September 14, 2020
Is This Worth It?
September 14, 2020
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 | 360,015 hits (68%) on 423 pages | since 2024/01/16 |
| - - Today | 449 hits on 128 pages | since yesterday |
| 89,085 hits (17%) on 423 pages | since 2024/01/16 | |
| - - Today | 146 hits on 67 pages | since yesterday |
| - Bots | 83,047 hits (16%) | since 2024/01/16 |
| - - Today | 397 hits | since yesterday |
Most-Recent Hits since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST
- Rickenbacker 4001 Bass 2
- Silvertone 1448 Guitar & Amp
- Angled Headstock Jig
- Telecaster Bass
- Fretboards
- Series Wiring
- SX SPB-57 Precision Bass
- Truss Rod Channel Jig
- KMise Guitar Pedal Power Supply & Cable
- Medium-Scale Basses
Most-Recent Googlings since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST
- Mosrite Re-assembled
- Osprey Bass (BC Rich Eagle)
- Finishing Oils
- Side Markers
- Balance Pot Uses
- Fret Slotting Jig
- Telecaster Bass
- Truss Rod Channel Jig
- Gibson Projects
- Danelectro '63 (1457) Guitar
Top Pages since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST
- Fret Slotting Jig
- Danelectro Bridges
- Telecaster Bass
- Silvertone 1448 Guitar & Amp
- Laboratory
- Projects
- Rickenbacker 4001 Bass 1
- Masonite
- Links
- Home Index
Top Googlings since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST
- Telecaster Bass
- Stratocaster Bass VI
- Funnies
- Danelectro Bridges
- Rickenbacker 4001 Bass 1
- Masonite
- Sitar Bridge
- Stratocaster Micro Bass 1
- Finishing Oils
- Jazzmaster Bass 3
Pages: Last 14 Days
2024/11/01 -- 773 -- 359,566 -- Friday
2024/10/31 -- 770 -- 358,793 -- Thursday
2024/10/30 -- 1,183 -- 358,023 -- Wednesday
2024/10/29 -- 1,265 -- 356,840 -- Tuesday
2024/10/28 -- 1,687 -- 355,575 -- Monday
2024/10/27 -- 1,178 -- 353,888 -- Sunday
2024/10/26 -- 1,079 -- 352,710 -- Saturday
2024/10/25 -- 1,081 -- 351,631 -- Friday
2024/10/24 -- 1,214 -- 350,550 -- Thursday
2024/10/23 -- 1,531 -- 349,336 -- Wednesday
2024/10/22 -- 2,199 -- 347,805 -- Tuesday
2024/10/22 -- 0 -- 345,606 -- Tuesday
2024/10/21 -- 1,971 -- 345,606 -- Monday
2024/10/20 -- 2,345 -- 343,635 -- Sunday
Google: Last 14 Days
2024/11/01 -- 313 -- 88,939 -- Friday
2024/10/31 -- 275 -- 88,626 -- Thursday
2024/10/30 -- 419 -- 88,351 -- Wednesday
2024/10/29 -- 428 -- 87,932 -- Tuesday
2024/10/28 -- 528 -- 87,504 -- Monday
2024/10/27 -- 413 -- 86,976 -- Sunday
2024/10/26 -- 512 -- 86,563 -- Saturday
2024/10/25 -- 338 -- 86,051 -- Friday
2024/10/24 -- 281 -- 85,713 -- Thursday
2024/10/23 -- 258 -- 85,432 -- Wednesday
2024/10/22 -- 327 -- 85,174 -- Tuesday
2024/10/22 -- 0 -- 84,847 -- Tuesday
2024/10/21 -- 268 -- 84,847 -- Monday
2024/10/20 -- 224 -- 84,579 -- 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?
Keith:
September 14, 2020 at 5:20 PM
Keep it up - your stuff is special to us non-bots