This is not a carpet warehouse

...and other observations

Thanks to Google Analytic, I can see what search terms have brought people to this blog, but occasionally these terms do surprise.

One of the very popular terms that I could never understand is end of the roll pickering. Upon inspection it turns out that this is for the Pickering branch of End of the Roll, a discount carpet and flooring chain in Canada. So if you've come across this blog whilst searching for them, I'm sorry but this is a wrong URL.

Another search that seems to be at least semi-commercial is for dog proof letter boxes. All I can say on this is that there are some ways to do this, both by designing the wall in the first place or by putting some kind of cage inside, but I don't know of any. And the real problem is for people putting stuff into the boxes, not for those receiving. Maybe it's time to campaign for this one again?

There are some other surprises on the list, but it's difficult to fine tune it to get a popularity listing because some very similar search terms rak separately on the charts. So ben duncan big brother, "ben duncan" big brother and big brother ben duncan all rank separately, alongside several other combinations seeking much the same information. However it is possible to spot at a glance when one particular search term is especially popular with ashes to ashes topping the table by some distance, whilst variants such as end of ashes to ashes or ashes to ashes dixon of dock green also making appearances.

Of course both of those searches were influenced by television and over time the number of people making them will inevitably decline. I wonder what the next big search will be for...

A look at my readers

Time for a quick look at who's reading this blog to say thank you to you all.

Last year Tracksy gave up the ghost so I'm now using Google Analytics to keep up with who's reading this blog and what the most popular posts are. Currently I only have data for the period since mid last November, but a few trends are emerging.

First the three most popular days on this blog have been:

1. May 30th
2. May 22nd
3. February 19th

Unsurprisingly the three most popular posts correspond to these days:

1. The end of Ashes to Ashes
2. Do we need Conservative Future?
3. The battle for the Speaker's constituency

And the top search term that brought people here is ashes to ashes.

My readers are spread around the world but with a distinct bias to the Anglosphere. The top ten countries for readers are:

1. United Kingdom
2. United States
3. Canada
4. Australia
5. Ireland
6. Germany
7. France
8. India
9. Belgium
10. New Zealand

On the more technical side visitors use the following browsers:

1. Firefox 38.43%
2. Internet Explorer 38.39%
3. Chrome 9.67%
4. Safari 9.16%
5. Mozilla 1.08%

...with a load of others each using less than 1%. Surprisingly one visitor is still using Netscape.

A big thank you to everyone who has been visiting and reading the blog, no matter where you're from or how you're reading this.

No June on this blog yet...

Tracksy is currently playing up and I'm not sure why - is anyone else experiencing problems? So for the moment I'm afraid there aren't any details about June's readership.

May on this blog

It's a little later than usual, but time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for April.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. educationet (+26)
   
3. Facebook (-1)
   
4. Blogger.com (-1)
   
5. Mars Hill (-1)
   
6. Liberal England (NEW)
   
7. Antonia's blog (-2)
   
8. Wikipedia (-2)
   
9. Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (NEW)
   
10. Yahoo (+6)

Dropping out of the top ten are ConservativeHome (at 13, down 5), Live Search (at 14, down 4), nourishing blogrolls (at 47, down 38) and Piled Higher and Deeper (at 57, down 50).

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. what does your birthday say about you (-)
   
2. what president am i most like (+3)
   
3. oldest political party (+3)
   
4. tim roll-pickering (-2)
   
5. whatever happened to dan quayle (-1)
   
6. seals of office (RE-ENTRY)
   
7. what harms the environment (-4)
   
8. grumpy old men muppets (+1)
   
9. brent central (NEW)
   
10. laura mcalister - devolution

A return to some new entries mixed in with the old favourites.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

BALTIMORE, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BROOKLYN, BURLINGTON, BURY, CALGARY, CARY, CHARLESTON, CHARLOTTESVILLE, CHATHAM, COVENTRY, DALLAS, DRAPER, DUBAI, DURHAM, EDMONTON, GARDEN CITY, GLADSTONE, HALIFAX, INDIANAPOLIS, IRVINE, ISLIP, LEEDS, LEICESTER, LIVERPOOL, LOMBARD, LONDON, LUTON, MALE, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, MELBOURNE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, MT LAUREL, NEW ALBANY, NEW YORK, OXFORD, PHILADELPHIA, REDMOND, RESTON, SCOTTSDALE, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, SYDNEY, TORONTO, WAKEFIELD, WASHINGTON and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

April on this blog

It's a little later than usual, but time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for March.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Facebook (-)
   
3. Blogger.com (-)
   
4. Mars Hill (+1)
   
5. Antonia's blog (RE-ENTRY)
   
6. Wikipedia (-)
   
7. Piled Higher and Deeper (+1)
   
8. ConservativeHome (+4)
   
9. nourishing blogrolls (NEW)
   
10. Live Search (+6)

Dropping out of the top ten are Yahoo (at 16, down 6), educationet (at 28, down 24), Norfolk Blogger (disappearing altogether) and Vote 2007 (ditto).

