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Why browser speed tests fail
We’ve all heard of browser speed tests that claim different things: “Firefox is the fastest”, “Safari crushes the competition”, “Google Chrome is faster than a potato”, whatever. The truth is, none of these browsers is faster than the other, save for IE, which sucks. Why? Read the rest of this entry
Afghan war logs revealed, now Facebook profiles exposed?
As if our world weren’t devoid enough of security and privacy, here comes another one. Some freak named Ron Bowes decided to noodle around one night on the Internet, scraping up the names and profile URLs of 171 million Facebook users. He then uploaded this data to BitTorrent where everyone can download it.
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Your mobile phone pictures are helping stalkers
Most smartphones, like the Blackberry or the iPhone (antenna problems aside), have GPS capability. The GPS is so accurate that it can pinpoint which room in the house you’re standing in. Well guess what, so can the photos you take with your mobile phone.
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January 2010 Blog Report
| Statistic | Value | Change from previous month |
| Number of views | 483 | +18.9%, +76 |
| Number of days |
31 | 0%, 0 |
| Average views/day | 15.6 | +18.7%, +2.45 |
November 2009 Blog Report
| Statistic | Value | Change from previous month |
| Number of views | 278 | -10.6%, -33 |
| Number of days |
30 | -3.2%, -1 |
| Average views/day | 9.26 | -7.4%, -0.77 |
October 2009 Blog Report
| Statistic | Value | Change from previous month |
| Number of views | 311 | -67.0%, -631 |
| Number of days |
31 | +3.3%, +1 |
| Average views/day | 10.0 | -213.0%, -21.37 |
| # of Tags (total) |
340 | +13.3%, +40 |
| # of Categories (total) |
17 | 0%, 0 |
| # of Comments (total) |
114 | +6.5%, +7 |
| # of Posts (total) |
69 | 13.1% , +8 |
| Busiest day |
October 8, 20 views | -79.2% ,-76 |
| Most viewed post |
Another example of phony weight loss…, 43 views | -63.2% ,-74 |
| Top referrer | blogsurfer.us/index.php?i=6, 11 views* | -88.8%, -87 |
| Top search term | “apamin weight loss”, 10 views | +25%, +2 |
| Top clicks | deathgleaner.files.wordpress.com/2009… and deathgleaner.files.wordpress.com/2009…, 3 clicks each | -70%, -7 |
| Top-used web browser | Internet Explorer (vv. 7.0 , 5.5 [38 views each]), 121 views total | N/A |
| Top-used OS | Windows (XP with 98 views), 208 views total | N/A |
| Country with most views | United States, 178 views | N/A |
| Top-used OS | Windows (XP with 98 views), 208 views total | N/A |
Statistics are for this month only unless otherwise stated. Asterisk denotes all-time record.
Total blog views since inception: 2403
Notes from the author: Traffic has sunk this month. Only eight blog posts in October. Also note that there are some new statistics, courtesy of GetClicky.com. However, these statistics were compiled November 6th, so they may be very inaccurate.
September 2009 Blog Report
| Statistic | Value | Change from previous month |
| Number of views | 942 | +48.3%, +307 |
| Number of days |
30 | -3.3%, -1 |
| Average views/day | 31.4* | +53.245%, +10.91 |
| # of Tags (total) |
300 | +12.4%, +33 |
| # of Categories (total) |
17 | 0%, 0 |
| # of Comments (total) |
107 | +39%, 30 |
| # of Posts (total) |
61 | 15.1% ,8 |
| Busiest day |
September 27, 96 views | -17.9% ,-21 |
| Most viewed post |
MuseScore: A free music…, 117 views (in September) | -61.5% ,-187 |
| Top referrer | mashable.com/2009/09/26/google-11th-b…, 98 views* | +15.2%, +13 |
| Top search term | “apamin smoothie”, 8 views | +33.3%, +2 |
| Top click | google.com/corporate/timeline/#homepa…, 10 clicks | -37.5%, -6 |
Statistics are for this month only unless otherwise stated. Asterisk denotes all-time record.
Total blog views since inception: 2092
Notes from the author: Another month of top posts! Thanks to all the comment readers at Mashable.com, since those were my biggest traffic income. Also to note that some of these blog statistics may be off plus-or-minus 3 values since the tally was done October 2nd and not October 1st.
August 2009 Blog Report
| Statistic | Value | Change from previous month |
| Number of views | 635 | +96.6%, +312 |
| Number of days |
31 | 0%, 0 |
| Average views/day | 20.49* | +96.6%, +10.42 |
| # of Tags (total) |
267 | — |
| # of Categories (total) |
17 | — |
| # of Comments (total) |
77 | — |
| # of Posts (total) |
53 | — |
| Busiest day |
August 27, 117 views* | N/A |
| Most viewed post |
Why I really hate Wikipedia…, 304 views (in August)* | N/A |
| Top referrer | fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/…, 85 views* | N/A |
| Top search term | “gargbhawna9@gmail.com”, 6 views | N/A |
| Top click | commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount…, 16 clicks* | N/A |
Statistics are for this month only unless otherwise stated. Asterisk denotes all-time record, N/A = Not applicable, “—” = unavailable.
Total blog views since inception: 1149
Notes from the author: It’s scary how much my blog views jumped this month, all because of the popular post “Why I really hate Wikipedia administrators.” This post generated the most diverse audience my blog has ever seen and the most controversy I had ever had to deal with.
This blog report is also the first one I have done, and it took me over 20 minutes to compile all the data. If you have any suggestions for further blog reports, please leave a comment.
