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 | 535,708 hits (60%) on 425 pages | since 2024/01/16 |
| - - Today | 210 hits on 92 pages | since yesterday |
| 184,902 hits (21%) on 425 pages | since 2024/01/16 | |
| - - Today | 137 hits on 79 pages | since yesterday |
| - Bots | 172,887 hits (19%) | since 2024/01/16 |
| - - Today | 1,038 hits | since yesterday |
Most-Recent Hits since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST
- Audiovox Stratocaster-Style Guitar
- Superfreaky Part I
- Danelectro Bridges
- Milling Vise
- From the Sears Catalog
- DIY Buffing Machine
- Epiphone Fenderbird
- Fret Slotting Jig
- Piezos & Buffers
- Silvertone 1448 Guitar & Amp
Most-Recent Googlings since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST
- Guitar Racks
- Kubicki Factor Bass
- Audiovox Uke Bass
- COVID-19 Update
- Masonite
- Neck Shaping
- Cowbell Bass Guitar
- Musicman Stingray Bass (OLP)
- Superfreaky Part II
- Mosrite Bass
Top Pages since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST
- Fret Slotting Jig
- Danelectro Bridges
- Masonite
- Telecaster Bass
- Laboratory
- Fretboards
- Silvertone 1448 Guitar & Amp
- Projects
- Polyurethane - UV-Cure
- Links
Top Googlings since 2024/01/16 22:44 EST
- Telecaster Bass
- Rickenbacker 4001 Bass 1
- Danelectro Bridges
- Stratocaster Bass VI
- Jazzmaster Bass 1
- Funnies
- Stratocaster Micro Bass 1
- Fretboards
- Finishing Oils
- Sitar Bridge
Pages: Last 14 Days
2025/05/16 -- 901 -- 535,498 -- Friday
2025/05/15 -- 880 -- 534,597 -- Thursday
2025/05/14 -- 928 -- 533,717 -- Wednesday
2025/05/13 -- 1,485 -- 532,789 -- Tuesday
2025/05/12 -- 936 -- 531,304 -- Monday
2025/05/11 -- 832 -- 530,368 -- Sunday
2025/05/10 -- 825 -- 529,536 -- Saturday
2025/05/09 -- 683 -- 528,711 -- Friday
2025/05/08 -- 847 -- 528,028 -- Thursday
2025/05/07 -- 745 -- 527,181 -- Wednesday
2025/05/06 -- 913 -- 526,436 -- Tuesday
2025/05/05 -- 817 -- 525,523 -- Monday
2025/05/04 -- 728 -- 524,706 -- Sunday
2025/05/03 -- 688 -- 523,978 -- Saturday
Google: Last 14 Days
2025/05/16 -- 1,533 -- 184,765 -- Friday
2025/05/15 -- 306 -- 183,232 -- Thursday
2025/05/14 -- 216 -- 182,926 -- Wednesday
2025/05/13 -- 116 -- 182,710 -- Tuesday
2025/05/12 -- 167 -- 182,594 -- Monday
2025/05/11 -- 205 -- 182,427 -- Sunday
2025/05/10 -- 318 -- 182,222 -- Saturday
2025/05/09 -- 325 -- 181,904 -- Friday
2025/05/08 -- 159 -- 181,579 -- Thursday
2025/05/07 -- 313 -- 181,420 -- Wednesday
2025/05/06 -- 402 -- 181,107 -- Tuesday
2025/05/05 -- 324 -- 180,705 -- Monday
2025/05/04 -- 417 -- 180,381 -- Sunday
2025/05/03 -- 308 -- 179,964 -- Saturday
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