May 22, 2012

2011 website stats

2011 website stats

Google Analytics is a great way to compile and compare statistics for website visits. Here’s a summary of my stats for 2011:

Unique visitors: 97,134 (+4.7%)
Page views: 154,385 (+6.6%)
Average time on site: 47 seconds (-14.5%)
New visits: 90.02% (+1.3%)

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Google Adsense v Infolinks

online advertising

Since joining Infolinks on March 27 I have earned US$6.48 in advertising revenue. So far this month I have earned US$2.11 (A$2.38). With Google Adsense I have picked up A$28.27 so far in May, of which $13.34 has come from content ads. The figures don’t lie: I have now disabled Infolinks. Tweet Pin It

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Gmail features

Gmail from Google

I’ve added three new Gmail Labs features to my Gmail account. They are: Default Text Styling: This enables a user to change the default font and text size. Got the wrong Bob? “Doh, have you ever addressed an email too quickly, and included Bob (your boss) instead of Bob (your friend) by accident? If you’re [...]

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Google movies

I hope to see the Clint Eastwood-directed Invictus this weekend. It’s a movie about Nelson Mandela’s support for the Springboks in the 1995 rugby World Cup. Sport was divisive in post-apartheid South Africa until Mandela defied his own supporters to back the Springbok name, jersey and team in the cause of reconciliation and national unity. [...]

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Google Chrome extensions

Google Chrome extensions

I’ve just discovered the official Google Chrome extensions site is up and running. I think this has only happened in the past few days, because last time I checked about a week ago it was restricted to developers. Previously, to install Chrome extensions you needed a development version of the software and had to to [...]

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