Here’s a selection of the October highlights for christian-sauve.com:
1. Mmm. Numbers…
My Prickly "Urchin" web stats engine tells me that…
Report for: christian-sauve.com, October 2002 Total Visitors: 3,666 Total Pageviews: 7,367 (Corrected Total: 4,383) Average Pageviews Per Day 237.64 (Corrected Average: 146) Total Hits 13,976 Total Bytes Transferred: 191.3MB Average Visitors Per Day: 118.25 Average Hits Per Day: 450.83 Average Bytes Transferred Per Day: 6.170MB
The "corrected" numbers take out the CSS, robots.txt, PDFs, mis-filed graphic files (ICO, GIF, JPG) and other files mistakenly considered "pages" by the statistics pre-digestion engine. The results are all higher that last month, but I still won’t brag given that they might plunge at any time!
In any case, our top ten most popular pages are
/www.christian-sauve.com/index.html 261 /www.christian-sauve.com/texts/free-movie-tickets.htm 216 /www.christian-sauve.com/reviews/movies-2001.htm 136 /www.christian-sauve.com/reviews.html 134 /www.christian-sauve.com/reviews/movies-2000.htm 103 /www.christian-sauve.com/reviews/movies-1999.htm 102 /www.christian-sauve.com/francais/sff-1997.htm 68 /www.christian-sauve.com/writings.html 66 /www.christian-sauve.com/links.html 64
…which is roughly consistent with last month’s results. Gee, do you suppose movie reviews are popular…?
If you care about such things, (I do!), here’s a depressing look at browser statistics for the month (by visitors):
Explorer|6 1338 Explorer|5 1308 Netscape|5 301 Googlebot|2 233 Netscape|4 157
…and once again, the Forever-Damned Netscape 4 browsers still account for nearly 5% of all visitors… sigh…
2. Where do these people come from?
Our top five sources of referrals (in visitors) were
>google.com/search 966 >yahoo.com/search 256 >www.google.ca/search 165 >yahoo.com/bin/query 119 >yahoo.com/bin/search 99
…which once again reaffirms my faith in the all-powerful Google. But what if Yahoo decides to go with another search engine…? Eek!
Other sources of referrals include sites I’m updating…
>revue-alibis.com/equipe.htm 1 >revue-alibis.com/numero/2002/2-camera-oscura.htm 1 >revue-alibis.com/numero/2002/3-camera-oscura.htm 1 >revue-alibis.com/numero/2002/4-camera-oscura.htm 2
…remnants of my previous sites…
geocities.com/christian_sauve/ geocities.com/christian_sauve/francais/boreal-20.htm geocities.com/christian_sauve/francais/sf_ps_f.htm geocities.com/christian_sauve/francais/sff_1997.htm 2 geocities.com/christian_sauve/francais/sff_1998.htm 3 geocities.com/christian_sauve/reviews/2001/books01a.htm ncf.carleton.ca/_ae556/ www.ncf.ca/_ae556/
…friends (Eric and Laurine, you rock!)…
dhs.org/_ecl/log/200210/2002_10_06-Conspiracy.html 1 dhs.org/_firesoul/links.html 1 dhs.org/_firesoul/links.html_search 1 dhs.org/pet.html 1 gauthier.net/francais/liens.html 2
…and a steady trickle of visitors streaming from an Objectivism web site (to, obviously, my review of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged):
>objectivism.addr.com/books/rand/atlas.html: 3
3. Ohh! Reader comments!
Busy, exciting, sometimes-scary feedback from the readers’ mailbag.
1. (Name Deleted) asked:
Hi there, I know that you can answer my very important question regarding the novel of Kathy Reichs’s DEJA DEAD but what I like to ask you is the meaning of its tittle.
Why did Kathy choose DEJA DEAD to be the tittle of her novel?
I wish to hear from you immediately. Thanks for the time.
Thrilling real-life reader feedback! …sigh… I answered some kind of obvious platitude about using French expressions that are well-known to English readers. Next up:
2. Another correspondent simply gave his email address, without anything else. I’d rather let that slide that risk exchanging with someone who can’t even master simple feedback boxes. I fact, you could argue that I have more respect for someone who would flame me anonymously: At least that’s effective communication.
3. A student from UWF (alias "Creasia") writes in:
You are right, against all odds i’ve discovered this website. Was searching randomly for thoughts on Atlas Shrugged. Sure liked yours, i’d say a good attempt at such a review. Laughable, but worth the read. Love it; I would certainly agree. Thanks, i needed that, i’m at those 50 pages of John Galt radio god. This review and a review from somewhere of the archives of USA Today… they said second most influential book ever. Hmmm… Now I just might be a fan, may have to look over your other reviews.
What makes me smile every time is "a good attempt at such a review. Laughable, but worth the read" A misplaced colon here would be so damaging to my ego…
I replied my usual gracious thanks, adding something about Atlas Shrugged as the "second most influential book ever": Someone has obviously heard of The Bible (which, I presume, ranks first), but what about such trifles as The Koran, Marx’s Das Kapital, Hitler’s Mein Khampf and Mao’s Little Red Book?
