These Numbers come via GoStats.com:
From the beginning of the month:
Hits: 24253
Hosts: 14730
Visitors: 16600
Sessions: 18730
New Visitors: 15940
Last week:
Hits: 15649
Hosts: 10898
Visitors: 11600
Sessions: 12484
New Visitors: 10926
Yesterday was an insane day for traffic around here.
Here are the Stats:
Pageviews: 3,707
Top Referrers:
Top Postings:
Search Engine Data:
| Search | Views |
|---|---|
| hati earthquake | 765 |
| earthquake hati | 273 |
| haiti breaking news | 144 |
| hati earth quake | 59 |
| hati news | 40 |
| hati | 19 |
| earth quake hati | 18 |
| news on hati | 17 |
| hati earthquakes | 16 |
| hati earthquake news | 15 |
| hatiearthquake | 14 |
| hati death toll | 13 |
| marines | 11 |
| hati quake | 11 |
| hati earthquake death toll | 9 |
| news hati | 8 |
| hati eathquake | 8 |
| hati earthquake video | 6 |
| carl vinson hati | 6 |
| earthquake hati 2010 | 6 |
| john mccormack weekly standard | 6 |
| fox news hati | 6 |
| red cross hati | 6 |
| hati earthquack | 5 |
| hati fox news | 5 |
Top Clicks:
I thank everyone who took the time to stop by and do hope that this leads to bigger numbers, more readers and hopefully, more ads clicked.
Speaking of that…
Here’s how I did on Adsense yesterday:
Page impressions Clicks Page CTR Page eCPM [?] Estimated earnings
AdSense for Content 3,931 37 0.94% $2.44 $9.59
AdSense for Mobile 741 0 0.00% $0.00 $0.00
AdSense for Feeds 29 0 0.00% $0.00 $0.00
– No data available –
Total estimated earnings $9.59
Bandwidth Used: 17.26 Gig
For what it might be worth, these numbers are not my normal average. On an average day, I am lucky if I get 600 visits here in a day.
I need a break. I have stuff that I haven’t done in a while. A 6 DVD set, that has not been watched yet. So, unless someone stuffs a wad of greenbacks in the Tip Jar or some major story breaks; I am going to be M.I.A till Monday.
I just need a break.
See you Monday, if not before.
As you can tell, I have switched back to the theme, that I had been using for the last 8 months. I am using a bit older of a version of that theme. The one I was running before I upgraded and started having problems with it.
Anyhow, I will change the rotating header images, what I get the gumption to do so. I personally think they are quite pretty myself. But this a political blog; I should have something political looking up there. 😛
Anyhow, so, we’re back to square one, at the moment. I may just keep this one, it looks pretty and it does what I want it to do.
Thanks for putting up with the ever-changing look of the joint.
I post this every now and again….
From the beginning of the month: (via GoStats.com)
Hits: 3368
Hosts: 1744
Visitors: 2028
Sessions: 2322
New Visitors: 1807
Last week:
Hits: 6912
Hosts: 4091
Visitors: 4599
Sessions: 5029
New Visitors: 3966
Here is the top “Stuff” of 2009 on this Blog.
The top posting on Political Byline for 2009 is a posting, that I did sort of on a lark. It was one, that I like to refer to as an “In between posting.” I had just pushed out some rather impressive posts, that were about the politics of that day; and I was waiting for some more information to come out about another story, and I had noticed some postings had come up about Republicans lying about healthcare. So, I went, “Hmmm, didn’t Obama do some pretty big lying during the 2008 election?” and So, I asked anyone on twitter, if there was any videos up about Obama lying. The response was overwhelming to say the least! So, I hopped over to YouTube and just typed in “Obama Lies” and woo boy! —— Talk about results! So, anyhow, I picked out three of the best videos of the lot, just typed up article that had a bit of a conspiratorial tone to it and put it up. I never expected in a million years that this posting would even be read by one person, much less 4,350 people!
So, yes, my top posting on 2009 is:
Lies, Damned Lies and more Lies
Runners up are: A posting that I ended up pulling, Answering Laurence Vance, Updated: Why I left the libertarian ranks: Exhibit A – Hatred of the United States Military, The ‘Hey, that’s a pretty new gun!’ posting of the month, Helen Thomas goes nuclear over the Obama Administration’s controlled Townhall meetings and controlled press, Obama Bows to his Arab Masters.
