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	383,983 hits (66%) on 423 pages	since 2024/01/16
- - Today	237 hits on 86 pages	since yesterday
- Google	105,159 hits (18%) on 423 pages	since 2024/01/16
- - Today	316 hits on 148 pages	since yesterday
- Bots	96,536 hits (16%)	since 2024/01/16
- - Today	135 hits	since yesterday

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

1. Volume & Tone Controls
2. Audiovox Solid-Body Bass
3. Nut Slot Jig
4. Fretboards
5. Fret Slotting Jig
6. Work Bench
7. DIY Buffing Machine
8. Polyurethane - Water-Based
9. Polyurethane - UV-Cure
10. Telestar Mona

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

1. Danelectro Projects
2. Telecaster Bass
3. Lotmusic Guitar Tuners 3x3
4. Tube Amplifiers
5. Truss Rod Channel Jig
6. Fretboard Gluing
7. Non-Adjustable Truss Rods
8. Fender Projects
9. Silvertone 1450 Guitar
10. Danelectro Pro-1 Bass

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

1. Fret Slotting Jig
2. Danelectro Bridges
3. Telecaster Bass
4. Laboratory
5. Silvertone 1448 Guitar & Amp
6. Projects
7. Masonite
8. Rickenbacker 4001 Bass 1
9. Links
10. Fretboards

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

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

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Pages: Last 14 Days

2024/12/02 -- 765 -- 383,746 -- Monday

2024/12/01 -- 614 -- 382,981 -- Sunday
2024/11/30 -- 624 -- 382,367 -- Saturday
2024/11/29 -- 1,977 -- 381,743 -- Friday
2024/11/28 -- 666 -- 379,766 -- Thursday
2024/11/27 -- 730 -- 379,100 -- Wednesday
2024/11/26 -- 749 -- 378,370 -- Tuesday
2024/11/25 -- 681 -- 377,621 -- Monday

2024/11/24 -- 640 -- 376,940 -- Sunday
2024/11/23 -- 746 -- 376,300 -- Saturday
2024/11/22 -- 767 -- 375,554 -- Friday
2024/11/22 -- 0 -- 374,787 -- Friday
2024/11/21 -- 697 -- 374,787 -- Thursday
2024/11/20 -- 604 -- 374,090 -- Wednesday

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Google: Last 14 Days

2024/12/02 -- 530 -- 104,843 -- Monday

2024/12/01 -- 538 -- 104,313 -- Sunday
2024/11/30 -- 438 -- 103,775 -- Saturday
2024/11/29 -- 500 -- 103,337 -- Friday
2024/11/28 -- 317 -- 102,837 -- Thursday
2024/11/27 -- 331 -- 102,520 -- Wednesday
2024/11/26 -- 486 -- 102,189 -- Tuesday
2024/11/25 -- 592 -- 101,703 -- Monday

2024/11/24 -- 545 -- 101,111 -- Sunday
2024/11/23 -- 638 -- 100,566 -- Saturday
2024/11/22 -- 395 -- 99,928 -- Friday
2024/11/22 -- 0 -- 99,533 -- Friday
2024/11/21 -- 267 -- 99,533 -- Thursday
2024/11/20 -- 221 -- 99,266 -- Wednesday

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?