{"id":6628,"date":"2012-01-02T00:04:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T08:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2012-01-02T00:18:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T08:18:56","slug":"monthly-report-for-december-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/02\/monthly-report-for-december-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report for December 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December, Politics Plus dropped in Uniques and Visitors, but Page Views, Hits and Bandwidth were up.  Because I was ill for almost half the month, I\u2019m surprised that we did that well.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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15,455<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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31,478<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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345,113<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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1,093,133<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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26.04 GB<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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279,999<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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350,618<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5.79 GB<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Not viewed traffic is people who read our blog without coming here, using RSS Readers, such as Feed Demon, and Aggregation sites, such as Google Reader and MyWeb.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Stats12-2012\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"Clustrmap12-2012\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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 up from 279 seconds last month:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Number of visits: 31,478 – Average: 299 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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24,995<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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79.4 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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1,639<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5.2 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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2.5 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1,228<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3.9 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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1,059<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3.3 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

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21 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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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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5605<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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55.2 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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8,478<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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38.1 %<\/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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3895<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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38.4 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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12,668<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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56.9 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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0.7 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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0.6 %<\/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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56<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.5 %<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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56<\/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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37<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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17<\/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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17<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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0 %<\/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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12<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.1 %<\/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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MyWebSearch<\/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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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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GoodSearch<\/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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3<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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MetaCrawler (Metamoteur)<\/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<\/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<\/tr>\n

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Virgilio<\/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<\/tr>\n

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Mamma<\/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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InfoSpace<\/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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Go.com<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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Voila<\/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<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

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http:\/\/www.care2.com<\/a><\/font>                <\/span>4,277<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/<\/a><\/font>              <\/span>2,379<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.jabberwonk.com\/<\/a><\/font>         <\/span>539<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/<\/a><\/font>             <\/span>276<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/<\/a><\/font>                <\/span>161<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

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http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

http:\/\/annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.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 December are missing.  I went to copy the names at 8:45 PM on the 31st, and it had already reset.  I thought it reset at Midnight EST.  I guess I\u2019ll just have to do it earlier in the day. The widget is in the right column.  I don\u2019t count, as I\u2019m the resident big mouth, and I try to reply to every comment, except replies directed at someone else.  Those who leave their URLs in their comments, get linkey-love here. Hopefully I\u2019ll get them next month.<\/font><\/p>\n

We have 604,268 links on other websites, down from 656,839 last month.<\/font><\/p>\n

We have 3,050 articles and 27,150 comments, as of midnight 1\/1.<\/font><\/p>\n

I recommend using your own avatar. Go to <\/font>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 image will be your avatar.<\/font><\/p>\n

We also have a special announcement.  I have authorized two other people to post articles on Politics Plus.  On the subjects of Canada and Canadian politics we have Lynn Squance, who understands the US better than any Canadian I have known.  On the subjects of Health Care and Medical Issues, we have SoINeedAName, affectionately known here as Nameless, who is a doctor.  I do not know when we can expect to hear from them, but they have the access to post any time they choose.  Please welcome them.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Your participation remains a major part of what makes this blog worth reading, not to mention worth writing. Many people who visit here have told me that they come here to read your comments in addition to my articles, and people continue to write comments about your comments on other sites.  Politics Plus exists to help end right-wing insanity and send the Republican Party the way of the Whigs.  Thank you all for all you do, here and elsewhere, to help make that happen.  Together we will make a difference.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In December, Politics Plus dropped in Uniques and Visitors, but Page Views, Hits and Bandwidth were up.  Because I was ill for almost half the month, I\u2019m surprised that we did that well.   Unique visitors Number of visits Pages Hits Bandwidth Viewed traffic * 15,455 31,478 (2.03 visits\/visitor) 345,113 (10.96 Pages\/Visit) 1,093,133 (34.72 Hits\/Visit) […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,45,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-news","category-monthly-report","category-uncategorized","category-31-id","category-45-id","category-1-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}