Page views up and visits way up over July due almost entirely to global interest in the lyrics to Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous, which ranks as the top post for the second consecutive month. Who knew? Mildly interesting to see the effect of the more general web audience that arrived here seeking FOTC lyrics: Slightly more Windows users than usual, considerably more Internet Explorer users than normal and 1024 x 768 screen resolution easily topped 1280 x 1024 for the first time. Here’s the complete Google Analytics rundown for August. “Lifetime” stats start on Feb. 13, 2007.

TOP 10 POSTS

1. More Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros: HBO version lyrics (July 20)
2. Newspaper offices in Google Maps Street View (Aug. 7)
3. Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros (July 18)
4. When it comes to newspaper video, focus on the bigger picture (Aug. 13)
5. Blog ‘noise’ a legitimate source in mainstream aerospace coverage (Aug. 21)
6. ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 3 UN-released (Aug. 3)
7. Another newspaper building: My office in Virtual Earth/Live Maps (Aug. 9)
8. Computer-assisted reporting jobs for everyone! (July 24)
9. How I coaxed 35.4 miles per gallon out of my stupid Volkswagen (Aug. 17)
10. Radical retro redesign for the St. Petersburg Times? (Aug. 23)

TRAFFIC SUMMARY

• 1,927 visits (6,484 lifetime)
• 1,583 unique visits (4,106 lifetime)
• 3,676 page views (19,584 lifetime)
• 1.91 average page views (3.02 lifetime)
• 1:51 average time on site (4:15 lifetime)
• 71.15% bounce rate (59.96% lifetime)
• 79.55% new visits (63.14% lifetime)

FEED SUBSCRIPTION SUMMARY

• 22 minimum (5 lifetime)
• 45 maximum (42 lifetime)
• 33 mean (24 lifetime)
• 33 median (24 lifetime)
• 35 mode (22 lifetime)

BROWSERS

• Firefox: 907 visits, 47.1% (58.2% lifetime)
  • 93.1% FF 2 and above
  • 6.9% FF 1.5 and below
• Internet Explorer: 815 visits, 42.3% (32.6% lifetime)
  • 51.7% IE 6
  • 48.0% IE 7
  • 0.3% IE 5.5
  • 0.1%IE 5.01
• Safari: 153 visits, 7.9% (6.9% lifetime)
• Opera: 19 visits, 1.0% (0.6% lifetime)
• Netscape: 15 visits, 0.8% (1.0% lifetime)
• Camino: 10 visits, 0.5% (0.4% lifetime)
• Mozilla: 8 visits, 0.4% (0.2% lifetime)

OPERATING SYSTEMS

• Windows: 1,594 visits, 82.7% (79.6% lifetime)
  • 86.6% XP
  • 5.7% Vista
  • 4.6% Server 2003
  • 2.4% 2000
  • 0.7% 98
  • 0.1% ME
• Mac: 313 visits, 16.2% (18.4% lifetime)
  • 55.3% PPC
  • 44.7% Intel
• Linux: 15 visits, 0.8% (1.7% lifetime)
• Unknown: 5 visits, 0.3% (0.3% lifetime)

TOP 5 SCREEN RESOLUTIONS

• 1024 x 768: 700 visits, 36.3% (30.6% lifetime)
• 1280 x 1024: 500 visits, 26.0% (34.2% lifetime)
• 1280 x 800: 266 visits, 13.8% (10.1% lifetime)
• 1440 x 900: 102 visits, 5.3% (5.1% lifetime)
• 1680 x 1050: 78 visits, 4.1% (3.3% lifetime)

(totally subjective) TOP 10 ACTUAL SEARCH STRINGS

• toaster obsession
• newspaper haircuts pictures
• whites only residential areas?
• typewriter speed record
• sweaty socks
• picture of a sweaty cat
• poptart on fire photo
• how often should do facial
• google maps to find my offices
• cats with haircuts