Top Referrers:
These are the URL’s who have sent me the most traffic for the last year. The winner is, hands down, StumbleUpon. StumbleUpon was, in 2009, what DIGG and REDDIT where in 2007. It sends me a TON of traffic.
Anyhow, here’s the up URLS that sent me traffic:
Top Search Terms for this Blog were:
| Search | Views |
|---|---|
| allan colmes | 999 |
| babe of the day | 695 |
| fema coffins debunked | 499 |
| motivators | 442 |
| melissa doi | 420 |
| obama booty | 332 |
| funny motivators | 303 |
| michael moore is an idiot | 253 |
| demotivators | 246 |
| akron police investigate teen mob attack | 244 |
| clarence mcclendon scandal | 239 |
| randi rhoads | 210 |
| brittany murphy | 208 |
| allan keyes | 198 |
| political byline | 194 |
The Top Clicked URL’s were:
In 2009, this Blog had a total of 225,280 visitors, not including me. The average user, per day, was 617 visitors per day. Which does not take in account some of the huge traffic spikes around here.
Now, those stats were according to WordPress.com Stats, which by the way, is an excellent WordPress plug in.
According to GoStats.com, which is an excellent counter for blogs and such. here are my yearly stats:
Page Views: 255,774
IP Hosts: 147,601
Unique Visitors: 178,892
Unique Sessions: 197,491
Now according to GoStats.com, which I find to be a bit more accurate that WordPress.com Stats, for some reason:
My Week averages were:
Page Views: 886
IP Hosts: 534
Unique Visitors: 598
Unique Sessions: 653
So, there you have it. Those numbers are not to shabby for someone who really has not done any advertising at all. Oh, I’ve done a little on Blogads, and project wonderful, but nothing to the extent of others. Another thing too, this is a single author blog and many of those have low numbers. So, all in all, it was a good year. I did well, made some money, and some enemies. But, it was all worth it to me. Standing up for what is right, is what I do here and if I happen to make some people angry in the process, I count it par for the course.
Of course, I have you all to thank for it. All of you who donated, all of you, who clicked on the ads, all of you, who just came and read. All of you who linked in, you know who you are; I thank each and every one of you. I thank you for coming, for linking and for honestly caring enough to keep coming around. I am humbled by the numbers, this is not about me. This about you, about America, standing for what we believe in, standing for the America that I remember as a boy, growing up.
Now it is time to move on to 2010. We have some great battles ahead; the 2010 elections are coming. This is not time to slack, we must be strong, we have to be ready, we must be vigilant; we are at war, against terrorists; who wish to destroy this nation; against Socialists who wish to destroy our world, as we know it today. The battle lines have been drawn. We must, as the saying goes, Fight on!
To a Prosperous, Healthy, and Yes, Victorious 2010!
I received this e-mail tonight, I will not reveal her e-mail address or IP. But I will show you what she wrote.
Delivered-To: tpblogeditor@gmail.com
To: tpblogeditor@gmail.com
Subject: Keep up the good work.
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:37:43 -0500
From: Janet
Hello,
Just wanted to say that your blog is on my daily reading list.
Great job on your coverage of events and on your posts!
Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Janet
I wrote her back and asked if I could publish her e-mail, this is what I got back:
Delivered-To: tpblogeditor@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:17:49 -0500
Subject: Re: Keep up the good work.
From: Janet
To: PatrickHi Patrick,
Yes. Please do.
I wanted to say something else if I may. I too was a liberal. However, on
9/11/01, I had an epiphany which changed me to a Freedom loving
conservative.Our son was two months old, and I stood in my living room and looked at my
husband in horror
as the news reported the flights that were hijacked and used to kill
thousands of Americans.My husband was scheduled on the 8:00am American Airlines Flight 11, which
was scheduled from Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, to
Los Angeles International Airport. The only difference was that his flight
was on 9/13/01 instead of 9/11/01.I realize today that my dear little boy might never have know his father.