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. what does your birthday say about you (-)
   
2. tim roll-pickering (+1)
   
3. what harms the environment (RE-ENTRY)
   
4. whatever happened to dan quayle (-)
   
5. what president am i most like (RE-ENTRY)
   
6. oldest political party (-)
   
7. educationet (-2)
   
8. laura blomeley (+1)
   
9. grumpy old men muppets (RE-ENTRY)
   
10. ashley mcalister ulu (RE-ENTRY)

Surprisingly no new entries and several returns.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

ATLANTA, BELLEVUE, BIRMINGHAM, BRADFORD, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, CALGARY, CHARLOTTESVILLE, CHATHAM, DALLAS, DORTMUND, DULLES, DURHAM, EDINBURGH, HERMITAGE, HICKSVILLE, HOUSTON, HOWELL, KINGSTON UPON HULL, LAGUNA NIGUEL, LEVITTOWN, LEXINGTON, LONDON, LUTON, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, MIAMI, MOUNTAIN VIEW, NEW YORK, NOTTINGHAM, OTTAWA, OXFORD, READING, REDMOND, REDONDO BEACH, RESTON, ROCHESTER, SAINT LOUIS, SEATTLE, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, STAFFORD, SYDNEY, TALLAHASSEE, TORONTO, UNIVERSITY PARK, WASHINGTON, WOODLAND HILLS and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

March on this blog

Time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for February.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Facebook (+6)
   
3. Blogger.com (-)
   
4. educationet (+14)
   
5. Mars Hill (-1)
   
6. Wikipedia (+5)
   
7. Norfolk Blogger (NEW)
   
8. Piled Higher and Deeper (NEW)
   
9. Vote 2007 (-4)
   
10. Yahoo (-1)

Dropping out of the top ten are ConservativeHome (at 12, down 6), Live Search (at 16, down 9), BBC (at 17, down 15) and Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (at 62, down a whopping 52).

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. what does your birthday say about you (-)
   
2. tim roll-pickering (+1)
   
3. brian wilde (NEW)
   
4. whatever happened to dan quayle (yet another RE-ENTRY, which gives me an idea...)
   
5. educationet (-3)
   
6. oldest political party (+3)
   
7. ashley mcalister ulu (NEW)
   
8. doctor who beneath the surface (NEW)
   
9. laura blomeley (-2)
   
10. prince harry who cares (NEW)

A mixture of new searches, old ones and re-entries.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

AMSTERDAM, ANDOVER, ATLANTA, AURORA, BANGKOK, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BLACKBURN, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, CALGARY, CAMBRIDGE, CARDIFF, CARY, CHATHAM, COEUR D ALENE, COLORADO SPRINGS, DALLAS, DUBLIN, DULLES, DURHAM, GRINNELL, HOUSTON, IPSWICH, JACKSONVILLE, LANCASTER, LEEDS, LEICESTER, LINCOLN, LITTLE ROCK, LONDON, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, MOUNTAIN VIEW, MT LAUREL, NEW YORK, NORWICH, NOTTINGHAM, PETERBOROUGH, PHILADELPHIA, PORTSMOUTH, ROCHESTER, SAN FRANCISCO, SOUTHAMPTON, SUTTON, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

February on this blog

Time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for January.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. BBC (NEW)
   
3. Blogger.com (-1)
   
4. Mars Hill (+3)
   
5. Vote 2007 (RE-ENTRY)
   
6. ConservativeHome (-)
   
7. Live Search (NEW)
   
8. Facebook (+2)
   
9. Yahoo (RE-ENTRY)
   
10. Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (+9)

Dropping out of the top ten are Wikipedia (at 11, down 6), The Doctor Who Forum (at 13, down 5), Iain Dale's Diary (at 16, down 7), educationet (at 18, down 15) and Liberal Democrat Youth & Students (disappearing altogether before the name does).

