Some Traces of Inspriation Web Stats

Web stats are always fun to take a peek at. I figured I’d post some of my numbers since I started keeping track on Septmber 1 with Google Analytics (Damn me for not capturing the WebVisions traffic with Google!).

Operating Systems

  1. Windows (66.3%)
  2. Macintosh (32.4%)
  3. Linux (1.0%)
  4. Unknown (0.3%)

What does that mean? More creatives means more Macs, but there’s still not enough. Could the 0.3% unknown be mobile?

Browser

  1. Firefox (52.0%)
  2. Internet Explorer (32.9%)
  3. Safari (10.7%)
  4. Mozilla Compatible Agent (1.9%)
  5. Camino (0.9%)
  6. Mozilla (0.6%)
  7. Opera (0.6%)
  8. Netscape (0.3%)
  9. and one hit from Konquerer

What does this mean? Sometime during this stretch, I switched from Safari to Firefox. My reliance on Google tools really prodded me along. That and some intranet stuff at work just works better on Firefox. Still, a third of the users are on IE. Just 1.74% of total users were on IE7. So, looks like Firefox still needs to do some spreadin’.

Screen Resolution

  1. 1024×768 (26.2%)
  2. 1280×1024 (22.4%)
  3. 1280×854 (16.0%)
  4. 1920×1200 (8.0%)
  5. 1440×900 (5.5%)
  6. 1280×800 (5.4%)
  7. 800×600 (3.3%)
  8. 1680×1050 (3.1%)
  9. Many others with just a few hits

What does this mean? Wow, of the top eight, only one is below 1024×768. Old standby 800×600 is just 3.3% of my users. This should tell me a lot when I finally do my own design. Ignore 800×600. The remaining resolutions on the list were fascinating. 2560×1600? I want that guy’s screen. 1120×840? 1344×1008? Those seem pretty random. 240×160? 240×320? Mobile, anyone? 2048×768? Weird. That seems like a dual monitor with both at 1024×768. But I usually run a dual screen at work, but my native 1280×854 ranks third. I would HAVE to have more hits than some of those dual screen configurations are getting. Perhaps it only tracks certain dual monitor configs? Perhaps just Windows? Perhaps just screens that are two at the same resolution?

Flash Version

  1. 8.x (54.2%)
  2. 9.x (35.6%)
  3. 7.x (6.4%)
  4. 6.x (1.6%)
  5. No Flash (2.1%)

What does this mean? I don’t use Flash on my site, but if I ever wanted to use sIFR, I would have no problem 98% of my users have Flash. 96% have Flash 7 or above. 90% have Flash 8 or above.

Top Content

  1. Index Page (27.1%)
  2. About Page (5.3%)
  3. Ramblings on Digital Education (3.4%)
  4. WebVisions: Day 1 (3.4%)
  5. Bulletproof Notes: A Day with Dan Cederholm (3.0%)
  6. The Social Media Chicken and Egg Problem (3.0%)
  7. Blogging Category (2.9%)
  8. Darcy 2000–2006 (2.2%)
  9. The Benefits of a Good User Rating System (1.8%)
  10. Ella Category (1.7%)
  11. Many more…

What does this mean? Well, it means lots of people just read the latest stuff on the front page. The About page has far more hits than I expected. The top post from 9/1 is probably thanks to Digication linking to me. WebVisions: Day 1 is probably my most popular post ever, but most of the hits came before I installed Google Analytics. In fact, is the only post on this list that was made before I installed Google Analytics.

Well, there’s a few stats for now. Analytics, of course, has a ton more… but I’ll stop there.

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