Took the first half of the month off, didn’t do terribly much during the second half of the month, and the old world kept on spinning. Visits were up 275 percent from the same period last year, uniques up 469 percent and page views up 123 percent. The stats, then, from Google Analytics and Feedburner. Lifetime stats start Feb. 13, 2007.

TOP 10 POSTS

1. More Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros: HBO version lyrics (July 20, 2007)
2. Introducing Backyard Post: Real-world neighborhoods as the foundation for a reappraisal of what a local newspaper should be (March 26, 2008)
3. Google Maps vs. Virtual Earth: A geocoding accuracy showdown in West Palm Beach (Jan. 15, 2008)
4. Port St. Lucie: More than wallaroos (Feb. 16, 2007)
5. Justifying the big investment, step by step (April 16,2008)
6. Profit: Ur doing it wrong! (April 29, 2008)
7. How to make a good impression at your newspaper internship (June 8, 2007)
8. Why I hate Wachovia even more than Volkswagen (Nov. 11, 2007)
9. Neighborhood boundaries: How small is too small? (April 17, 2008)
10. Income gap persists among racial groups (Oct. 20, 2003)

TRAFFIC SUMMARY

• 3,498 visits (24,659 lifetime)
• 3,133 unique visitors (19,287 lifetime)
• 5,197 page views (51,257 lifetime)
• 1.49 average page views (2.08 lifetime)
• 1:17 average time on site (2:14 lifetime)
• 80.56% bounce rate (70.92% lifetime)
• 87.59% new visits (78.21% lifetime)

FEED SUBSCRIPTION SUMMARY

• 81 minimum (5 lifetime)
• 114 maximum (114 lifetime)
• 94 mean (55 lifetime)
• 93 median (54 lifetime)
• 92 mode (22 lifetime)

BROWSERS

• Firefox: 1,592 visits, 45.51% (46.94% lifetime)
  • 92.96% FF 2
  • 4.15% FF 3
  • 2.89% FF 1.5 and below
• Internet Explorer: 1,495 visits, 42.74% (43.66% lifetime)
  • 64.88% IE 7
  • 35.05% IE 6
  • 0.07% IE 5.5
• Safari: 348 visits, 9.95% (7.55% lifetime)
• Opera: 31 visits, 0.89% (0.79% lifetime)
• Mozilla: 15 visits, 0.43% (0.38% lifetime)
• Camino: 10 visits, 0.29% (0.26% lifetime)
• AvantGo: 3 visits, 0.09% (0.02% lifetime)
• Netscape: 2 visits, 0.06% (0.36% lifetime)
• Konqueror: 1 visit, 0.03% (0.01% lifetime)
• Playstation 3: 1 visit, 0.03% (0.01% lifetime)

OPERATING SYSTEMS

• Windows: 2,793 visits, 79.85% (81.72% lifetime)
  • 78.98% XP
  • 16.36% Vista
  • 2.08% Server 2003
  • 2.04% 2000
  • 0.47% 98
  • 0.04% ME
  • 0.04% NT
• Mac: 633 visits, 18.10% (16.51% lifetime)
  • 70.30% Intel
  • 29.70% Power PC
• Linux: 45 visits, 1.29% (1.32% lifetime)
• iPhone: 9 visits, 0.26% (0.09% lifetime)
• iPod: 7 visits, 0.20% (0.05% lifetime)
• Unknown: 5 visits, 0.14% (0.25% lifetime)
• Danger Hiptop: 3 visits, 0.09% (0.02% lifetime)
• FreeBSD: 1 visit, 0.03% (0.01% lifetime)
• Nintendo Wii: 1 visit, 0.03% (0.01% lifetime)
• Playstation 3: 1 visit, 0.03% (0.01% lifetime)

TOP 5 SCREEN RESOLUTIONS

• 1024 x 768: 1,097 visits, 31.36% (32.44% lifetime)
• 1280 x 800: 651 visits, 18.61% (14.85% lifetime)
• 1280 x 1024: 602 visits, 17.21% (24.19% lifetime)
• 1440 x 900: 334 visits, 9.55% (7.19% lifetime)
• 1680 x 1050: 222 visits, 6.35% (4.85% lifetime)

(totally subjective) TOP 5 ACTUAL SEARCH STRINGS

• william porn
• what is a meaningless phrase
• what is a “geek face?”
• what does paper sound like?
• properties hair in the war