Webmaster forum - ALT.WWW.WEBMASTER Statistics for 30/01/2005

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ALT.WWW.WEBMASTER Statistics for 30/01/2005

Toby Inkster

2005-01-30, 7:18 pm

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Analysis of posts to alt.www.webmaster
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(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight & Toby Inkster)

Total posts considered: 681 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sun Jan 23 21:01:21 2005
Latest article: Sun Jan 30 20:01:18 2005
Original articles: 67, replies: 614
Total size of posts: 1,140,811 bytes (1,114K) (1.09M)
Average 97 articles per day, 0.16 MB per day, 1,675 bytes per article
Total headers: 619 KB bodies: 494 KB
Body text - quoted: 211 KB, original: 230 KB = 52.25%, sigs: 49 KB
Total number of posters: 138, average 8,266 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 94, average 12,136 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 34

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Top 10 posters by number of articles
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1: Charles Sweeney ............................................... : 67
2: William Tasso ................................................. : 46
3: comments@probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt Probert)............... : 38
4: Viper ......................................................... : 30
5: Toby Inkster .................................................. : 23
6: Eric Jarvis ................................................... : 20
7: Richard ....................................................... : 18
8: Dylan Parry ................................................... : 16
9: Els ........................................................... : 15
10: Neal .......................................................... : 13

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Top 10 posters by size (KBytes)
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1: Charles Sweeney ............................................... : 87
2: William Tasso ................................................. : 66
3: comments@probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt Probert)............... : 59
4: Viper ......................................................... : 56
5: Toby Inkster .................................................. : 41
6: Heidi ......................................................... : 34
7: Eric Jarvis ................................................... : 30
8: Els ........................................................... : 27
9: Richard ....................................................... : 25
10: Steve Sobol ................................................... : 24

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Top 10 posters by original text (KBytes)
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1: Toby Inkster .................................................. : 18
2: Charles Sweeney ............................................... : 11
3: comments@probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt Probert)............... : 10
4: William Tasso ................................................. : 10
5: Heidi ......................................................... : 9
6: Eric Jarvis ................................................... : 7
7: Norman L. DeForest ............................................ : 6
8: Viper ......................................................... : 5
9: Richard ....................................................... : 4
10: info_at_1-script_dot_com@foo.com (www.1-script.com)............ : 4

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Highest percentage of original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Toby Inkster .................................................. : 85.72%
2: Heidi ......................................................... : 81.33%
3: Lois .......................................................... : 77.82%
4: info_at_1-script_dot_com@foo.com (www.1-script.com)............ : 75.13%
5: Dylan Parry ................................................... : 70.05%
6: GreyWyvern .................................................... : 65.93%
7: Steve Greenaway ............................................... : 62.04%
8: Mark Parnell .................................................. : 61.53%
9: Matt Bradley .................................................. : 61.02%
10: MGW ........................................................... : 60.90%

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Lowest percentage original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Blinky the Shark .............................................. : 20.79%
2: Disco Octopus ................................................. : 24.38%
3: Gerry for email use my name at dergal dt com .................. : 24.72%
4: Chris Hope .................................................... : 25.81%
5: SpaceGirl ..................................................... : 26.50%
6: C A Upsdell ................................................... : 27.83%
7: Viper ......................................................... : 28.91%
8: Jerry Stuckle ................................................. : 30.93%
9: J. A. Mc. ..................................................... : 34.56%
10: Duende ........................................................ : 35.19%

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Top 20 threads by number of articles
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1: OT: British crime.............................................. : 66
2: [OT] Johnny Carson, late-night TV legend, dead at 79........... : 48
3: Stargateinc.com aka stargate.com............................... : 30
4: Top Ten Searches (who's hot and who is not).................... : 25
5: El Cheapo Domain Registration.................................. : 22
6: HAVE WORTHLESS WEBSITE! Need FREE HOSTING!..................... : 21
7: British crime.................................................. : 21
8: Benefits of dual CPU for a web server.......................... : 21
9: OT computer help needed extra letters typing................... : 18
10: Underlining the label in a list................................ : 17
11: AOL to discontinue newsgroups.................................. : 16
12: Advantage of an IP Address?.................................... : 15
13: OT: AOL to discontinue newsgroups.............................. : 14
14: Download File - Not Open It.................................... : 12
15: Personal Blog.................................................. : 12
16: Not receiving any email...?.................................... : 11
17: Transferring files............................................. : 11
18: ActiveX plugin problem......................................... : 10
19: Need Robust Mail host for high volume.......................... : 10
20: Advice for new web master. (semi-long)......................... : 10

