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DateWed, September 12, 2007 at 9:30PM

1363844290_c20ee4eb1c.jpgThings I’m wondering about…

  • Why is it two specific blog entries have been obscenely popular with you out there in recent times? For example, in the past 7 days alone there have been 1,431 Google searches that have led ya’ll to an entry from last February entitled “March on the Pentagon.” And, coming in second is another piece with an entirely different kind of political slant; an entry from November 2006 called “A New Season” has received 238 looks in the past week. What can this possibly be about? (All this activity is a little intimidating!)
  • Why is it that the statistics generated by SquareSpace for my blog are WAY WAY DIFFERENT from the Sitemeter stats reflected in the counter over there in the right-hand column? They are not even close to each other! Most of the hits recorded by SquareSpace are not counted by Sitemeter, and some of those by Sitemeter are not captured by SquareSpace. What is going on here?
  • What’s behind the green door?!
  • And, finally, I seem to have picked up a new reader in Malaysia. Whoever you are, you’re the furthest-away regular I have. Thanks for finding me!
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Reader Comments (3)

I think (?) if someone searches for, let's say, the "March on the Pentagon," and goes directly to that post, they don't land on your home page, thus not counted by the counter.

I once talked to a representative of GoDaddy.Com, when I had a site hosted there, and he told me to trust the stats, not a counter. So, I don't even put a counter on a page anymore. I trust my stats.
September 13, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterAl Arnold
And are the numbers going even higher now as we all go to those sepcific entries to see what all the buzz is about??

Dianne
September 14, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterDianne
Ah, HA! You're thinking that my numbers will be inflated even more?! Perhaps, but the mystery still remains why these two entries have become so popular in the first place. (None of my other entries are getting ANYWHERE NEAR this kind of activity.)
September 15, 2007 | Registered CommenterTechnoMonk

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