There have been 5,000 visits to my
blog since StatCounter began tracking pageviews of my blog since April 2,
2009. The total of visits does not
include my own visits. As always, visits
are defined as page views at least one hour apart. Thank you for visiting my blog, especially those who follow it or return occasionally, as well those who post comments or who post the homepage of my blog or posts to my blog on other websites.
If I included the total number of
pages viewed (a narrower number than total pageviews, which would include reloads of
the same page), the total would be around 5,650. The reason I prefer to define visits as
narrowly as I do is in order to obtain a truer reading of traffic to my
blog. For example, if a person visits my
homepage and then a blog post and then returns to the homepage, all within an
hour, he has visited once by my count, not three times, as hit counters would total. If the post he viewed were on the homepage,
his viewing of it does not necessarily reflect the reading of any additional
material, as he may have opened it in order to comment, although it could also
mean that he has copied it and sent to someone else. If I were to include the total pageviews
tracked by StatCounter, not including my own, the total hits would amount to
approximately 7,500 – a figure around 50% larger than the number of visits.
A record number of visits in one
day was set since my last report: there were over 100 on September 24, with a
two-day total from September 24-25 of 135.
Over 100 of these visits were to the blog homepage.
Visitors have landed on 277 posts
and viewed an additional 65, in addition to the 380 people who landed on my blog
homepage who presumably read multiple posts.
The Rise and Fall of Islamic Civilization, Commentary on the Roman Influence
on America Exhibit at the National Constitution Center
My blog has received visits from
all 50 States of the American Union, the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam, as well as from 106 foreign states, the Palestinian Territory
and Hong Kong .
The most visits outside the United States have come from Malaysia (over
360), followed by Algeria, Canada and the United Kingdom, each with well over
100, followed by India, Pakistan and Australia, each with over 60. Since my last report, in addition to numerous
colleges, universities, schools and businesses, there have been notable visits from
the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Justice Department and the European Central Bank.
Blogger, the host of this blog, tracks far more pageviews
from many more visitors than StatCounter (an average of 15 per day to 6,
especially from more foreign states), but the latter’s greater specificity
allows for better tracking. I shall post
a separate blog hit report as tracked by Blogger, as usual.
Please continue to visit and post comments. As always, please feel free to suggest topics or ask questions. Again, thank you.
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