Amazing the difference a day or two can make in your life.Cheers,
janet
Janet, Thank you so very much for your e-mail. It is little stuff like this, that makes every little snide comment that I have to delete, every nasty e-mail that I have to deal with, every blogger who has written bad stuff about me; worth it. I like you Janet, was someone who was a Democrat voter, that changed my views after starting this Blogging adventure. I have said this before, and I believe some of my readers might not believe this, but it is the truth. This blogging stuff have NEVER, EVER, EVER been about the money, ever. If it was, I would have QUIT DOING THIS LONG AGO! Now if I happen to make a little money in the process, fine and dandy, but, my motivation is NOT money! This blog is simply my virtual protest against what I consider to be wrong and that is the big Government socialism of the far left. This here is what keeps me going, not lust for money, not pride. This, in the words of the Republican, Martin Luther King Jr.:
God Bless You All and Happy New Year! See you in 2010!!!! 😀
Update: I think I will update this, before any idiot socialist, Democratic Party, serial whiner gets wind of this and accuses me of anything stupid, like they are so known for. First off all, Martin Luther King was a registered Republican; that comes directly from his niece. Second of all, if you remove the subject of Whites and blacks, and put in Socialists versus those who love our Freedoms. (Not just Republicans…. Democrats too!) The video fits. Third of all; Martin Luther King was fighting SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS, who thought that Blacks were inferior to White people! Which I know and everyone else, who isn’t some sort of idiot, brain-dead, White Nationalist — is stupid.
I fight the good fight of faith. I cannot serve in the Military, they won’t take me, I am too old, plus, Physically I am not in good shape, so… I fight here. In the Internet realm. Pushing back against the socialist machine… It is the fight for my life. I know that I fight for the rights of others, for freedom, and for the Republic!
Color me shocked and quite amazed. 😯
I guess my posting on Laura Ingraham and Bill O’Reilly having an On-The-Air spat was noticed by Huffpo and they even linked here.
Wow. 😮
I would have much preferred a direct quote or something. But hey, it’s free traffic and I will take it, when I can get it.
I guess that marble-mouthed woman that runs that site ain’t so bad after all. She’d be much better, if she’d take an English course; but I digress.
Now, if Glenn Beck would just notice me, I’d be living on easy street. 😉 😛
I know this might sound silly to some of you. However, I do like to celebrate small milestones. Sometime in the last few days, this blog passed a rather remarkable milestone. Since this blogs original creation back on the last week of December of 2007, I have posted over 4000 blog entries. When this posting goes live, I will have officially created 4010 entries on this blog. Some may think that this meaningless; however, for a single author blog, who is doing it daily, that is quite a bit.
I do have to thank all of you for your daily readership. This blog, in the last few months has really taken off. Along the way, I have attracted some criticism; some possibly well deserved, the majority of it comes from people who simply disagree with my political stance. A very small percentage of it comes from hatemongering asses that have nothing better to do than attack someone like me, who is in my position, which is quite humorous, because I hear from a very good source that this said person who attacked me, and made some very nasty statements about me, has lost readership over it. One of which in fact, e-mailed me and said he was never reading that blog again and made a rather large and quite handsome donation to my blog. Speaking of which, if you feel so inclined you can donate to my Blog. I am not a proud man at all, I will accept any and all donations to my blog. However, do not feel like it is a requirement or anything like that, times are tough and I will not hold it over anyone’s head or anything like that. However, I will usually follow up with personal e-mail thanking those who do donate to me.
Again, thanks for your ever-loyal readership and let us try for other 4000 or so blog posts, shall we?
I just wanted to inform all of my readers of some changes that I have made and will be making here in the next few days.
First off, the big ad banner at the top of the blog is gone. While it might have brought the blog some revenue, it was, admittedly, annoying. There were many that told me this and I sort of agreed, but wanted to make the cash. However, after thinking about it — I realized that while making money is great fun, being an annoying person is not. Therefore, I canned that ad and the huge ad in the side bar, in favor of two smaller button ads that should be appearing shortly. As I said, the last thing I want people to be is annoyed when coming here.
I am also thinking and just may reduce the number of in-line ads as well. I believe I have that setting cranked up to max; which is a bit annoying. Therefore, I will be dialing that back as well. Personally, I find inline ads quite annoying, but they do make the money, if the traffic is there. This is why I went ahead with them. However, I want them to be within reason and not annoying to the user experience.
That is it for now.
Enjoy!
-Pat
