.  <\/font><\/p>\n

We have 237,724 links on other websites, down over 100,000 from October.  I expect that to decrease, because thousands of our links are over five years old, dating back to a time, when we consistently averaged over a million hits a month.  I used to have the time and energy for 7-8 articles per day. Major sites (like Care2), where I used to post links are no longer available, I\u2019ve stopped posting links at other major sites, and I no longer visit 20 \u2013 30 blogs per day, because I just can\u2019t do everything I used to do.  However, as quantity has gone down, I hope quality has gone up.<\/font><\/p>\n

As of Midnight on December 1, we have 7,011 articles and 84,621 comments.<\/font><\/p>\n

Congrats to Pat A.  She won a Big Mouth Award in November, for the 84,000th comment.<\/font><\/p>\n

I recommend using your own avatar. Go to <\/font>Gravatar<\/a><\/font>.  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

Your Administrators are Lynn Squance, aka Sasquatch or Squatch, SoINeedAName, aka Nameless, and I, aka TomCat, the Founder.  Your Editors are Joanne Dixon, aka JD the Erynator and Lona Goudswaard, aka Lona the Napster.  I  promoted them from Author in August to give them the ability to add graphics to comments and the ability to correct my innumerable typos.<\/font><\/p>\n

This is our policy on links.  We do not embed links to extreme Republican websites, like Faux Noise, Breitfart<\/em> or World Nut Daily<\/em>.  However I leave notes in square brackets when I delete such links, (example: [faux noise delinked]<\/em>) so readers, who wish to follow them can click through to the source article.  I also remove topical links.  Finally, I blank the target on all links, so they open in a new tab or window.  <\/font><\/p>\n

Given our expanded talent, I expect to continue our overall upward trend, although my medical problems are still interfering with my writing.  One way you can help is to share our articles, not only with your family and friends, but also, on other sites, linking back to the article here.  The more exposure we get, the better we shall do at fulfilling our stated purpose, \u201cOvercoming Right Wing Insanity One Day at a Time!\u201d <\/font><\/p>\n

Thank you for all that you do, here and elsewhere.  You are why we succeed!  You atr America’s only hope.<\/font><\/p>\n

Remember, last month I warned you that every state is a swing state.  You passed it on, but far too few heeded our warning.  As more votes have come in, we now know that, if Jill Stein voters in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania had only voted responsibly, Hilary Clinton would be President elect today.  Let’s work to prevent this from happening in 2020, if our nation survives.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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