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2011 in blogging
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To kick off the new year, we’d like to share with you data on B Good Science Blog’s activity in 2011. You may start scrolling!
Crunchy numbers
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 87,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 4 days for that many people to see it.
In 2011, there were 81 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 95 posts. There were 123 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 55 MB. That's about 2 pictures per week.
The busiest day of the year was November 16th with 25,529 views. The most popular post that day was Neuroscience Cases: The Man Who Could Not Forget.
How did they find this blog?
The top referring sites in 2011 were:
Some visitors came searching, mostly for love, einstein, sound, chimp, and interrogation.
Where did they come from?
- 85.6% The United States
- 13.7% Canada
- 0.4% Mexico
- 0.1% Puerto Rico
- 0.0% Dominican Republic
- 34.8% United Kingdom
- 7.8% Netherlands
- 7.4% Germany
- 5.9% Sweden
- 3.2% Ireland
- 81.5% Australia
- 18.0% New Zealand
- 0.1% Guam
- 0.0% Niue
- 0.0% Solomon Islands
- 25.6% India
- 14.3% Philippines
- 9.3% Singapore
- 6.9% Japan
- 6.4% Malaysia
- 44.2% Brazil
- 16.7% Argentina
- 10.3% Chile
- 7.9% Ecuador
- 6.4% Venezuela
- 45.3% South Africa
- 13.5% Egypt
- 9.4% Algeria
- 7.2% Morocco
- 4.9% Nigeria
Attractions in 2011
These are the posts that got the most views on B Good Science Blog in 2011.
- 1 Neuroscience Cases: The Man Who Could Not Forget 86 comments February 2011
- 2 Neuroscience Cases: The Man Who Put His Head in a Particle Accelerator 6 comments March 2011
- 3 Viral Science: Einstein or Monroe Optical Illusion 8 comments May 2011
- 4 'You had me at hello' - Love at First Sight 11 comments February 2011
- 5 Beer Bottle Full or Empty: Which is Best as a Weapon? 17 comments April 2011
See you in 2012
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We look forward to serving you again in 2012! Happy New Year!
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Who were they?
The most commented on post in 2011 was Neuroscience Cases: The Man Who Could Not Forget
These were the 5 most active commenters on this blog: