Most people feel that looking at statistics is boring. But looking “inside the statistics”? Now that’s a hoot.
(As always, the darker the shade of green, the more visitors from the state)
10 Thoughts on my traffic numbers
1. I’ve had a visitor from every state in the past month. Way to represent, America.
2. States with the smallest representation? Wyoming and South Dakota with only 1 visitor each. Note to self: more posts about cowboys and kayaking. (Not sure why I’m associating kayaking with S. Dakota. I guess because it’s got a huge river running right through the middle of it?)
3. Most surprising high-ranking state? Georgia at #3. Apparently my constant mentioning of Atlanta-ites Tyler, Tripp, and Jon Acuff is paying off. (you see what I just did there? I mentioned them again. Clever.)
4. Most surprising low-ranking state? Delaware at #40. C’mon Blue Hens. I live about 45 minutes from you. My in-laws own a business in your state. I occasionally buy beer in your state because Pennsylvania’s liquor laws are atrociously outdated and asinine. And this is how you repay me?
5. My most engaged readers? People from Maryland! They spend an average of 8 minutes and 25 seconds on the site. Either they’re really into what I’m doing there or they’re reeaallly sloooooow readers. I’m going with the former.
6. My least engaged readers? Hawaiians. I’ve had 11 of them visit this past month, and the average time on the site is 2 seconds. 2 seconds! Is it even physically possible to visit a site for only 2 seconds? Hopefully this will change when my brother Jordan moves there in September.
7. Highest % of single page visits? Idaho. 1 out of every 8 Idahoans that come to the blog read only 1 page and have had enough. Hey, at least they’re staying for more than 2 seconds.
8. Lowest % of single page visits? Nevada. Of the few dozen people who visited the blog from Nevada in the last month, NONE of them were satisfied with viewing just one page. Way to dig deeper and commit to being thorough, Nevada!
9. Where I’m looking to improve over the next month? Iowa, Arizona, and Oregon really need to step it up. And while we’re here, did you realize 18 states end in the letter ‘a’? You see, this is the type of hard-hitting research I bring to the table. (no wonder these people are staying away)
10. Where I’m not looking to improve over the next month? Texas. Behind my home state of PA, they’re the state that visits Ramblings and Such the most. I’m not sure if I’m comfortable with that. If you’re from Texas, what type of stuff should I blog about to keep you away? Or should I just leave this alone before I get the crap kicked out of me by Chuck Norris?
Don’t Mess with Texas, right?
Well, I hope you’re home state represented well…
In fact, if you leave a comment and tell me where you’re from and what your state wants me to blog about , I’ll try to write a specific post for your state in the future. (it can be about anything…surprise me)
What can I say, I’m here to serve.
Posted by Bryan AllainTags: Blog Traffic, Ramblings and Such, States
I’m a reader and an Okie.
I’m glad NY isn’t one of those barely colored states! Is it almost the same color as MA? For shame MA..your home state..you deserve more
I’m from western Massachusetts. Could you please do a post that informs the rest of the country that there is part of Massachusetts that ISN’T Boston/The Cape (there is, I swear!)? I’ve done everything I can toward that lofty goal (including publishing a book of photography limited to the CT River Valley and West), but a little help would be greatly appreciated. : )
P.S. As a MA native, if you are unable to do said post due to lack of information, you should feel deep shame and regret. *grin*
Western MA really should just be taken over by upstate NY. As a Yankee hater, it’s hard to swallow, but really, once you’re past Worcester, route 90 should just be called, “stay-on-long-enough-and-you’ll-get-to-the-big-water-fall road”.
I’m from VA, birthplace of more presidents than any other state. We’re very historic, what with Williamsburg and all. When we say we’re “Tech” fans, we mean VT of course (Go Hokies!) Do people in, say, GA, say “Tech” and mean Georgia Tech? We are BELOW the Mason-Dixon line and consider ourselves good southerners and do not like it when people call us Yankees. (NoVa, of course, is a whole different story. That’s Yankee city. Not really even part of VA) We are technically a commonwealth and not a state, not that I could tell you the difference. Everywhere in VA seems to have 2 high schools – a snobby one and a redneck one. We even have snobby UVa and redneck Va Tech. Is it like that other places? We have mountains AND beaches, plus 4 distinct seasons. Basically, we rock. VA is the place to be. Y’all might all want to move here.
Texas here, don’t keep us away. I think I discovered your blog through Stuff Christians Like or something, anyway I am just a weird blog stalker don’t mine me.
As the name implies, I am from WV! Sadly for WV, I actually view your site from a friends home in VA…any way WV can get the credit for my viewing?! We West Virginians are pretty easily pleased (and we have more teeth than previously thought!). Just keep on keepin’ on!
We don’t all have bad grammar here I promise, I meant don’t mind me.
WooHoo! Go Nevada!
Hey Than, apparently you haven’t been here in a while. All of the MassPike signs west of Worcester have been replaced. Instead of the oh-so-cute Pilgrim hat, they all look like this: http://www.saintmarys.edu/~mmccan01/wrong%20way.jpg
Texas, born and raised.
No, you don’t want to mess with Texas.
Luckily, I’m from deep south Texas, which is different from “the South.” The deep south I’m talking about is as far south in the continental United States as you can get. That’s the deep south I’m talking about.
Around here, you won’t get shot or even looked at with the evil eye for smack talking Texas. You would, however, be in the vicinity of 11,000 AMAZING “authentic” Mexican taco places and 5 minutes from the Mexican border.
What about Canada!?
What’s up with Michigan in that map?
I would request something interesting about Alabama in a future blog, but there really isn’t that much interesting here. Maybe you could touch on the fact that all rednecks are not, in fact, from Alabama.
I’m kinda hurt, does Washington D.C. even show up on your traffic monitoring? If not, well, I’m from D.C…
I wouldn’t worry so much about Chuck Norris if I were you.
Or did you not know that I’m from Texas? Surely you knew that…
I drove through western Mass to get to New Hampshire; no one actually lives there, right? It looked like just roadway to me. When I go to Boston, I drive through Connecticut because it seems more interesting. Although Massachusetts is a commonwealth like us in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky, so as such, I’ll cease denigrating our sister commonwealth.
A commonwealth is “a state or nation-state governed for the common good as opposed to an authoritarian state governed for the benefit of a given class of owners.” (wikipedia) So we are better than the 46 other states because we care for the people, not just bend to those rich snobs. Although when I was looking at taking a job in Massachusetts, I didn’t get that impression. Ooops, there I go again.
I did get that commonwealth feel when I almost took a job at UVA, who are not snobs, at least not the people I met and feel in love with – in the most professional way, of course.
It took me 5 minutes to write and edit this comment, so that should boost Pennsylvania’s status as engaged reading, and not just as padded stats from Bryan. I hear the Amish are engaged readers. Now if they would only use computers…
so another DCer here… and I know of at least 2 others that read your blog.