4. I got welcome news from an ex-colleague, who found me through the web and added (after greetings that would be too embarassing to share here):
(…) Can you suggest some good sci-fi stuff that chick’s would like to read? looking for a bookclub book – wondered about the mists of avalon (they have already done Lord of the rings and dune at some point) (…)
We had a good chat on the phone. I ended up recommending some Connie Willis as Book Club material.
4. Search Queries Oddities
(This being the crowd-favourite section in which we take a look at the search engine queries used by various browsers to find christian-sauve.com)
4.1 – Top ten queries
Let’s take a look at the top ten search queries used to stumble upon my site:
>free movie screenings 47 >free movie tickets 21 >isbn lookup 13 >how to get free movie tickets 7 >patricia pearcy nude 5 >advance movie screenings 4 >christian book reviews 4 >christian movie reviews 4 >Christian Sauvé 4 >free movie screening 4
Hm. Bleh. At least my name’s in there.
4.2 – My name is (what?)
Yep, the usual Christian stuff:
>christian >christian 3d hidden pictures >christian biographical information >christian blog hosting >christian fiction book reviews >christian grease can >christian movie reviews and robin hood >christian movie reviews from 1995 >christian movie reviews on batman returns >christian non fiction book reviews >christian reviews of literature dracula >christian reviews of the talisman (x2) >christian right against lingerie >christian sauve (x2) >christian scripts >christian snapshots from hell peter robinson >christian store in time square new york >christian opinion on space exploration (x2) >hardcore christian book company >who want to buy my christian movie script
Oh, those wacky Christians… What is, exactly, a "hardcore christi
an book"? Does it somehow involve catholic schoolgirls? What how does a "christian grease can" fit in all of this? Is the Christian Right truly against lingerie?
4.3 – Local Issues
>lose weight ottawa 2 >orleans cineplex odeon 1 >ottawa multiplex sucks 1 >theater ottawa movie 1 >world exchange cineplex odeon 1 >rideau center cinema 2
Hey, Ottawa-are theater owners! For a low, low fee (say, a yearly pass), I *will* shamelessly plug your establishment to at least a visitor a month!
4.4 – Let’s all go to the Movies!
>advance movie showings free >advance preview movie tickets >advance screenings (x2) >free advance screenings >free movie premiere tickets (x2) >free movie screening tickets (x3) >free movie theatre screenings >free movie tickets previews (x2) >free private movie screenings >free tickets to movie premieres (x2) >free movie screenings (x3) >free movie tickets (x3) >how to get into free movie screenings >how to get movie screenings >how to get sneak preview movie tickets (x3) >how to get tickets to free movie previews screening >how to get free movie tickets (x2) >movie reviews free tickets >movie test screenings (x3) >sneak preview movie tickets (x2) >preview movie tickets
Wow. Looks like people do want free stuff after all.
4.5 – New York!
>new york sucks (x3)
No! It doesn’t! Stop it!
>new york chinatown massages >new york city boy mp3 pet shop boys >new york commerce in 1700s pictures >pizza near 42nd street in new york city >raekwon live from new york.mp3
4.6 – Everybody was cyber-stalking!
Let’s rake the web logs for a sampling of America’s current celebrity fascinations:
>does michelle rodriguez have any nude poses or scenes >fran drescher boring sunday mix >françoise yip nude (x2) >free thora birch topless video >gwyneth paltrow and jennifer lopez's dislike for one another >heather graham - deleted nude scene from boogie nights >leelee sobieski nude fake -enter -login -member >leelee sobieski swimsuit >lesbian joanna pacula >lisa bonet interview 2002 >movies featuring roselyn sanchez naked >peet whole yard nude >penelope ann miller nude roles >robin tunney naked >roselyn sanchez naked nude topless >shannyn sossamon hairstyle (x2) >teri garr nude scene (x2) >zhang ziyi nude fake
Eh… same old, same old…
>jet li nude >peter facinelli nude
Guys too, obviously…
4.7 – The Perv-a-tron!
>mutating nude chicks
I’m intrigued. Somehow.
>movie containing word babelicious (x2) >origin of the word babelicious
Why am I suddenly an authority of babeliciousness, all of a sudden? Have I missed something?
4.8 – Strange, disturbing and wondrous…
>what is the name of the 1995 film in which ed norton plays a schizophrenic killer
PRIMAL FEAR. And it’s a 1996 film. C’mon, try harder.
>a cartoon picture of claustrophobic groundhog
There are times where I regret not being much of an artist. This isn’t really one of them, even though I might be interested by the results.
>burger king neuralyser
Maybe it’s the only way to forget how bad their stuff is?
>essay on why we crave movies
Decades of rampant commercialism and careful manipulation of generations of teenagers have transformed most of us in hordes of gibbering cine-zombies going "Movies! Must… see… movies!" ?
Just a thought.
>essay why people should be careful about the friend they keep
Abstract: Because statistics show that we’re most likely to be murdered by acquaintances than perfect stranger.
>fight club electric bugaloo sequel
For the second month in a row, this officially cracks me up.
>most powerful telepath mind ever
…and you hope to uncover it by searching the web. It already knows you’re looking for it, you CIA fools! Just think about it!
>paying for holidays then getting dumped
Whoah. That’s cold. But maybe justified; you never know. Hey, maybe you’re that guy that my friend was trying to get rid of…
Until next time, my name is Christian Sauvé and I remain… mystified.