OK; So Who Visits The Site?
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| (Or: "Does anyone actually read this page?" - I put this comment in as I had found a number of typographical and grammatical errors that no-one seems to have picked up.....)
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The idea of the "always in touch" international community has fascinated me for some time and the Internet illustrates the potential like nothing else. Since working for a US company back in 1995, I have made friends across the world and have been able to maintain contact with many of them by virtue of the miracles that are email, mobile phones, etc. |
Whilst many of the site visitors are based abroad, I would like to think that there are a number of local visitors, too. I would also be pleased to hear from anyone who would like to contribute anything they feel is relevant, be it photos or articles. Feel free to get in touch via any of the email links dotted about the site. |
"Hits" vs "Visits"
The analysis software differentiates "hits" from "visits". A "hit" is any request for information that matches what is on the site. A "visit" is when the site has actually been downloaded to a remote PC. To illustrate this, let's say you type "Herne Bay" in a search engine. The search engine will do it's stuff and look for sites with content that matches the request. In it's search, it may come across www.hbay.co.uk. Well, I hope it would, anyway. Assuming it does, then Claranet records that request as a "hit". All the search engine has done is read the "index.htm" page (the default opening page for all web sites) and looked for matching words in the <TITLE> and <META> tag lines at the start of the code. To improve my chances of a search engine finding and, more importantly (for me) displaying this site as a possible match, all the pages on the site include "Herne Bay" and "Whitstable" in the <TITLE> tag. I also include them in the <META> tag, along with a number of other words I think may be relevant.
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| But enough of the theory. Back to business. This first table shows the numbers of hits and actual visitors since March 2002 (when the statistics started), up to and including 31 December 2006.
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Total hits to date:
| 2,761,108
December visits:
| 8722
Total visits to date¹:
| 214,863
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¹ Note: the visit count is from 29 March 2001, i.e. when the site was launched.
December-specific statistics
Ave daily hit count:
| 2363
Ave daily visit count:
| 281
Max daily hit count:
| 3959
Max daily visit count:
| 421
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Despite my apparent inability to update the site with any regularity, the hits and visits have risen since the start of the year. Thanks to those who keep looking in; it's all appreciated. |
So; where do YOU come from?
So, for no other reason than making myself feel smug, I included this list to show where my visitors have come from. |
Albania  | Algeria  | Andorra  | Antigua  | Australia  |
Austria  | Argentina  | Bahamas  | Barbados  | Belarus  |
Belgium  | Belize  | Bermuda  | Bosnia  | Brazil  |
Brunei  | Bulgaria  | Burkina Faso  | Cambodia  | Canada  |
Chad  | Chile  | Cocos Islands | Colombia  | Costa Rica  |
Croatia  | Cyprus  | Czech Rebpublic  | Denmark  | Ecuador  |
England  | Faroe Islands  | Estonia  | Ethiopia  | Finland  |
France  | French Polynesia  | The Gambia
| Germany
| Gibraltar  |
Greece  | Guam  | Guatemala  | Guyana  | Hong Kong  |
Hungary  | Iceland  | India  | Indonesia  | Iran  |
Ireland  | Israel  | Italy  | Japan  | Jordan  |
Kazakhstan  | Latvia  | Lebanon  | Liechtenstein  | Lithuania  |
Macau  | Macedonia  | Malaysia  | Malta  | Mauritius  |
Mexico  | Morocco  | Myanmar  | The Netherlands  | New Zealand  |
Nicaragua  | Nigeria  | Norway 
| Panama 
| Papua New Guinea  |
Peru 
| Phillipines 
| Poland  | Puerto Rico  | Qatar  |
Romania | Russia  | Saudi Arabia  | San Marino  | Scotland  |
Senegal  | Sierra Leone  | Singapore  | Slovakia  | Slovenia  |
South Africa  | South Korea  | Spain  | Sri Lanka  | Sweden  |
Switzerland  | Syria  | Taiwan  | Thailand  | Togo  |
Tunisia  | Turkey  | Tuvalu  | Ukraine  | UAE  |
USA  | Wales  | Yugoslavia  | Zimbabwe  |
These flag images were taken (and subsequently shrunk down) from the World Flag Database  website.
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There have been nine new countries added to the list since the last update back in September; Bahamas, Cambodia, Chad, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Nicaragua, Papa New Guinea, Macau and Sri Lanka.
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"US commercial" hits retain the top spot, standing at 35+ of the May hits. The UK was once again third, behind the ever-anonymous "Network". Eastern European and now African countries seem to be maintaining a healthy presence.
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How did you get HERE?
Another aspect of the web analysis software is that it tells me what brought people to the site in the first place:
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- Herne Bay
- Herne Bay pier
- Whitstable
- Bishopstone Glen
- Nullabour
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- Hotel St George Herne Bay
- Herne Bay history
- Herne Bay wind farm
- Whitstable and Herne Bay
- Living in Whitstable
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