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. what does your birthday say about you (-)
   
2. educationet (RE-ENTRY)
   
3. tim roll-pickering (+1)
   
4. what president am i like? (-2)
   
5. plural of referendum (NEW and it's "referendums")
   
6. grange hill (NEW)
   
7. laura blomeley (-)
   
8. moral politics test (NEW)
   
9. oldest political party (-3)
   
10. what harms the environment (-7)

Some of usual regulars, some interesting new ones, mostly stemming from various elections people may or may not be involved in.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

AMSTERDAM, BALTIMORE, BANGKOK, BELLEVUE, BIDDEFORD, BIRMINGHAM, BRACKNELL, BROOKLYN, CAMBRIDGE, CARDIFF, CHATHAM, CHICAGO, COVENTRY, CRAWLEY, DE BILT, DORTMUND, DUBLIN, DUDLEY, DULLES, EDINBURGH, EDMONTON, GLASGOW, HIGHLAND, KUTZTOWN, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, LOS ANGELES, LUTON, MANCHESTER, MELBOURNE, MONTREAL, NASHVILLE, NEW YORK, NORWICH, NOTTINGHAM, OTTAWA, OWASSO, OXFORD, PHILADELPHIA, PLYMOUTH, REDMOND, ROCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, STOCKTON, SUTTON, TORONTO, WASHINGTON and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

January on this blog

Time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for December.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Blogger.com (-)
   
3. educationet (RE-ENTRY)
   
4. Liberal Democrat Youth & Students (NEW)
   
5. Wikipedia (-1)
   
6. ConservativeHome (-2)
   
7. Mars Hill (-1)
   
8. The Doctor Who Forum (NEW)
   
9. Iain Dale's Diary (RE-ENTRY)
   
10. Facebook (-2)

Dropping out of the top ten are Yahoo (at 11, down 2), Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (at 19, down 9), Chris Paul: Labour of Love (at 23, down 16) and Conservative Mind (disappearing altogether).

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. what does your birthday say about you (-)
   
2. what president am i like? (NEW)
   
3. what harms the environment (+3)
   
4. tim roll-pickering (-)
   
5. whatever happened to dan quayle (a RE-ENTRY, unlike Quayle himself)
   
6. oldest political party (NEW)
   
7. laura blomeley (-1)
   
8. james juggapah (NEW)
   
9. laura purll (NEW)
   
10. london mayor election 2008 / polls (NEW)

Some of usual regulars, some interesting new ones, mostly stemming from various elections people may or may not be involved in.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

ABERDEEN, ATLANTA, BALTIMORE, BANGKOK, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BISMARCK, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, CALGARY, CHATHAM, DENVER, DUBLIN, DULLES, DURHAM, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, HARLOW, HARTLEPOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, JAMAICA, LEEDS, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, LUTON, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, MARKHAM, MELBOURNE, NEW YORK, NEWBURY, NOTTINGHAM, ORLANDO, OTTAWA, OXFORD, PORTSMOUTH, REDMOND, RESTON, SAINT PAUL, SAN FRANCISCO, SINGAPORE, SOUTHAMPTON, SUTTON, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, WASHINGTON, YONKERS and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

December on this blog

Happy New Year everyone!

Time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for November.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Blogger.com (+1)
   
3. Wikipedia (+5)
   
4. ConservativeHome (+3)
   
5. Conservative Mind (+1)
   
6. Mars Hill (-2)
   
7. Chris Paul: Labour of Love (NEW)
   
8. Facebook (-3)
   
9. Yahoo (+1)
   
10. Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (+11)

Dropping out of the top ten is Slugger O'Toole (disappearing altogether).

