alt.www.webmaster Statistics
Total posts considered: 1,200 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sun Mar 12 21:01:04 2006
Latest article: Sun Mar 19 20:01:03 2006
Original articles: 85, replies: 1,115
Total size of posts: 2,514,684 bytes (2,455 kbytes) (2.40 Mbytes)
Average 171 articles per day, 0.34 Mbytes per day, 2,095 bytes per article
Total headers: 1,307 kbytes, bodies: 1,148 kbytes
Body: quoted 520 kbytes, original 501 kbytes = 49.05%, sigs 125 kbytes
Total number of posters: 143, average 17,585 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 119, average 21,131 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 25
Top Posters by Number of Messages
| # |
Poster |
Msgs |
| 1 | William Tasso | 83 |
| 2 | TechnoHippie | 76 |
| 3 | hug | 75 |
| 4 | robert blake | 67 |
| 5 | Karl Groves | 56 |
| 6 | Paul Ding | 50 |
| 7 | www@probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt Probert) | 36 |
| 8 | Viper | 34 |
| 9 | John Bokma | 32 |
| 10 | GreyWyvern | 31 |
| 11 | Tony | 31 |
| 12 | T Wake | 28 |
| 13 | Dylan Parry | 26 |
| 14 | Roy Schestowitz | 25 |
| 15 | Nirmal | 23 |
| 16 | Jerry Stuckle | 23 |
| 17 | Blinky the Shark | 22 |
| 18 | Toby Inkster | 21 |
| 19 | MGW | 20 |
| 20 | David Cary Hart | 20 |
Top Posters by Size (kbytes)
| # |
Poster |
Hdrs |
Quot |
Orig |
Sig |
Total |
| 1 | hug | 61 | 54 | 32 | 10 | 159 |
| 2 | William Tasso | 77 | 43 | 27 | 2 | 151 |
| 3 | TechnoHippie | 89 | 11 | 25 | 16 | 143 |
| 4 | robert blake | 78 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 126 |
| 5 | Karl Groves | 70 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 122 |
| 6 | Paul Ding | 58 | 15 | 39 | 1 | 114 |
| 7 | GreyWyvern | 40 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 95 |
| 8 | Jerry Stuckle | 33 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 76 |
| 9 | Viper | 48 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 69 |
| 10 | T Wake | 41 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 65 |
| 11 | Roy Schestowitz | 26 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 61 |
| 12 | www@probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt Probert) | 37 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 57 |
| 13 | John Bokma | 25 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 57 |
| 14 | Tony | 33 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 52 |
| 15 | Toby Inkster | 17 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 49 |
| 16 | Red E. Kilowatt | 20 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 48 |
| 17 | MGW | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 42 |
| 18 | Blinky the Shark | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 41 |
| 19 | Els | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 41 |
| 20 | David Cary Hart | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 40 |
Top Posters by Original Text (kbytes)
| # |
Poster |
Total |
| 1 | Paul Ding | 39 |
| 2 | hug | 32 |
| 3 | William Tasso | 27 |
| 4 | Toby Inkster | 26 |
| 5 | TechnoHippie | 25 |
| 6 | GreyWyvern | 25 |
| 7 | Karl Groves | 18 |
| 8 | robert blake | 17 |
| 9 | T Wake | 16 |
| 10 | Roy Schestowitz | 12 |
Highest Percentage of Original Text
| # |
Poster |
Orig |
Body |
%age |
| 1 | Toby Inkster | 3 | 32 | 82 |
| 2 | Paul Ding | 15 | 55 | 70 |
| 3 | Carol W | 1 | 5 | 69 |
| 4 | Rastus | 2 | 8 | 68 |
| 5 | T Wake | 8 | 24 | 65 |
| 6 | Nirmal | 4 | 11 | 64 |
| 7 | Dylan Parry | 2 | 11 | 58 |
| 8 | (PeteCresswell) | 1 | 5 | 56 |
| 9 | Ed Jay | 9 | 20 | 50 |
| 10 | T.J. | 8 | 15 | 48 |
Lowest Percentage of Original Text
| # |
Poster |
Orig |
Body |
%age |
| 1 | Viper | 17 | 20 | 16 |
| 2 | Els | 11 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | SmakDaddy | 11 | 17 | 23 |
| 4 | Jerry Stuckle | 27 | 42 | 26 |
| 5 | wayne | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 6 | Blinky the Shark | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 7 | MGW | 8 | 15 | 28 |
| 8 | David Cary Hart | 9 | 21 | 32 |
| 9 | Big Bill | 1 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | hug | 54 | 97 | 33 |
Top Threads By Number of Messages
| # |
Thread |
Msgs |
| 1 | Very OT - Your favorite charity | 141 |
| 2 | Low Cost Web Hosting with Free Domain Name | 94 |
| 3 | Say NO to SPEC! | 68 |
| 4 | How shady is this? | 43 |
| 5 | ALT.WWW.WEBMASTER Statistics for 12/03/2006 | 35 |
| 6 | mid-session IP changes, AOL and who else? | 33 |
| 7 | Affiliate Program that pays 55% per sale! Thats $36.85 for every sale you make! | 32 |
| 8 | OT: Add Your Site For Free | 32 |
| 9 | mod_rewrite question | 27 |
| 10 | My site has vanished from search engines | 26 |
| 11 | DNS for emails... aliasing | 24 |
