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January 18, 2007
And The Hits Just Keep On Coming!
Just now, I wondered to myself "How many hits did this blog get last year?" So, I looked. And, this is what I found:
From January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006, WasWatching.com had 4,360,619 hits.
Wow. Four mill? Not too shabby for a little blog that I decided to start back at the end of April 2005.
Then I wondered "What kind of pace, hits-wise, is WasWatching.com on for 2007?" So, I looked. And, this is what I found:
If you take the average daily hit count from January 1, 2007 through January 17, 2007, and multiply it by 365, then WasWatching.com is on pace to get 8,201,786 hits in 2007.
That noise you may be hearing is the sound of my open jaw hitting the ground as I look at that number.
Eight million? Oh, my stars and garters!
Just in case, I checked my math to see if I made a mistake - and I did not.
Stunning. I think I need a glass of cold water now. Maybe two.
But, first, I have to say "Thanks!" to all for their interest in WasWatching.com and for checking it out as often as you do. It's great to know that folks get something from what's happening here.
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Update: "singledd" (in the comments to this entry) asked about the stats based on unique visits as opposed to hits. Here are the totals:
Unique Visits, in total, 2006: 808,646
Unique Visits, projected, based on this month, for 2007: 1,515,029
The ratio, 2006 actual to 2007 projected, is the same: 1 to 1.88 (for hits and unique visits). Nice to see that it's still almost 100% projected growth from one year to the other, regardless of the ruler used.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at January 18, 2007 11:22 AM
Comments
Not to burst your bubble, but 'hits' are not an accurate way to measure traffic. See if your provider tracks 'Unique Visitors'.
I believe, a 'HIT' registers anytime a LOAD occurs. This can be a page, a link or ANY GRAPHIC.
So one 'unique visitor' who hits a link, refreshes the page, adds/reads comments, etc could generate many, many hits.... and a lot depends on how many graphics are on the page... such as pictures, banners, text saved as .jpg or .gif.
A 'unique visitor' is just what it sounds like, and is a true measure of traffic. Regardless of how many graphics, links or pages I look at, I only register as ONE unique visitor (for that session). If I go to another site and come back, it will record a 2nd 'unique visitor'.
Check with your HOST and their Stats pack. Different software uses different terms.
Posted by: singledd ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.waswatching.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 18, 2007 12:34 PM
Thanks - I'll look into this.
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at January 18, 2007 12:43 PM
Steve - The best way to think about, it's like having sex with many girls versus having a lot sex with the same girl, in the end it's still only one girl. As opposed to having a different girl every night, each one is a unique visitor and your initials would probably be DJ.
Nevertheless.....great job, Steve. The site is simple and easy, and there aren't a lot of little graphics. So when do you plan on selling your soul to advertisers?
Posted by: Garcia at January 18, 2007 01:36 PM
You are correct singledd !
Hits represent the total number of requests made to the server during the given time period.
Visits occur when someone makes a request for a page on the blog for the first time. As long as the person keeps making requests within a given timeout period, they will all be considered part of the same Visit.
I'll rerun the numbers soon.
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at January 18, 2007 01:37 PM
~~~So when do you plan on selling your soul to advertisers? ~~~
As soon as they start calling me!
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at January 18, 2007 01:39 PM