I greatly enjoy blogging, not only for the chance to put my gaming thoughts in written/typed form, but I'm secretly a geek for statistics and watching the stat apps the Blogger supplies makes my day.
I've had three times where skewed data got to me.
I've had three times where skewed data got to me.
- Recently, I had either an active Russian fan base or a hyperactive bot constantly hit my site. Probably 3,000 hits or so over a few weeks. Lucky for my statistical OCD, most of the hits were for my pages I set, not blog posts, and the few posts that did get hit didn't generate outrageous number. I've adjusted my pages and I've been Ruskie-free for a week.
- Back in August, something from Italy hit me for almost 9,000 page views in about twenty minutes. It was going to be a record-setting month for me anyway, extras hits like that makes the accomplishment loose its luster.
- My stats for posts on my "stats" sidebar doesn't match up with my stats under "posts." Confused? I sure was for the longest time. Actually the stats are accurate under the Now, Today, Last Week, and Last Month, but not "All-Time" Back in August, I discovered that some of my top ten all-time posts actually had 1,000 more posts that the "stats" sidebar accounted for. In fact, my top #10 post was actually #16.
Contemptible Little Armies continues to gain views (and truth be told, deserves a rewrite). My Emerald Vale Games review also attracted a lot of traffic, and that doesn't even exist anymore!
To keep some of the older (and excellent) battle reports active, I may need to set up a page to collect their links. Worst case, the Russians will lot it!
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