Elonka wrote:
] MemeStreams has been experiencing a steady increase in
] traffic since the 17th. We are currently up 166% for
] the period of the 17th thru 20th, vs 13th thru 16th. This is
] a mildly misleading statistic, as Saturday and Sunday are
] usually not very busy days. But no matter which way you slice
] it, we are experiencing a significant traffic increase. I'll
] post an update on this after I can compare a complete
] week.

Correction.. 66%. I made a typo and didn't notice till I saw your reply.

] I'd also be interested to know how much of that increase in
] traffic is from new users, vs. the existing users doing more
] hits than usual? For example, is it possible to tell how many
] unique visitors check out Memestreams on an average day?

The bulk of our traffic is not registered users, its people hitting the front page and hits that come in from search engines..

Those stats I posted were based on unique visitors, not page views or hits. So it ignores how much any given user uses the system. Registered users tend to hit the system very frequently, while non-registered users tend to just hit a page or two.. Mostly the front page.

] Thanks to Rattle for the status report!

No problem. I'll try to keep pubicly posting stats of interest.

Our stats system is getting an overhaul. Currently these stats just come from analyzing the server logs.. Its far from optimal. There is a more advanced logging system in the works that will allow users to see stats for MemeStreams, but thats still a little ways off..

I'll admit to doing more web browsing and news reading then coding the past few days.

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