February 2008 stats report
By William M. Hartnett on Mar 1, 2008 in meta, site stats
Same old, same old. Busy at work = not much posting = inexplicably steady traffic. Here are the February stats, from Google Analytics and Feedburner. Lifetime stats start Feb. 13, 2007.

TOP 10 POSTS
- More Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros: HBO version lyrics (July 20, 2007)
- Google Maps vs. Virtual Earth: A geocoding accuracy showdown in West Palm Beach (Jan. 15, 2008)
- Paper View Monday: The Independent Florida Alligator (Feb. 4, 2008)
- Playing with code-free Google maps (April 4, 2007)
- How to make a good impression at your newspaper internship (June 8, 2007)
- Google News does local aggregation: Meh, qualified (Feb. 7, 2008)
- Why I hate Wachovia even more than Volkswagen (Nov. 11, 2007)
- January 2007 stats report (Feb. 3, 2008)
- Paper View Monday: Idaho Statesman (Feb. 11, 2008)
- Journalists DO need to know computer programming (June 6, 2007)
TRAFFIC SUMMARY
- 2,254 visits (17,664 lifetime)
- 1,983 unique visitors (13,212 lifetime)
- 3,716 page views (40,015 lifetime)
- 1.65 average page views (2.27 lifetime)
- 1:25 average time on site (2:34 lifetime)
- 76.62% bounce rate (68.60% lifetime)
- 86.02% new visits (74.78% lifetime)
FEED SUBSCRIPTION SUMMARY
- 77 minimum (5 lifetime)
- 92 maximum (92 lifetime)
- 83 mean (48 lifetime)
- 83 median (47 lifetime)
- 80 mode (22 lifetime)
BROWSERS
- Internet Explorer: 1,167 visits, 51.77% (42.73% lifetime)
- 62.04% IE 7
- 37.87% IE 6
- 0.09% IE 5.5
- Firefox: 907 visits, 40.24% (48.25% lifetime)
- 95.05% FF 2 and above
- 3.41% FF 1.5 and below
- 1.54% FF 3
- Safari: 141 visits, 6.26% (7.07% lifetime)
- Mozilla: 12 visits, 0.53% (0.40% lifetime)
- Camino: 4 visits, 0.18% (0.28% lifetime)
- Netscape: 4 visits, 0.18% (0.48% lifetime)
- Blazer: 1 visits, 0.04% (0.01% lifetime)
OPERATING SYSTEMS
- Windows: 1,936 visits, 85.89% (82.13% lifetime)
- 78.72% XP
- 14.46% Vista
- 3.20% Server 2003
- 3.00% 2000
- 0.46% 98
- 0.15% ME
- Mac: 284 visits, 12.60% (16.20% lifetime)
- 68.31% Intel
- 31.69% Power PC
- Linux: 24 visits, 1.06% (1.29% lifetime)
- Unknown: 5 visits, 0.22% (0.28% lifetime)
- iPhone: 3 visits, 0.13% (0.03% lifetime)
- Nintendo Wii: 1 visit, 0.04% (0.01% lifetime)
- PalmOS: 1 visit, 0.04% (0.01% lifetime)
- PalmOS: 1 visit, 0.04% (0.01% lifetime)
TOP 5 SCREEN RESOLUTIONS
- 1024 x 768: 765 visits, 33.94% (32.57% lifetime)
- 1280 x 1024: 448 visits, 19.88% (26.74% lifetime)
- 1280 x 800: 421 visits, 18.68% (13.47% lifetime)
- 1440 x 900: 146 visits, 6.48% (6.39% lifetime)
- 1680 x 1050: 114 visits, 5.06% (4.47% lifetime)
(totally subjective) TOP 5 ACTUAL SEARCH STRINGS, QUESTIONS EDITION
- why do pirates dress in loose clothes?
- what makes darth vader frightening?
- what companies made gunpowder during wwii?
- delivering unwanted paper littering?
- the speed of a sailfish (fish) compared to a car?


















