{"id":84,"date":"2009-10-01T02:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2009-10-01T02:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T10:21:00","slug":"monthly-report-1012009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/01\/monthly-report-1012009\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report: 10\/1\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Politics Plus returned to the Internet on September 5 as a brand new blog.&#160; I feel quite happy about our initial month.<\/p>\n<p>We had 4,042 visitors and 5, 117 page views, averaging 135 visits and 171 views per day.&#160; That\u2019s great from a standing start.&#160; Here\u2019s a graph of visits and views.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s217.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc83\/TomCat1948or2\/Blog%202009\/MonthlyReport1012009_2C51\/vv.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"v-v\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"319\" alt=\"v-v\" src=\"http:\/\/s217.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc83\/TomCat1948or2\/Blog%202009\/MonthlyReport1012009_2C51\/vv_thumb.jpg\" width=\"644\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, far too many of our visits were \u201cpit stops\u201d, but I hope that will change.&#160; Here\u2019s a graph breaking down the last 500 visitors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s217.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc83\/TomCat1948or2\/Blog%202009\/MonthlyReport1012009_2C51\/Length.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Length\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"484\" alt=\"Length\" src=\"http:\/\/s217.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc83\/TomCat1948or2\/Blog%202009\/MonthlyReport1012009_2C51\/Length_thumb.jpg\" width=\"454\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Our visitors come from all over the world.&#160; Here\u2019s our ClustrMap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s217.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc83\/TomCat1948or2\/Blog%202009\/MonthlyReport1012009_2C51\/politicsplus909.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"politicsplus9-09\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"244\" alt=\"politicsplus9-09\" src=\"http:\/\/s217.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc83\/TomCat1948or2\/Blog%202009\/MonthlyReport1012009_2C51\/politicsplus909_thumb.jpg\" width=\"644\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Our 1,000th visitor was Mauigirl, 2,000th Stimson, 3,000th Annette, and 4,000th Mark.&#160; You\u2019ll find a special section in our sidebar honoring them and linking to their blogs.<\/p>\n<p>I have no idea how we\u2019re ranked on Technorati. I\u2019ve pinged them several times and emailed their support department.&#160; They have me on file as the owner of Politics Plus, but they still fail to recognize our existence.<\/p>\n<p>You may wonder why I use the terms \u201cwe\u201d and \u201cour\u201d while referring to Politics Plus, since this is a one-person blog.&#160; I assure you, I\u2019m not doing so in the regal sense.&#160; The we in Politics Plus includes you.&#160; Without your readership and comments, this blog would be pointless.&#160; Whatever success this blog does and will enjoy is because of you, so please congratulate yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Today there are three more articles for you.&#160; Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics Plus returned to the Internet on September 5 as a brand new blog.&#160; I feel quite happy about our initial month. 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