On Jun 30, 12:08=A0am, gjedwards <gjedwa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 5:20 am, JSH <jst...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Now that I'm winding down from new math research I'm focusing more on
> > side details like measuring the impact of posts on the newsgroups on
> > things like statistics of hit counts on my math blog, and I thought it
> > worth sharing some of the information.
>
> > For instance, in the past 6 months according to Google Analytics my
> > math blog has hits from 80 countries, though the bulk of the hits come
> > from Great Britain, with the city giving the most hits being London.
>
> > According to Google Analytics, the hits coming from what I'll call
> > hostile sources, being the crank.net website and newsgroups through
> > groups.google.com are 10.12% of the total, where crank.net has 6.02%
> > and groups.google.com has 4.10% which is invaluable information to me
> > because it has shown me that hostile posts here have nominal impact in
> > terms of actually driving people from links on negative sources to my
> > math blog.
>
> > Which is why I'm posting as I think it's a hoot.
>
> > Hostile posters who I've seen at times making it a point to link to
> > negative sites have had a nominal impact based on the evidence I have
> > available, and thankfully, crank.net is a non-force in terms of hit
> > counts.
>
> > The hate page is not getting the attention I'm sure it's creator
> > intended, so now it's more of a humorous thing to me to note that and
> > consider what it means about the Internet and how interest is drawn or
> > not drawn by particular tactics.
>
> > On a side note, I continue to use search results from the major search
> > engines to gain some sense of my overall worldwide influence, and as
> > it has every year, it is growing.
>
> > I now consider the academic journal process to be irrelevant to my
> > needs and it is no longer necessary for me to even consider
> > publication in any math journal at any level.
>
> > I can simply go direct, publi****ng as I choose, what I choose, when I
> > choose.
>
> > James Harris
>
> I guess Google Analytics is the NPD-sufferer's dream (and his doctor's
> nightmare) - a robot attention monitor.
So you're calling people you don't know in 80 countries robots? And
especially insulting people from London, England who make up the bulk
of the hits according to Google Analytics?
Got something against people from London?
Humor aside, it is amazing to me how facts have no impact on certain
newsgroup posters, and I'll admit that a lot of my gratification with
statistics is in learning that the impact of those certain types of
people is negligible.
I guess most people do care about facts.
James Harris
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