Same old, same old. Literally. All the same old posts remain the most popular. Visits were up 450 percent from the same period last year, uniques up 827 percent, page views up 51 percent, average page views down 73 percent and average time on site down 83 percent. The stats, then, from Google Analytics and Feedburner. Lifetime stats start Feb. 13, 2007.

Yes, the Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros lyrics remain impenetrably entrenched at the top of the charts, attracting more traffic than ever - nearly nine times as many page views as the nearest post. When will it finally die? When, oh when, will it finally die?

TOP 10 POSTS

1. More Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros: HBO version lyrics (July 20, 2007)
2. Google Maps vs. Virtual Earth: A geocoding accuracy showdown in West Palm Beach (Jan. 15, 2008)
3. Let’s not forget what was killing us before the Internet (May 19, 2008)
4. Rooftop geocoding introduced to Google Maps; Time for a Virtual Earth rematch? (May 1, 2008)
5. Introducing Backyard Post: Real-world neighborhoods as the foundation for a reappraisal of what a local newspaper should be (March 26, 2008)
6. That’s the way we do things here (April 12, 2007)
7. How to make a good impression at your newspaper internship (June 8, 2007)
8. Further evidence of my insane mapping skillz (May 7, 2008)
9. The unwanted home-delivered free weekly newspaper: Worse than famine, war, hair loss (Jan. 23, 2008)
10. Bird’s eye view party at my house; No one’s invited (Dec. 30, 2007)

TRAFFIC SUMMARY

• 3,978 visits (28,639 lifetime)
• 3,532 unique visitors (22,736 lifetime)
• 6,095 page views (57,362 lifetime)
• 1.53 average page views (2.00 lifetime)
• 1:10 average time on site (2:05 lifetime)
• 78.31% bounce rate (71.94% lifetime)
• 86.78% new visits (79.40% lifetime)
• 7.3 GB bandwidth usage

FEED SUBSCRIPTION SUMMARY

• 92 minimum (5 lifetime)
• 119 maximum (119 lifetime)
• 107 mean (59 lifetime)
• 107 median (58 lifetime)
• 103 mode (22 lifetime)

BROWSERS

• Internet Explorer: 1,808 visits, 45.45% (43.91% lifetime)
  • 66.92% IE 7
  • 32.63% IE 6
  • 0.28% IE 5.5
  • 0.17% IE 8
• Firefox: 1,680 visits, 42.24% (46.28% lifetime)
  • 91.77% FF 2
  • 5.77% FF 3
  • 2.46% FF 1.5 and below
• Safari: 440 visits, 11.06% (8.04% lifetime)
• Opera: 27 visits, 0.68% (0.77% lifetime)
• Mozilla: 14 visits, 0.35% (0.37% lifetime)
• Camino: 3 visits, 0.08% (0.24% lifetime)
• Netscape: 3 visits, 0.08% (0.32% lifetime)
• Playstation 3: 2 visits, 0.05% (0.02% lifetime)
• Playstation Portable: 1 visit, 0.01% (0.01% lifetime)

OPERATING SYSTEMS

• Windows: 3,204 visits, 80.54% (81.55% lifetime)
  • 79.18% XP
  • 17.10% Vista
  • 2.00% 2000
  • 1.40% Server 2003
  • 0.25% 98
  • 0.06% NT
• Mac: 695 visits, 17.47% (16.55% lifetime)
  • 69.50% Intel
  • 30.50% Power PC
• Linux: 38 visits, 0.96% (1.27% lifetime)
• iPhone: 15 visits, 0.38% (0.13% lifetime)
• iPod: 15 visits, 0.38% (0.09% lifetime)
• Unknown: 6 visits, 0.15% (0.24% lifetime)
• Danger Hiptop: 1 visit, 0.03% (0.02% lifetime)
• Playstation Portable: 1 visit, 0.01% (0.01% lifetime)

TOP 5 SCREEN RESOLUTIONS

• 1024 x 768: 1,221 visits, 30.69% (32.20% lifetime)
• 1280 x 1024: 730 visits, 18.35% (23.38% lifetime)
• 1280 x 800: 674 visits, 16.94% (15.14% lifetime)
• 1440 x 900: 408 visits, 10.26% (7.62% lifetime)
• 1680 x 1050: 289 visits, 7.26% (5.18% lifetime)

(totally subjective) TOP 6 ACTUAL SEARCH STRINGS

• average income of 34 year old video games
• bleeding sentinel chickens (Here’s how one county does it.)
• buying little spider monkeys in oregon
• dallas to helsinki mileage
• is william going to leave the real world
• my cat is a man in disguise?