{"id":6261,"date":"2011-11-02T00:12:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T07:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/02\/monthly-report-for-october-2011\/"},"modified":"2011-11-02T00:12:50","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T07:12:50","slug":"monthly-report-for-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/02\/monthly-report-for-october-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report for October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

In October, Politics Plus enjoyed record highs in Uniques, Page views, and Bandwidth.  I consider page views most important, because to generate more than one page view on a visit, someone has to open other articles to actually read your comments.  It was our second best month for Visitors, and third best for Hits.  This both surprised and pleased me, because we lost our second biggest Non-blog referrer, Buzzflash.  They are no more.  Furthermore, our traffic from Stumbleupon continues to drop, because their format changes have been so unpopular that people are leaving in droves.  On top of that I missed four days.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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In addition we also had 285,411 page views, 376,138 hits and and 7.16 GB of external traffic.  These are mainly from people reading articles from our RSS feed instead of coming to the site to do so.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here is our most recent ClustrMap, last updated on November 1.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Our ClustrMap reset the morning of 2\/28\/2011, starting over from scratch. This map counts only visits since then. The largest circles represent over 1,000 visits. The tiniest represent one to ten.<\/font><\/p>\n

Our average durations were down from 211 seconds last month:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Number of visits: 52,187 – Average: 209 s<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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

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43,757<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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83.8 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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2,627<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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1,051<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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1,260<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2.4 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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

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

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1,595<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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1.8 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That essentially unchanged.<\/font><\/p>\n

Search engine referrals were up, except for Stumbleupon.<\/font><\/p>\n

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23 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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Percent<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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

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6252<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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55.1 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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8,933<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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53.2 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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4377<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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38.6 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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6,774<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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40.3 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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1.5 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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

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

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1.4 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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1.5 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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1.2 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0.8 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Virgilio<\/a><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Earth Link<\/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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WebCrawler<\/a><\/font><\/span><\/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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19<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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T-Online<\/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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Scroogle<\/font><\/span><\/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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GoodSearch<\/a><\/font><\/span><\/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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Mamma<\/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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5<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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Go.com<\/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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39<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.2 %<\/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>17,436<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.care2.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/font>                 <\/span>4,583<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.jabberwonk.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/font>           <\/span>964<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/<\/a><\/font><\/font>               <\/span>478<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is an extra, because there was a tie for 15th place.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some linkey-love in return  The best ways you can spread the message to others is to use the share button at the bottom of each article to list our articles on the the networking sites where you belong. Quote PP articles on your own blogs also helps.  The operative commandment here is \u201cthou shalt steal<\/strong>.\u201d  We\u2019re on the same side here, and I encourage it.  Even if you want to repost a whole article, that\u2019s OK.  Just link back, please.  Also, feel free to swipe my graphics in the articles.  If they are labeled with our Politics Plus URL, they are my work.<\/font><\/p>\n

The top fifteen commenters for September are not missing this time, because I actually remembered to copy them off in time on the night of the 31st.  Here they are:<\/font><\/p>\n