While my loyal readers
(all three of you) will always be my true love, I am growing fond of those
poor souls who stumble into the Rain Barrel looking for something else
entirely.
Using the Geocities Statistics
area, I have learned what bait lured these folks into my lair. But really,
these summary reports raise more questions than answers:
Summary Report: 2000sept12.htm
Total page views to date
62
Highest monthly page views
22 in September 2000
Most popular browser visitors
use 84.37% use Netscape 4.6
Most common screen resolution
visitors have 90.12% have 800x600
Top search engine used to
access this page 100.00% use www.google.com
Top search word used
to find this page
100.00% typed "quebec
language"
What they got: a link to a Saturday
Night article that compares compares the dubbing of The Simpsons as it
is done in France with as it is done in Quebec.
("quebec language? Um, isn't that French?)
Summary Report 1999apr07.htm
Total page views to date
51
Highest monthly page views
20 in December 2000
Most popular browser visitors
use 31.64% use MSIE 5.0
Most common screen resolution
visitors have 62.71% have 800x600
Top search engine used to
access this page 100.00% use www.google.com
Top search word used
to find this page
49.58% typed "tim hortons
franchise canada"
What they got: my proposal for
a Church of Tim Hortons
Summary Report: 1999apr14.htm
Total page views to date
44
Highest monthly page views
12 in September 2000
Most popular browser visitors
use 76.06% use Netscape 4.6
Most common screen resolution
visitors have 92.60% have 800x600
Top search engine used to
access this page 100.00% use www.google.com
Top search word used
to find this page
56.18% typed "toronto
maple leaf regalia"
What they got: an explanation
why you don't see a portrait of Tim Horton in his eponymous donut shops.
Summary Report 1999aug17.htm
Total page views to date
37
Highest monthly page views
9 in December 2000
Most popular browser visitors
use 47.75% use MSIE 5.5
Most common screen resolution
visitors have 54.31% have 800x600
Top search engine used to
access this page 100.00% use www.altavista.com
Top search word
used to find this page
28.70% typed "36"
What they got: a page of magazines
that are all too real.
(what blows my fragile little
mind is 1) who searches for the number 36 and why and 2) why does Alta
Vista gives them this page which doesn't even contain "36")
Summary Report 1999dec06.htm
Total page views to date
32
Highest monthly page views
9 in July 2000
Most popular browser visitors
use 79.99% use MSIE 5.5
Most common screen resolution
visitors have 80.16% have 1024x768
Top search engine used to
access this page 74.74% use www.google.com
Top search
word used to find this page
74.74% typed "whipped
cream album cover"
What they got: a bit on a cover
of the song, Whipped Cream
Summary Report 2000mar06.htm
Total page views to date
37
Highest monthly page views
15 in October 2000
Most popular browser visitors
use 75.75% use MSIE 5.0
Most common screen resolution
visitors have 75.73% have 1024x768
Top search engine used to
access this page 100.00% use www.google.com
Top search word used
to find this page
66.76% typed "beyond
generation x"
What they got: my Generation
X Book collection
