Doing Things Wrong

Is This Worth It?

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.


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

  1. Spray Booth
  2. Jazzmaster Bass 1
  3. Telecaster Bass
  4. I Was Wrong About Sade
  5. Harmony H617 Bobkat
  6. Fret Slotting Jig
  7. KMise "Crunch" Distortion Pedal
  8. Danelectro Catalogs
  9. Fretboard Radius Jig
  10. Reverse Fenderbird

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

  1. Series Wiring
  2. Tube Amplifiers
  3. Audiovox 736 Bass
  4. Silvertone 1448 Guitar & Amp
  5. Music
  6. R-E-S-P-E-C-T !
  7. Masonite
  8. Fretboard Dots
  9. Danelectro Tolex Body Binding
  10. Airbrushing "Off the Grid"

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

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

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

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

Pages: Last 14 Days

2025/05/29 -- 1,223 -- 547,032 -- Thursday
2025/05/28 -- 911 -- 545,809 -- Wednesday
2025/05/28 -- 0 -- 544,898 -- Wednesday
2025/05/27 -- 845 -- 544,898 -- Tuesday
2025/05/26 -- 0 -- 544,053 -- Monday

2025/05/26 -- 1,040 -- 544,053 -- Monday

2025/05/25 -- 898 -- 543,013 -- Sunday
2025/05/24 -- 826 -- 542,115 -- Saturday
2025/05/23 -- 1,023 -- 541,289 -- Friday
2025/05/22 -- 909 -- 540,266 -- Thursday
2025/05/21 -- 708 -- 539,357 -- Wednesday
2025/05/20 -- 900 -- 538,649 -- Tuesday
2025/05/19 -- 811 -- 537,749 -- Monday

2025/05/18 -- 737 -- 536,938 -- Sunday


Google: Last 14 Days

2025/05/29 -- 282 -- 189,069 -- Thursday
2025/05/28 -- 234 -- 188,787 -- Wednesday
2025/05/28 -- 0 -- 188,553 -- Wednesday
2025/05/27 -- 283 -- 188,553 -- Tuesday
2025/05/27 -- 0 -- 188,270 -- Tuesday
2025/05/26 -- 203 -- 188,270 -- Monday

2025/05/25 -- 450 -- 188,067 -- Sunday
2025/05/24 -- 409 -- 187,617 -- Saturday
2025/05/23 -- 271 -- 187,208 -- Friday
2025/05/22 -- 202 -- 186,937 -- Thursday
2025/05/21 -- 210 -- 186,735 -- Wednesday
2025/05/20 -- 394 -- 186,525 -- Tuesday
2025/05/19 -- 383 -- 186,131 -- Monday

2025/05/18 -- 470 -- 185,748 -- Sunday

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?


Comments on Is This Worth It?

Keith:

September 14, 2020 at 5:20 PM

Keep it up - your stuff is special to us non-bots

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