A quick look at visitor demographics
I went through the Google Analytics data for my blog today. Really, really went through it. I think I found some things that might prove of interest to someone somewhere. Now, keep in mind that my blog is teeny-tiny when compared to some of the big guns out there. Plus, I make no ad-money (intentionally). Plus, my content is Microsoft-centric. So, make what you will of the following:
Long Zheng is my biggest referrer. Specifically, his Windows 7 Virtual Wi-Fi post sends a lot of traffic to my Connectify for free post, probably through the comment I made there. The team at LiveSide is next, but their referrals are equally balanced between a couple of posts about Windows Live. Finally, there’s Makram at MobileTechWorld, who has the widest distribution for referrals from his posts. Thanks, guys. I also want to thank the readers there, who may have found something interesting here. Stick around, there’s more to come.
As for where the traffic comes from, Naples, Italy wins the top spot among all cities. It is followed by Rancho Cucamonga, California. This is the first time I’ve heard of the place. Thanks, though :-) Then we have London, UK and Puteaux, Franca. The most interesting one, however is Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Most of these hits come from a unknown Motorola device. It shows a Trident-based browser. ;-)
So, we should probably look at browsers then, eh?
Since IE8 release (Mar 19, 2009)
among IE:
IE8 has grown fastest: 0% > 15%
IE6 dropped from 25% > 13%
IE7 share is unchanged at ~75%
and overall:
Chrome grew 1% > 7%
Firefox dropped from 40% > 33%
Overall IE share steady at ~50%
Since Windows 7 GA (Oct 22, 2009)
among Windows:
XP dropped from 70% > 26%
Vista dropped from 21% > 13%
7 went from 0% to 11%
NT (???) went from 6% to 49%
and overall:
Windows grew from 90% > 95%
OS X dropped from 6% > 3%
Linux dropped from 3% > 1.5%
Since OS X 10.6 GA (Aug 28, 2009)
among OS X:
10.5 grew from 16% > 55%
10.6 went from 0% to 38%
10.4 showed no significant change
numbers for the overall OS market were similar to those mentioned above.
Note: This blog published its first post back in Dec 2006. However, Analytics tracking only began in May, 2007. There are many other good referrers and interesting things in the site’s data. I don’t think I can write about everything though.