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. what does your birthday say about you (+2)
   
2. viscount severn (NEW)
   
3. educationet (NEW)
   
4. tim roll-pickering (+3)
   
5. what harms the environment (RE-ENTRY)
   
6. laura blomeley (-1)
   
7. london borough sutton border (NEW)
   
8. the death of ian smith (NEW)
   
9. what president am i most like (NEW)
   
10. australia second chamber elected (NEW)

Some of usual regulars, some interesting new ones.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

ABERDEEN, ALBANY, BANGKOK, BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN CENTER, CAIRO, CALGARY, CAMBRIDGE, CHATHAM, DALLAS, DULLES, DURHAM, EDINBURGH, FLUSHING, GENT, JACKSON, JACKSONVILLE, LANSING, LICHFIELD, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, LONG BEACH, LOS ANGELES, LUTON, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, MELBOURNE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, NEW YORK, OAKLAND, OKLAHOMA CITY, OXFORD, PERTH, PHILADELPHIA, REDMOND, RESTON, ROTTERDAM, SAN DIEGO, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, STOKE ON TRENT, SUNDERLAND, SUTTON, VANCOUVER, WARREN, WASHINGTON and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

November on this blog

Time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for October.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Slugger O'Toole (RE-ENTRY)
   
3. Blogger.com (-1)
   
4. Mars Hill (-)
   
5. Facebook (+3)
   
6. Conservative Mind (RE-ENTRY)
   
7. ConservativeHome (-2)
   
8. Wikipedia (-5)
   
9. Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (+11)
   
10. Yahoo (-3)

Dropping out of the top ten are Iain Dale's Diary (at 18, down 9) and HaloScan.com (disappearing altogether).

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. ian smith (NEW)
   
2. verity lambert (NEW)
   
3. what does your birthday say about you (-1)
   
4. grumpy old men muppets (NEW)
   
5. laura blomeley (-2)
   
6. jeffrey archer fraud (NEW)
   
7. tim roll-pickering (-6)
   
8. what happened to dan quayle (NEW)
   
9. bremner sketch of archbishop youtube (NEW)
   
10. shabina begun (RE-ENTRY)

Some of usual regulars, some interesting new ones. I wasn't aware Rory Bremner had done any sketches of Archbishops.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

ABERDEEN, AMSTERDAM, ATLANTA, BALTIMORE, BANGKOK, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BOSTON, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, CALGARY, CAMBRIDGE, CHICAGO, DUBLIN, DULLES, DURHAM, EDINBURGH, HAMILTON, HARARE, HONG KONG, JACKSONVILLE, JOHANNESBURG, LEEDS, LEICESTER, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, LUTON, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, MELBOURNE, NEW YORK, NOTTINGHAM, OMAHA, OTTAWA, PERTH, RAURKELA, RESTON, ROCHESTER, SAN FRANCISCO, SHEFFIELD, SINGAPORE, SOUTHAMPTON, SUTTON, SYDNEY, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, WINCHESTER and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

October on this blog

Time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for September.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Blogger.com (+1)
   
3. Wikipedia (-1)
   
4. Mars Hill (-)
   
5. ConservativeHome (+2)
   
6. HaloScan.com (NEW)
   
7. Yahoo (+18)
   
8. Facebook (-3)
   
9. Iain Dale's Diary (-3)
   
10. HaloScan.com (NEW)

Dropping out of the top ten are Vote 2007 (at 14, down 4), AOL Search (at 19, down 11) and Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (at 20, down 11).

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. tim roll-pickering (+1)
   
2. what does your birthday say about you (-1)
   
3. laura blomeley (+3)
   
4. how many adventures are there in the key to time story arc (NEW)
   
5. langua franca (RE-ENTRY)
   
6. what harms the environment (NEW)
   
7. how electricity harms the environment (NEW)
   
8. living in sutton, surrey (NEW)
   
9. millwall loonies rotterdam (RE-ENTRY)
   
10. ukipbromley (NEW)

Another mix of the regular and the new.

Some of the stranger searches include:

*matthew taylor, make money review
*what does mutual love mean - given my view on this matter I somehow doubt anyone searching this blog is going to find the answer!

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

ABERYSTWYTH, AUSTIN, BANGKOK, BELLEVUE, BIRMINGHAM, BISMARCK, BLACKSBURG, BRADFORD, BRISBANE, BRISTOL, BROOKINGS, BROOKLYN, CAMBRIDGE, CHARLOTTE, COVENTRY, DENVER, DULLES, DURHAM, EDMONTON, EKATERINBURG, EL PASO, EMERYVILLE, ENGLEWOOD, FLUSHING, GLASGOW, HERNDON, IRVINE, KUTZTOWN, LINCOLN, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, LOS ANGELES, LUTON, MANCHESTER, MONTREAL, NAGOYA, NEW YORK, NORTHFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, RESTON, ROCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, SYDNEY, THUN, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

September on this blog

Time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for August.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Wikipedia (+1)
   
3. Blogger.com (-1)
   
4. Mars Hill (+3)
   
5. Facebook (-)
   
6. Iain Dale's Diary (RE-ENTRY)
   
7. ConservativeHome (RE-ENTRY)
   
8. AOL Search (NEW)
   
9. Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (RE-ENTRY)
   
10. Vote 2007 (-6)

Dropping out of the top ten are Young Unionists (at 11, down 2), Caroline Hunt (at 13, down 5), Yahoo (at 25, down 17) and Outpost Gallifrey (dematerialising altogether).

