10 September 2008
Behind the Curtain, Just for Fun
Posted by admin under: International .
One of the things I like to do is obsess a little about how many people are looking at this blog and where they’re from so I signed up for google analytics information. Apparently, google can get some generalized information about you when you visit, like what state or country you’re in.
Canada I expected. The UK I expected, too, but it’s still cool because it’s the origin of Scouting and on another continent. Other countries: Mexico, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Hungary, France, Spain, Denmark, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, and Australia. Hey, will somebody tell those guys in Iraq I keep writing about them?
I can even drill down into the United States. Most of my visits come from California which isn’t surprising because that’s most of the people I know and told about my blog. I’ve almost gotten all of the states except Montana, North Dakota, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, and Alabama.
This is neat!
Update: But I’m going to have to learn my domestic geography again since that’s clearly Mississippi, not Alabama I’m waiting on. Doh!
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3 Comments so far...
Dan Says:
10 September 2008 at 3:40 pm.
You may not see any internet traffic from Iraq. Iraq is not very wired so the majority of their internet traffic comes from satellite connections. I know their services used to be provided mainly by a company in Georgia (the state), and Satellite Media Services of England. Not sure if that is the case anymore.
When I was in Afghanistan I know my connection was routed through Hong Kong via satellite.
admin Says:
10 September 2008 at 4:06 pm.
Wow. I didn’t know that. I used to read “Iraq the Model” all the time, some Iraqi bloggers, so I had assumed that internet was available. I didn’t think about the satellite thing. Thanks for the info, Dan!
» Red Letter Day Says:
4 November 2008 at 2:21 am.
[...] from Russia, I looked at my google analytics world map and I’ve had no visitors from there. I posted about these cool stats a couple months ago and I’m happy to say I’ve finally gotten a hit from every state in the union. Delaware [...]