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Top 20 threads by size (KBytes)
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1: OT: British crime.............................................. : 112
2: [OT] Johnny Carson, late-night TV legend, dead at 79........... : 75
3: Stargateinc.com aka stargate.com............................... : 57
4: Benefits of dual CPU for a web server.......................... : 39
5: Top Ten Searches (who's hot and who is not).................... : 36
6: HAVE WORTHLESS WEBSITE! Need FREE HOSTING!..................... : 36
7: El Cheapo Domain Registration.................................. : 33
8: British crime.................................................. : 32
9: Advice for new web master. (semi-long)......................... : 30
10: AWW FAQ January 27, 2005....................................... : 29
11: AOL to discontinue newsgroups.................................. : 26
12: OT computer help needed extra letters typing................... : 23
13: Underlining the label in a list................................ : 22
14: Need Robust Mail host for high volume.......................... : 21
15: Download File - Not Open It.................................... : 20
16: Advantage of an IP Address?.................................... : 20
17: ActiveX plugin problem......................................... : 18
18: Personal Blog.................................................. : 18
19: OT: AOL to discontinue newsgroups.............................. : 18
20: Not receiving any email...?.................................... : 17

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: comp.os.linux.misc............................................. : 24
2: comp.os.linux.hardware......................................... : 24
3: alt.websites................................................... : 4
4: alt.pizza.delivery.drivers..................................... : 3
5: alt.hackers.malicious.......................................... : 3
6: alt.buzzard.rules.............................................. : 3
7: alt.html....................................................... : 3
8: alt.usenet.kooks............................................... : 3
9: alt.arts.poetry.comments....................................... : 3
10: rec.arts.poems................................................. : 3

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: Outlook Express................................................ : 44
2: Mozilla Thunderbird............................................ : 18
3: Forte [Free] Agent............................................. : 14
4: G2............................................................. : 14
5: slrn........................................................... : 10
6: Xnews.......................................................... : 7
7: Mozilla........................................................ : 5
8: Opera M2....................................................... : 3
9: KNode.......................................................... : 3
10: MicroPlanet Gravity............................................ : 3

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Outlook Express........................................... : 146 (21%)
2: Mozilla Thunderbird....................................... : 113 (17%)
3: Xnews..................................................... : 109 (16%)
4: Forte [Free] Agent........................................ : 84 (12%)
5: MicroPlanet Gravity....................................... : 29 ( 4%)
6: Opera M2.................................................. : 27 ( 4%)
7: Mozilla................................................... : 26 ( 4%)
8: slrn...................................................... : 25 ( 4%)
9: Pan....................................................... : 22 ( 3%)
10: KNode..................................................... : 21 ( 3%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 442
2: -0500.......................................................... : 101
3: -0800.......................................................... : 62
4: -0600.......................................................... : 24
5: +1300.......................................................... : 11
6: +1100.......................................................... : 9
7: +1000.......................................................... : 8
8: +0100.......................................................... : 8
9: -0400.......................................................... : 7
10: -0700.......................................................... : 3

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact

Augustus

2005-01-30, 7:18 pm

"Toby Inkster" <usenet200501@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote in message
news:20050130200400.stat.alt.www.webmaster@tobyinkster.co.uk...
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Sheesh, I haven't appeared in the stats in ages... Ah the "olden days" when
I had time to reply to a simple question with a 10 page article.

William Tasso

2005-01-31, 7:29 pm

Augustus wrote:
> "Toby Inkster" <usenet200501@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:20050130200400.stat.alt.www.webmaster@tobyinkster.co.uk...
>
>
> Sheesh, I haven't appeared in the stats in ages... Ah the "olden days" when
> I had time to reply to a simple question

Contributions, admired by many.

> ...
> with a 10 page article.

Hmmm - you have a Teletype connected to Usenet?

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William Tasso