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. what does your birthday say about you (-)
   
2. tim roll-pickering (-)
   
3. oyster day travelcard prices (NEW)
   
4. matthew taylor make money review (NEW)
   
5. english democrats (+1)
   
6. laura blomeley (-4)
   
7. what were the old men in the muppets called? (RE-ENTRY - and the answer is Ming and Vince)
   
8. elephunt sex (RE-ENTRY)
   
9. "second chambers" (NEW)
   
10. rotterdam loonies (RE-ENTRY)

Another mix of the regular and the new.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

ABERYSTWYTH, ATLANTA, BALLARAT, BANGKOK, BARI, BEDFORD, BRIGHTON, BRISTOL, BRONX, BROOKLYN, CHATHAM, CHESTER, CHICAGO, DUDLEY, DULLES, DURHAM, EMERYVILLE, FORT MYERS, FRESNO, HUNTINGTON BEACH, IZMIR, JAMESTOWN, KILLEEN, LANSING, LINCOLN, LONDON, LUTON, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, MELBOURNE, MILWAUKEE, MONTREAL, NEW YORK, OXFORD, PHILADELPHIA, PHOENIX, POUND RIDGE, SAN FRANCISCO, SEREMBAN, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, STEVENAGE, SYDNEY, TORONTO, VICTORIA, WASHINGTON, YONKERS, ZURICH and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

August on this blog

Time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for July.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Blogger.com (-)
   
3. Wikipedia (+2)
   
4. Vote 2007 (RE-ENTRY)
   
5. Facebook (+4)
   
6. Caroline Hunt (+2)
   
7. Mars Hill (-4)
   
8. Yahoo (RE-ENTRY)
   
9. Young Unionists (-3)
   
10. Outpost Gallifrey (RE-ENTRY)

Dropping out of the top ten are Political Opinions (at 17, down 7), Politicalbetting.com and Tom Watson MP (both disappearing altogether).

A rather sluggish month, with several re-entries.

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. what does your birthday say about you (+1)
   
2. laura blomeley (-1)
   
3. tim roll-pickering (-)
   
4. oyster card (NEW)
   
5. female conservatives (+5)
   
6. english democrats (NEW)
   
7. galloway suspension (NEW)
   
8. names of senate in ireland (NEW)
   
9. non oxbridge prime ministers (-2)
   
10. london borough of sutton map (NEW)

Another mix of the regular and the new.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

ALEXANDRIA, AMSTERDAM, ATLANTA, BANGKOK, BARCELONA, BASILDON, BIRMINGHAM, BLACKBURN, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, BROOKLYN, BURNABY, CALGARY, CHATHAM, DALLAS, DUBLIN, DULLES, EDMONTON, EL PASO, EMERYVILLE, FALLS CHURCH, HARRISBURG, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, LOS ANGELES, LUTON, MANCHESTER, MARIETTA, MELBOURNE, MILPITAS, MOUNTAIN VIEW, MT LAUREL, NEW YORK, NOTTINGHAM, OAKLAND, PLYMOUTH, REDMOND, RESTON, SAINT LOUIS, SHEFFIELD, SINGAPORE, SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHFIELD, STEVENAGE, SYDNEY, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, WATERFORD, YAKIMA and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

July on this blog

Time again for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for June.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Blogger.com (-)
   
3. Mars Hill (-)
   
4. Politicalbetting.com (NEW)
   
5. Wikipedia (-)
   
6. Young Unionists (+4)
   
7. Tom Watson MP (NEW)
   
8. Caroline Hunt (+1)
   
9. Facebook (-2)
   
10. Political Opinions (RE-ENTRY)
    

Dropping out of the top ten are Facebook (at 11, down 4), ConservativeHome (at 28, down 22), MyBlogLog (disappearing altogether) and Imaginary Walls (ditto).

Rather a static month in general with several staying in their current place.

