{"id":4991,"date":"2011-06-02T03:07:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T10:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2011-06-02T03:08:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T10:08:42","slug":"monthly-report-for-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/02\/monthly-report-for-may-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report for May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May, Politics Plus ran well almost the same as April\u2019s performance.  We still can\u2019t be stars every month, and it was a good solid month.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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Here is our most recent Clustrmap, last updated on May 19.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Our Clustrmap reset the morning of 2\/28, starting over from scratch, so the above map represents just two months\u2019 traffic. The largest circles represent over 1,000 visits.  The tiniest represent one to ten.<\/font><\/p>\n

Our average durations were up from 183 seconds last month:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Number of visits: 38189 – Average: 195 s<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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31172<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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81.6 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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2080<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5.4 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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1316<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3.4 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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1228<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3.2 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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2.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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1027<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2.6 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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1.4 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s expected, because we also had fewer drive-by visitors.<\/font><\/p>\n

Search engine referrals were up slightly.<\/font><\/p>\n

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20 different referring search engines<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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

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8801<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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58.7 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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13649<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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58.3 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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4789<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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31.9 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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7998<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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34.2 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Microsoft Bing<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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

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3.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Microsoft MSN Search<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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2.6 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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1.7 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Yahoo!<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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1.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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Google (Images)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0.3 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0.4 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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0.2 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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0.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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0.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Microsoft Windows Live<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Digg (Social Bookmark)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Onet.pl<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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ix quick<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Our top four non-blog referrers are:<\/font><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/font>          <\/span>4,600+<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.buzzflash.net\/<\/a><\/font><\/font>      <\/span>3,000+<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.care2.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/font>          <\/span>1,600<\/font>+<\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.jabberwonk.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/font>    <\/span>900+<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Our top 15 blog referrers are:<\/font><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

http:\/\/republic-of-gilead.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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

http:\/\/jackjodell53.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/jbm479.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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

http:\/\/katieschwartz.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

http:\/\/okjimmseggrollemporium.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here\u2019s some linkey-love in return  The best ways you can publicize Politics Plus is to use the share button at the bottom of each post to list our articles on the the networking sites where you belong, and to quote PP articles on your own blogs.  The operative commandment here is \u201cthou shalt steal<\/strong>.\u201d  We\u2019re on the same side here, so I don\u2019t mind.  Even if you want to repost a whole article, that\u2019s OK.  Just link back, please.  Also, feel free to swipe the graphics in the articles.<\/font><\/p>\n

We have a new feature occasioned by a new plugin.  Unfortunately I screwed the pooch on this one.  The old month\u2019s data disappears at midnight sharp on the 1st, so it\u2019s up to me to grab it on the night of the 31st.  I just plain forgot.  Mea culpa.  I remember that Princess Lisa G was leading the pack with Jerry, Nameless and Mark close on her heels.<\/font><\/p>\n

The widget is in the right column.  I don\u2019t count, as I\u2019m the resident big mouth.  Those who leave their URLs in their comments, get linkey love, or will if I can just remember this month. \"Embarrassed<\/font><\/p>\n

Technorati<\/a> remains a complete mystery to me.<\/font>  Although, there is little to distinguish May from April, we\u2019re solidly back on the A list. Our global authority, politics authority and US politics authority are all way up.  They started rating us for World (events) again.  I still have absolutely no idea why.<\/font><\/p>\n