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The New York Times is reading Black Red Yellow.
As most people know, I am rather obsessed with statistics. They provide a sort of general entertainment value for me. So since I started the blog and installed Stat Counter, I have spent wholly too much time looking at my pageload statistics. fn1. I derive endless amusement from figuring out who's reading and what OS my friends are running.
I've also noticed that we have a faithful reader in the UK, so here's a shout out to her/him. We're glad to have you on board. Every now and then, we'll spell words like "colour" the right way, just for you. :)
Anyway, looking at the ISP statistics, I noticed that we had a visitor from the Times. Apparently, they were searching for references to Judith Miller (the Times reporter threatened with imprisonment for refusing to release information on confidential sources in relation to the Valerie Plame investigation), which I discussed last week. They stuck around for a few minutes -- at least long enough to read the post in question.
Anyway, BRY is thrilled to have the nation's premeier newspaper on board. I feel like this gives the endeavor some sort of legitimacy. fn2.
1. I highly recommend Stat Counter to anyone who would like to keep usage stats for a website. It provides great details. Of course, the best part is that it's free. I remember only a few years ago (ok, I guess it was over five years ago, which is an eternity in internet time) I was trying to find free stat counters for a site I was running. There was nothing out there, other than the completely useless "odometer"-style counters that show up at the bottom of the page and show how many page-loads you get.
2. Obviously, having the New York Times stop by is not nearly as cool as having people show up who are searching for "Olsen Twins Nude," as happened to K1.
As most people know, I am rather obsessed with statistics. They provide a sort of general entertainment value for me. So since I started the blog and installed Stat Counter, I have spent wholly too much time looking at my pageload statistics. fn1. I derive endless amusement from figuring out who's reading and what OS my friends are running.
I've also noticed that we have a faithful reader in the UK, so here's a shout out to her/him. We're glad to have you on board. Every now and then, we'll spell words like "colour" the right way, just for you. :)
Anyway, looking at the ISP statistics, I noticed that we had a visitor from the Times. Apparently, they were searching for references to Judith Miller (the Times reporter threatened with imprisonment for refusing to release information on confidential sources in relation to the Valerie Plame investigation), which I discussed last week. They stuck around for a few minutes -- at least long enough to read the post in question.
Anyway, BRY is thrilled to have the nation's premeier newspaper on board. I feel like this gives the endeavor some sort of legitimacy. fn2.
1. I highly recommend Stat Counter to anyone who would like to keep usage stats for a website. It provides great details. Of course, the best part is that it's free. I remember only a few years ago (ok, I guess it was over five years ago, which is an eternity in internet time) I was trying to find free stat counters for a site I was running. There was nothing out there, other than the completely useless "odometer"-style counters that show up at the bottom of the page and show how many page-loads you get.
2. Obviously, having the New York Times stop by is not nearly as cool as having people show up who are searching for "Olsen Twins Nude," as happened to K1.
posted by N at 11:03 AM
3 Comments:
Yeah, you know you're jealous!
Thanks for the rescue, N. I was shaking for a good 2 hours after that happened.
hehehehe. my mention of the olsen twins got me one view from technorati.
i guess if i want people to find me, i need to blog about what people are searching for.
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