Comments on: A Brief Look At My Website Stats

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:14:45 +0000

@Andy: Yeah, I suppose Sunday is ‘family day’ or ‘take a break’ day. Usually the girlfriend will make me stay off the laptop on Sundays (but still feel the need to sneak on when she leaves the room ;-)

@Chris: Yeah I have server stats, although the interface is ugly. Google does miss out on some stats so number wise it isn’t accurate but I find the share/percentages are still the same. Nice trick on the email targeting

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:57:43 +0000

Do you have server user stats as well as Google Analytics? I find Google only records around a third of the visitor numbers.

I have IE at 42%, Firefox 34%, Safari 17% on my blog and IE at 49%, Firefox 26%, Safari 19% on my main site.

Agree most traffic is through the week, and that goes for the 30+ sites I manage and is not affected by age or profile of user. People at work!

i always target client’s email newsletters just before lunchtime and towards the end of the week when people might be getting a little bored.

I used the browser size information to persuade several clients to go for new larger websites.

Interesting post! Chris

By: Andy Sowards

Andy Sowards — Sun, 24 May 2009 17:36:48 +0000

Great post Lee, I agree, Sundays BLOW for traffic lol. Wonder what everyone does on Sundays that is so far away from the internet? I love the random search terms, They deserve a collective post all their own LoL.

Keep up the good work bud!

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:00:44 +0000

Thanks for the comments, glad the insight was interesting.

@Dmitry: Smashing Mag has sent a lot of traffic over the past few months, more so from the posts featuring my site. And the site is featured in the WordPress gallery, hence the traffic from there http://wordpress.org/showcase/lee-munroe/

@Michael Kozakewich: 4,937 with 1920×1200 resolutions (10%) and only 3 using 640×480

@The Wee Guy: Agreed. Since my top referrers are stumble and twitter a lot of people arrive at the site, scan down the article and then leave, hence the high bounce rate. Business wise I think it helps to get your name out there. Each visit to your blog isn’t going to convert into leads but constantly producing useful content and getting people to your site I find helps to promote your name and service.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:36:07 +0000

The spank machine? Haha.

Cheers for the recent email, buddy. I’ll reply asap.

By: The Wee Guy

The Wee Guy — Sat, 23 May 2009 10:49:24 +0000

Lee
I draw different conclusions.

Sure you drive alot of traffic. But look at your bounce rate, average page view, time on site: 76%, 1.68 and 1.33.

You are attracting a bunch of low hanging fruit; those looking for “free stuff”.

There’s an expression that says “Just because I have heard of cancer, doesn’t mean I want it”

What’s the point of all that traffic with generating business enquiries, leads and new business ?

By: Arie Putranto

Arie Putranto — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:49:24 +0000

Great stat lee. I wonder when will I got so many traffics across my site .. :)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:35:04 +0000

Strangest search term – I have a client that strips hardwood floors, and had a testimonial on his site from someone named Candy. Coincidently, in our city we have a strip club called Candy’s. Someone typed in “Strippers Candy’s” and ended up on his testimonial page.

My guess is they didn’t find what they were looking for.

By: Michael Kozakewich

Michael Kozakewich — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:54:00 +0000

You should also point out that iPhones and the like have screens smaller than 800×600. How many 640×480 screens were there?

There’ll come a day when people will find this site by searching for ‘horse boners’. It’s happened before.

Also, 1280×800 is laptop screens, I just realized. I wonder if that means a fifth of your readers are using a laptop?
(I’d be interested to hear how many 1920×1200 screens you have coming here.)

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:10:17 +0000

I did some work for a furniture company and there typical customer is 50+. IE6 hits weighed in at a hefty 17%. Researching your target audience and the technology they are likely to use is ESSENTIAL!