August 08, 2004

Stockholm Syndrome

I should probably just take the Site Meter off this page entirely; it's turned into a caricature of itself. It's one thing that it under-measures traffic, but I've always hoped it under-measured everyone at the same rate, so at least we can use it for comparisons.

But this is just beyond the pale: my numbers are now going backward. A few days ago I reached the 20,000-hit mark. These things are relative, of course, but that's a nice little landmark for a tiny blog. As of yesterday, however, the Site Meter had actually gone backward, so I'm now supposedly back below the 19,000 visits. Several hundred unique visits just vanished. Amazing.

And then there is the matter of the Ecosystem, which still has me at the old Blogspot site. I've sent N.Z. Bear two e-mails, as well as "going through channels" and sending him the updated information through the Ecosystem. It's been over a month, and the link is still incorrect.

If there's someone out there who either ranks higher-than-mammal or has a personal rapport with him, that would be great; I'd like to get that changed, but he has to open my e-mail first.

And if someone has a hit meter that's actually accurate, let me know. I feel like I'm running in sand, here.

Posted by: Attila at 10:36 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 I've never had any problems with Extreme Tracking. At least, none that I could notice. But I don't know how to tell if it's under-reporting hits/visitors.

Posted by: Russell Wardlow at August 08, 2004 03:29 PM (CcGTn)

2 Little Miss A: I've updated your URL to reflect your new digs here; check back after tonight's scans and you should be all set. Sorry for the delays! -NZB

Posted by: N.Z. Bear at August 08, 2004 07:25 PM (dzOHU)

3 I've used Extreme-Tracking too with no problems, but not for a high-traffic site. It's also well worth checking out statcounter.com Theirs provides a wide range of information, seems to be consistent, doesn't slow your page load like sitemeter can, and allows you to have a much smaller or invisible counter link on your page. Paul

Posted by: Light & Dark at August 08, 2004 09:04 PM (eT6wp)

4 As we say in Munuvia: Yay! Thanks for all the traffic meter hints, everyone: I'll be checking them out this week.

Posted by: Attila Girl at August 08, 2004 10:52 PM (SuJa4)

5 I run my own counter and cant even keep it right. FYI, I came over from Smash and he still has your old site linked too.

Posted by: Don Callaway at August 12, 2004 07:04 PM (9W8wC)

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