More Procrastination

A couple of weeks ago, the author of a blog I read regularly (well, I did, but he has decided to pause his posting) mentioned a hit counter he uses to measure the traffic. It is free (gratis) for limited log size (but for his blog's traffic, I suppose he has a paid subscription). I've often wondered who reads this blog (my vanity project), so I signed up: it is statcounter.com, and you can see what info it can provide by clicking on its link in the left hand column on this page. I recommend the "Recent Visitor Map" report, but the others can be interesting, too.



Mostly, it seems, the visits are as I suspected: a few people I know read pretty much whatever I post from time to time; more people arrive by accident (typically via Blogspot's "next blog" navbar button) and don't stay long (sniff! sorry it doesn't grab their attention)--60% of visits last under 30 seconds.



What is more fun is to see what search results bring visitors. This morning, for instance, my attention was grabbed by a visit from someone who had used a Google search on "end of history francis fukuyama"--from Iran! Someone in Mumbai, India, was looking for "complete demonstration of Kamasutra", and left immediately, too. I guess I should diversify my posts more, but should I give a complete demonstration of Kamasutra? Don't hold your breath.





Overall, I like this statcounter: it lets me take my blog-related procrastination to a new level.





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