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. laura blomeley (+8)
   
2. what does your birthday say about you (-)
   
3. tim roll-pickering (+1)
   
4. seals of office (+1)
   
5. antonia bance (NEW)
   
6. 2007 senators nominated by taoiseach (NEW)
   
7. non oxbridge prime ministers (-)
   
8. problems with christian unions (-)
   
9. millwall loonies (NEW - no rotterdam this time)
   
10. female conservatives (NEW)

Another mix of the regular and the new. Meanwhile one of the eyebrow raising searches is nightlife in epsom ewell sutton england - if you need to resort to Google it shows how bad it is!

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

AACHEN, ABERYSTWYTH, ALBUQUERQUE, ATLANTA, BANGKOK, BELFAST, BETHESDA, BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, CALGARY, CARDIFF, CHESTER, CHICAGO, DORTMUND, DUBLIN, DULLES, DUNDEE, DUSSELDORF, EASTBOURNE, EDMONTON, EMERYVILLE, HARROW, LINDEN, LONDON, LUTON, MANCHESTER, MOUNTAIN VIEW, NEW YORK, NOTTINGHAM, OAKLAND, OXFORD, PARIS, PITTSBURGH, POOLE, PRAGUE, REDMOND, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, SHEFFIELD, SINGAPORE, SOUTHAMPTON, THUNDER BAY, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, WIESLOCH, WILMINGTON and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

June on this blog

Once again it's time for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for May.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Blogger.com (-)
   
3. Mars Hill (-)
   
4. Wikipedia (+5)
   
5. MyBlogLog (+1)
   
6. ConservativeHome (+10)
   
7. Facebook (+6)
   
8. Imaginary Walls (NEW)
   
9. Caroline Hunt (RE-ENTRY)
   
10. Young Unionists (RE-ENTRY)
    

Dropping out of the top ten are Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (at 11, down 4), Antonia Bance (at 12, down 8), Cally's Kitchen (at 29, down 19) and Peter Black AM (dropping off the radar altogether).

A bit of a shake-up of positions, but the top three seem as unshakable as ever.

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. doctor who blink (NEW)
   
2. what does your birthday say about you (-1)
   
3. doctor who tonight (-1)
   
4. tim roll-pickering (-1)
   
5. seals of office (NEW)
   
6. sutton surrey map (+1)
   
7. non oxbridge prime ministers (NEW)
   
8. problems with christian unions (NEW)
   
9. laura blomeley (-1)
   
10. langua franca (RE-ENTRY)

Rather a tame month compared to some. Meanwhile amongst the eyebrow raising searches are quentin davies sleaze - is there something we've not yet been told? - and "radley college" bullying, something I'll address another time.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

BARI, BELFAST, BERKELEY, BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, CAMBRIDGE, CARDIFF, CHICAGO, DALLAS, DENVER, DORTMUND, DUBLIN, DULLES, DURHAM, EDINBURGH, ELY, EMERYVILLE, FAYETTEVILLE, GLASGOW, GROSSE POINTE, HARLOW, HARROW, JACKSONVILLE, LANCASTER, LEEDS, LISBON, LONDON, LONG BEACH, LUTON, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, NEW YORK, NOTTINGHAM, PITTSBURGH, PORTLAND, REDMOND, SAN DIEGO, SHEFFIELD, SINGAPORE, SITKA, SOUTHAMPTON, SUISUN CITY, SYDNEY, TEL AVIV, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

May on this blog

Once again it's time for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for April.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Blogger.com (-)
   
3. Mars Hill (-)
   
4. Antonia Bance (RE-ENTRY)
   
5. Young Unionists (RE-ENTRY)
   
6. MyBlogLog (-1)
   
7. Peter Black AM (NEW)
   
8. Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (RE-ENTRY)
   
9. Wikipedia (-3)
   
10. Cally's Kitchen (-)
    

Dropping out of the top ten are Conservative Mind (at 12, down 5), Facebook (at 13, down 5), John Moorcraft (at 14, down 5) and ConservativeHome (at 16, down 12).

Quite a few re-entries but in some places things remain as static as ever!

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. what does your birthday say about you (+1)
   
2. doctor who tonight (+7)
   
3. tim roll-pickering (-)
   
4. no confidence laura purll (NEW)
   
5. ming campbell future (NEW)
   
6. abolition of college amenities fees (NEW)
   
7. sutton surrey map (RE-ENTRY)
   
8. laura blomeley (-3)
   
9. fiona pinto conservative (NEW)
   
10. david steel in spitting image (NEW)

Some interesting new ones, particularly the search for Ming Campbell's future! Meanwhile amongst the stranger searches are kent earthquake conspiracy and any alternatives to gordon brown for labour leader? (no there aren't).

