Luthiery Laboratories

I put the finishing touches on the web stats programming, and after a few days I can confirm that most of the traffic on the internet is bots. That is, machines querying other machines. Only about 20-25% of the traffic is human beings. So if you're one of those, consider yourself special.

- Human	471,452 hits (61%) on 423 pages	since 2024/01/16
- - Today	90 hits on 48 pages	since yesterday
- Google	156,603 hits (20%) on 423 pages	since 2024/01/16
- - Today	63 hits on 33 pages	since yesterday
- Bots	139,117 hits (18%)	since 2024/01/16
- - Today	78 hits	since yesterday

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Most-Recent Hits since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST

1. Samick Artist Series SG450
2. Double-Acting Truss Rod
3. Angled Headstock Jig
4. Truss Rods
5. Building Necks
6. Danelectro Tolex Binding Jig
7. Bridge Template
8. Truss Rod Channel Jig
9. Templates
10. Nut Slot Jig

Most-Recent Googlings since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST

1. Danelectro Longhorn Bass
2. Polyurethane - UV-Cure
3. Silvertone U-1 "Dolphin" Guitar
4. Feature Creep
5. Acoustic Bass ?
6. Fretboard Gluing
7. Rickenbacker 325 Bass 3
8. Samick Artist Series SG450
9. Musicman Stingray Bass (OLP)
10. Jazzmaster Bass 3

Top Pages since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST

1. Fret Slotting Jig
2. Danelectro Bridges
3. Telecaster Bass
4. Masonite
5. Laboratory
6. Silvertone 1448 Guitar & Amp
7. Fretboards
8. Projects
9. Links
10. Home Index

Top Googlings since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST

1. Telecaster Bass
2. Rickenbacker 4001 Bass 1
3. Stratocaster Bass VI
4. Danelectro Bridges
5. Jazzmaster Bass 1
6. Funnies
7. Stratocaster Micro Bass 1
8. Finishing Oils
9. Fretboards
10. Sitar Bridge

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Pages: Last 14 Days

2025/03/10 -- 1,054 -- 471,362 -- Monday

2025/03/09 -- 706 -- 470,308 -- Sunday
2025/03/08 -- 1,035 -- 469,602 -- Saturday
2025/03/07 -- 1,139 -- 468,567 -- Friday
2025/03/06 -- 1,614 -- 467,428 -- Thursday
2025/03/05 -- 900 -- 465,814 -- Wednesday
2025/03/04 -- 1,845 -- 464,914 -- Tuesday
2025/03/03 -- 1,702 -- 463,069 -- Monday

2025/03/02 -- 734 -- 461,367 -- Sunday
2025/03/01 -- 1,574 -- 460,633 -- Saturday
2025/02/28 -- 1,722 -- 459,059 -- Friday
2025/02/27 -- 1,549 -- 457,337 -- Thursday
2025/02/26 -- 1,063 -- 455,788 -- Wednesday
2025/02/25 -- 1,098 -- 454,725 -- Tuesday

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Google: Last 14 Days

2025/03/10 -- 386 -- 156,540 -- Monday

2025/03/09 -- 370 -- 156,154 -- Sunday
2025/03/08 -- 490 -- 155,784 -- Saturday
2025/03/07 -- 694 -- 155,294 -- Friday
2025/03/06 -- 356 -- 154,600 -- Thursday
2025/03/05 -- 388 -- 154,244 -- Wednesday
2025/03/04 -- 380 -- 153,856 -- Tuesday
2025/03/03 -- 385 -- 153,476 -- Monday

2025/03/02 -- 326 -- 153,091 -- Sunday
2025/03/01 -- 438 -- 152,765 -- Saturday
2025/02/28 -- 593 -- 152,327 -- Friday
2025/02/27 -- 876 -- 151,734 -- Thursday
2025/02/26 -- 605 -- 150,858 -- Wednesday
2025/02/25 -- 754 -- 150,253 -- Tuesday

Originally I used the built-in WordPress functions to update the counters. Those are big general-purpose routines that are slow and ponderous, and I noticed that there was some 'slippage' - numbers that should agree would slowly fall out of sync. So for the counter operations, I wrote my own code, which does only one thing, and does it very fast and reliably.

WordPress also provides hints for some browsers to 'pre-fetch' pages. In other words, the browser downloads a whole second page in the background on the off chance that you might look at it. Apart from doubling the load on the server and network, this also makes it impossible to keep accurate counts, so I turned that 'feature' off. Who thinks of these things?