Family Man Librarian

I decided to look at some website traffic statistics today for the period July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. Here is what I found:

Number of Unique Visitors: 16,053

Total Number of Visitors: 55,699

Total Number of Hits: 256,267

Those are just some gross figures, but they are surprising to me, nevertheless.

Here is where things get a little more interesting. The following shows statistics for which web browsers are used by visitors to this site:

Unknown: 53%
Internet Explorer: 22%
Mozilla: 22%
Safari: .02%

I wonder what “Unknown” means? Also, I was really pleased to see that Mozilla is just as popular as Internet Explorer for visitors to this site.

I’m often curious about what leads people to the site. One way, obviously, is by keyword searches. Below is a list of the five keyword searches that most frequently lead people to this site:

stanley mccallum (32%)
nils oberg (13%)
family man librarian (8%)
library related wordpress theme (5%)
becky hickmott (5%)

I find this list particularly strange. Why on earth do people so frequently find my site by inputting “stanley mccallum” (the name of my maternal grandfather)?

One more statistic that I found interesting is that the overwhelming majority of visitors to this site use Cable/DSL (72%). Dialup users are still out there (7%).