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

AMSTERDAM, AUSTIN, BASILDON, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BOURNEMOUTH, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, CALGARY, CAMBRIDGE, CARDIFF, CHICAGO, CROYDON, DUBLIN, DULLES, DURHAM, EAST MEADOW, EDINBURGH, EMERYVILLE, FOREST PARK, HICKSVILLE, HORSHAM, LARCHMONT, LEEDS, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, LUTON, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, MONTREAL, NEW YORK, NOTTINGHAM, NY, OXFORD, PALERMO, PARIS, PRESTON, REDMOND, RESTON, SACRAMENTO, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, SYDNEY, TACOMA, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, WARRINGTON, WASHINGTON, and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

April on this blog

Once again it's time for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for March.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Blogger.com (+1)
   
3. Mars Hill (+1)
   
4. ConservativeHome (RE-ENTRY)
   
5. MyBlogLog (+2)
   
6. Wikipedia (-)
   
7. Conservative Mind (+2)
   
8. Facebook (-3)
   
9. John Moorcraft (NEW)
   
10. Cally's Kitchen (+4)

Dropping out of the top ten are Educationet Messageboard (at 11, down 9), Political Opinions (at 15, down 7) and Labour - loyal - searching for renewal (dropped off the radar altogether).

Not too many surprises here - the re-entry of ConservativeHome can be attributed to having left a number of comments there whilst John Moorcraft has written some posts on his blog in response to my football views (the cheek of a West Ham fan!). (John Moorcraft: West Ham United and Tim Roll-Pickering...)

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. kent earthquake (NEW)
   
2. what does your birthday say about you (-)
   
3. tim roll-pickering (+1)
   
4. alix wolverson (NEW)
   
5. laura blomeley (-)
   
6. sam rozati blog (NEW)
   
7. freema agyeman butt (NEW)
   
8. doctor who tonight (-2)
   
9. conservative mayor of london conservativehome.com (NEW)
   
10. kent tremor (NEW)

The Kent earthquake has drawn in a lot of visitors, possibly because my blog post went up not that long after it was reported. There haven't been many strange searches, the nearest to weird being "trustee model of representation" israel.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

ABERDEEN, ADELAIDE, AMSTERDAM, BASILDON, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, CALGARY, CHICAGO, COVENTRY, DUBLIN, DULLES, DURHAM, EDINBURGH, EMERYVILLE, EXETER, HONG KONG, KINGSTON UPON HULL, LEEDS, LEICESTER, LINCOLN, LITTLETON, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, LOS ANGELES, LUTON, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, MIAMI, MONTREAL, NEW YORK, NOTTINGHAM, OXFORD, PARIS, RESTON, SACRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, SEATTLE, SHEFFIELD, SINGAPORE, SOUTHAMPTON, STEVENAGE, SUISUN CITY, SUTTON, VANCOUVER, WEST HAVEN and "others".

Thank you all for reading!

March on this blog

Once again it's time for the monthly look at who's been visiting this blog. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post. Comparisons are with the stats for February.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Educationet Messageboard (RE-ENTRY)
   
3. Blogger.com (+4)
   
4. Mars Hill (+1)
   
5. Facebook (+8)
   
6. Wikipedia (-3)
   
7. MyBlogLog (+1)
   
8. Political Opinions (+2)
   
9. Conservative Mind (RE-ENTRY)
   
10. Labour - loyal - searching for renewal (-8)
    

Dropping out of the top ten are Young Unionists (at 11, down 2), Cally's Kitchen (at 14, down 10) and Cllr Robert Rams' Blog (dropped off the radar altogether).

Not too many surprises here - both re-entries can be attributed to some posts directly linking to and commenting about this blog, whilst Labour - loyal - searching for renewal was discontinued early in the month so drops a lot.

