They're Watching Us

It's been kind of fun tracking where everyone is coming from, and why they are coming here. I've been using a statcounter to track the internet traffic on this blog. But there's been some disturbing trends:

2 Weeks Ago:













This Week:












I'm losing the Caribbean and apparently gaining some ground in parts of Europe and Asia. Just kidding.. actually I can figure out the graph from 2 weeks ago because I have friends in St. Lucia, France, and Spain. But I'm not too sure about Sweden, Ireland, Thailand, and Romania.

Here's some other stats based on the last 100 visitors in case you're interested, or in case you never knew this was possible. Marketers find this information very useful on real websites. They're watching you:

2 Weeks Ago:
Num State/Region Country Name
14 South Dakota United States United States
10 California United States United States
9 North Dakota United States United States
9 Washington United States United States
9 Unknown
6 District Of Columbia United States United States
5 Castries Saint Lucia Saint Lucia
4 Ile-de-france France France
4 Florida United States United States
3 Texas United States United States
3 Michigan United States United States
3 Oklahoma United States United States
2 Nevada United States United States
2 Vermont United States United States
2 Wisconsin United States United States
2 Oregon United States United States
1 Virginia United States United States
1 Iowa United States United States
1 North Carolina United States United States
1 Wyoming United States United States
1 Georgia United States United States
1 Cataluña Spain Spain
1 Colorado United States United States
1 Minnesota United States United States
1 Gauteng South Africa South Africa
1 Ohio United States United States
1 Illinois United States United States

This Week:
24 South Dakota United States United States
12 California United States United States
10 Oklahoma United States United States
9 - - -
8 Texas United States United States
5 Michigan United States United States
3 Colorado United States United States
3 New York United States United States
2 Nevada United States United States
2 Gavleborg Sweden Sweden
2 Arizona United States United States
2 Minnesota United States United States
2 Banjul Gambia Gambia
1 Kansas United States United States
1 Virginia United States United States
1 Massachusetts United States United States
1 Dublin Ireland Ireland
1 Indiana United States United States
1 Cataluña Spain Spain
1 Illinois United States United States
1 Maryland United States United States
1 Wisconsin United States United States
1 Washington United States United States
1 Ohio United States United States

*NO NORTH DAKOTA. THANKS COLLEGE "FRIENDS"

Internet Service Providers (2 Weeks Ago):
Num ISP City Region Country Name
7 The Zip Connection Seattle Washington United States United States
6 Peace Corps Washington District Of Columbia United States United States
6 Puerto Rico Cable Acquisition Company Inc - - Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
6 South Dakota State University Brookings South Dakota United States United States
5 Cable & Wireless St Lucia Castries Castries Saint Lucia Saint Lucia
5 Midcontinent Media Inc Sioux Falls South Dakota United States United States
5 Rback12c.scrmca Sacramento California United States United States
5 Comcast Cable Communications Inc Tallahassee Florida United States United States
4 North Dakota State University Computer Center Grand Forks North Dakota United States United States
4 Cox Communications San Angelo Texas United States United States
4 France Telecom Ip2000 Adsl Bas Paris Ile-de-france France France
3 Cox Communications Inc Tulsa Oklahoma United States United States
3 Xo Communications Canton Michigan United States United States
3 Adelphia Vista California United States United States
3 Sun Dot Communications Llc Grand Forks North Dakota United States United States
3 Gambia Telecommunications Company Ltd - - Gambia Gambia
2 Road Runner Holdco Llc Racine Wisconsin United States United States
2 Comcast Cable Communications Ip Services Seattle Washington United States United States
2 Golden West Telecommunications Coop. Inc Rapid City South Dakota United States United States
2 Tim Shumaker Pierre South Dakota United States United States
2 Northwest Regional Esd Tualatin Oregon United States United States
2 Verizon Internet Services Inc Burlington Vermont United States United States
1 Integra Telecom Inc Prior Lake Minnesota United States United States
1 Knology Holdings Inc Martinez Georgia United States United States
1 Univ. Of Texas System Office Of Telecom. Services Houston Texas United States United States
1 Sprint Dsl Network Fayetteville North Carolina United States United States
1 Loras College Dubuque Iowa United States United States
1 Illinois College Of Optometry Chicago Illinois United States United States
1 South Dakota State Government Pierre South Dakota United States United States
1 Rback12d.scrmca San Jose California United States United States
1 Buckeye Cablevision Inc Perrysburg Ohio United States United States
1 Rback12a.scrmca Sacramento California United States United States
1 Bresnan Communications Llc Grand Junction Colorado United States United States
1 University Of Wyoming Laramie Wyoming United States United States
1 Afrinic Johannesburg Gauteng South Africa South Africa
1 Telefonica De Espana Sau (ncc#2001038578) Barcelona Cataluña Spain Spain

Where people are coming here from on the internet (2 Weeks Ago):
8 www.bpronet.com/mwu/index.htm
6 www.bpronet.com/mwu/archives/Vol.%208,%20No.%207;%20Thursday,%20Oct.%2019,%202006.htm
5 groups.yahoo.com/group/peacecorps2/message/31079
4 nodak.facebook.com/profile.php?id=29401174
4 darininthegambia.blogspot.com/
4 us.f571.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=1208_526874_17181_2148_22892_0_3319_100581_3702479667&Idx=0&YY=46157&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25?
4 darininthegambia.blogspot.com/2006/10/friends-i-am-writing-to-you-in-time-of.html
3 hannah-banana-peace-corps.blogspot.com/
3 www.evaninafrica.blogspot.com/
2 us.f347.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=1208_1162781_11205_2140_22892_0_442_100581_3702479667&Idx=0&YY=60055&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25?
2 www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=peacecorps;action=list
2 foundtheriver.blogspot.com/
1 us.f337.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?Search=&Idx=0&YY=35650&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0
1 www.google.com/reader/view/
1 email.secureserver.net/view.php?folder=INBOX&uid=69
1 groups.yahoo.com/group/peacecorps2/message/31101
1 onerevolution.net/
1 www.theartfamily.blogspot.com/
1 nodak.facebook.com/profile.php?id=29401174&hiq=evan
1 www.blogger.com

Cities (2 Weeks Ago):
9 Grand Forks North Dakota United States United States
9 - - - -
9 Seattle Washington United States United States
6 Sacramento California United States United States
6 Brookings South Dakota United States United States
6 Washington District Of Columbia United States United States
5 Castries Castries Saint Lucia Saint Lucia
4 Tallahassee Florida United States United States
4 Paris Ile-de-france France France
3 Pierre South Dakota United States United States
3 Canton Michigan United States United States
3 Vista California United States United States
3 Sioux Falls South Dakota United States United States
3 Tulsa Oklahoma United States United States
2 Las Vegas Nevada United States United States
2 Tualatin Oregon United States United States
2 San Angelo Texas United States United States
2 Rapid City South Dakota United States United States
2 Racine Wisconsin United States United States
2 Burlington Vermont United States United States
1 Grand Junction Colorado United States United States
1 Martinez Georgia United States United States
1 San Jose California United States United States
1 Fayetteville North Carolina United States United States
1 Johannesburg Gauteng South Africa South Africa
1 Prior Lake Minnesota United States United States
1 Laramie Wyoming United States United States
1 Chicago Illinois United States United States
1 Perrysburg Ohio United States United States
1 Dubuque Iowa United States United States
1 Barcelona Cataluña Spain Spain
1 Houston Texas United States United States
1 Manassas Virginia United States

Most of these are friends, relatives, friends of friends/relatives, and friends/relatives of the Peace Corps volunteers in this country. Thanks for coming.