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. northern ireland election predictions (NEW)
   
2. what does your birthday say about you (-1)
   
3. northern ireland election results (NEW)
   
4. tim roll-pickering (-2)
   
5. laura blomeley (-2)
   
6. doctor who tonight (RE-ENTRY)
   
7. 2007 assembly elections predictions (NEW)
   
8. countrygirl ukc blogspot (NEW)
   
9. sutton surrey map (-4)
   
10. what harms the environment (NEW)

Unsurprisingly quite a lot of searches for the Northern Ireland elections - various factors have pushed this blog up the results list. Otherwise the usual mixture of new and familiar searches. There haven't been many strange searches, unless we count mustapha butt investigating an fly tipping offence.

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BLACKPOOL, BRADFORD, BRIGHTON, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, CALGARY, CAMBRIDGE, CARDIFF, COVENTRY, DALLAS, DEL MAR, DUBLIN, DULLES, EDMONTON, GLASGOW, HARLEYSVILLE, HONG KONG, LEEDS, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, LUTON, MANASSAS, MANCHESTER, MELBOURNE, MELROSE, MIDDLESBROUGH, MILLBRAE, NAPA, NEW YORK, NORTHAMPTON, NOTTINGHAM, OXFORD, REDMOND, RESTON, SEATTLE, SHEFFIELD, SINGAPORE, SOUTHAMPTON, STEVENAGE, STUTTGART, SYDNEY, THE HAGUE, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, VIENNA, WASHINGTON and "Others".

Thank you all for reading!

February on this blog

With Tracksy now working again, normal service can be resumed. For those who wish to see stats for earlier months you can now click on one of the labels at the end of this post.

Since there were problems with the statistics for January, all comparisons are with the stats for December.

First off the sites most people come from:

1. Google (-)
   
2. Labour - loyal - searching for renewal (NEW ENTRY)
   
3. Wikipedia (+2)
   
4. Cally's Kitchen (+3)
   
5. Mars Hill (-2)
   
6. Cllr Robert Rams' Blog (NEW ENTRY)
   
7. Blogger.com (-)
   
8. MyBlogLog (NEW ENTRY)
   
9. Young Unionists (RE-ENTRY)
   
10. Political Opinions (NEW ENTRY)

Dropping out of the top ten are Facebook (at 13, down 9), Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (at 29, down 21), Backing Blair (at 31, down 21)
Educationet Messageboard (dropping off the radar altogether) and GuardianUnlimitedBlogs (ditto). This has been quite a shake-up, but covers two months in which a lot has happened.

Then we have the top ten search engine requests that brought people here:

1. what does your birthday say about you (-)
   
2. tim roll-pickering (-)
   
3. laura blomeley (+1)
   
4. why is alix wolverson so rubbish (NEW)
   
5. sutton surrey map (NEW)
   
6. uccf controversy (NEW)
   
7. first gentleman clinton (NEW)
   
8. nigel farage fruitcake (NEW)
   
9. rhonda paisley and willie mccrea affair (RE-ENTRY)
   
10. alternative to gordon brown (NEW - are people in Labour so desperate they're resorting to Google?)

As ever a mixture of brand new terms and some ongoing ones. Some of the other weird searches include:

• what to do in chislehurst - I'm afraid I don't know!
  
• what does it mean to persecute someone in a christianity way - Indeed!
  
• "someone to mind the shop" rule - There's a rule?
  
• first lad clinton - Well he is a bit of a Jack the Lad...
  
• how to get alix wolverson into bed - Erm, no idea. Do you really think you're going to find the answer to this on the web?
• define coprophilliac - Do you really want me to?!

Finally as ever we have a list of all the cities detected that people are in:

BASILDON, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BRIGHTON, BRISTOL, BROOKLYN, BRUGGE, CAMBRIDGE, CHESTER, COVENTRY, DALLAS, DULLES, DURHAM, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, HARLEYSVILLE, HOUSTON, JACKSON, LEXINGTON, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, LOWELL, LUTON, MANCHESTER, MELBOURNE, MIAMI, MIDDLESBROUGH, MILANO, MOUNTAIN VIEW, NEW YORK, NOTTINGHAM, PORTSMOUTH, PRINCETON, REDMOND, SAN FRANCISCO, SãO PAULO, SARASOTA, SEATTLE, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, SYDNEY, TERRE HAUTE, TOKYO, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, WEST CHESTER, WOLVERHAMPTON and "Others".

Thank you all for reading!

January on this blog

For those eagerly awaiting the stats for January on this blog I'm afraid there are none - due to problems with Tracksy my account had to be recreated, losing most of the information.

Normaly service will be resumed next month. In the meantime, earlier stats can be found on the pages for February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.