| 12 | Gripes with CMS | 21 |
| 13 | Domain Transfer Query (Email) | 19 |
| 14 | What is this? | 19 |
| 15 | Goggle searchbox stops page validating | 18 |
| 16 | Masking URL? | 17 |
| 17 | need a gif graphic utility | 17 |
| 18 | choosing a webmaster | 16 |
| 19 | Marking up the interconectedness of things | 15 |
| 20 | Dr. Who | 15 |
Top Threads By Size (kbytes)
| # |
Thread |
Hdrs |
Quot |
Orig |
Sig |
Total |
| 1 | Very OT - Your favorite charity | 185 | 64 | 50 | 16 | 317 |
| 2 | Low Cost Web Hosting with Free Domain Name | 128 | 41 | 37 | 7 | 214 |
| 3 | Say NO to SPEC! | 76 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 124 |
| 4 | How shady is this? | 46 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 101 |
| 5 | ALT.WWW.WEBMASTER Statistics for 12/03/2006 | 38 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 86 |
| 6 | Affiliate Program that pays 55% per sale! Thats $36.85 for every sale you make! | 40 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 76 |
| 7 | mid-session IP changes, AOL and who else? | 32 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 71 |
| 8 | Gripes with CMS | 18 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 69 |
| 9 | OT: Add Your Site For Free | 42 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 66 |
| 10 | Domain Transfer Query (Email) | 23 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 63 |
| 11 | mod_rewrite question | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 51 |
| 12 | My site has vanished from search engines | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 48 |
| 13 | DNS for emails... aliasing | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 46 |
| 14 | What is this? | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 38 |
| 15 | Goggle searchbox stops page validating | 19 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 36 |
| 16 | Some Thoughts on Web Standards | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 31 |
| 17 | .htaccess file interactive checker (was: mod_rewrite question) | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 31 |
| 18 | Masking URL? | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 31 |
| 19 | Hiding email address in contact form | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| 20 | Web Site Files Complaint Against Google | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
Most Replied-To Messages
| # |
Message-ID |
Replies |
| 1 | <1142336800.286630.229280@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> | 16 |
| 2 | <1142037363.737969.144280@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> | 10 |
| 3 | <1142536295.824875.220200@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> | 9 |
| 4 | <IcmRf.3683$sL2.2329@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> | 8 |
| 5 | <1142447040.160092.294260@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> | 7 |
| 6 | <dv1v2r$eo$1@venn.bc.ca> | 7 |
| 7 | <op.s6eplgibm9g4qz-wnt@tbdata.com> | 7 |
| 8 | <op.s6kjr9n2m9g4qz-wnt@tbdata.com> | 7 |
| 9 | <0j0h12t8hrv17rhin6b3k2a21t39rog5un@4ax.com> | 6 |
| 10 | <1142368358.297114.296840@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> | 6 |
Most Cross-Posted Groups
| # |
Group |
Msgs |
| 1 | alt.internet.search-engines | 32 |
| 2 | alt.usenet.kooks | 4 |
| 3 | alt.comp.lang.php | 3 |
| 4 | alt.true-crime | 3 |
| 5 | alt.os.windows-xp | 3 |
| 6 | comp.unix.questions | 3 |
| 7 | comp.lang.perl.misc | 3 |
| 8 | alt.hackers.malicious | 3 |
| 9 | comp.unix.shell | 3 |
| 10 | alt.os.windows2000 | 3 |
Top User-Agents by Number of Posters
| # |
User-Agent |
Posters |
| 1 | G2 | 39 |
| 2 | Outlook Express | 34 |
| 3 | Forte Agent | 15 |
| 4 | KNode | 7 |
| 5 | Mozilla Thunderbird | 6 |
| 6 | Xnews | 6 |
| 7 | 40tude Dialog | 5 |
| 8 | Pan | 4 |
| 9 | Opera M2 | 4 |
| 10 | Forte Free Agent | 3 |
Top User-Agents by Number of Messages
| # |
User-Agent |
Msgs |
| 1 | Xnews | 236 |
| 2 | Forte Agent | 199 |
| 3 | Outlook Express | 197 |
| 4 | Opera M2 | 120 |
| 5 | G2 | 105 |
| 6 | Mozilla Thunderbird | 69 |
| 7 | 40tude Dialog | 56 |
| 8 | KNode | 48 |
| 9 | Pan | 43 |
| 10 | Forte Free Agent | 40 |
Bandwidth-Wasting User-Agents by Average Header Size (bytes)
| # |
User-Agent |
Hdrs |
Msgs |
Avg |
| 1 | Mozilla Thunderbird | 88562 | 69 | 1283 |
| 2 | KNode | 56930 | 48 | 1186 |
| 3 | Outlook Express | 232164 | 197 | 1178 |
| 4 | 40tude Dialog | 65800 | 56 | 1175 |
| 5 | Xnews | 275763 | 236 | 1168 |
| 6 | Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows | 6865 | 6 | 1144 |
| 7 | G2 | 118702 | 105 | 1130 |
| 8 | MicroPlanet-Gravity | 6369 | 6 | 1061 |
| 9 | Opera M2 | 127322 | 120 | 1061 |
| 10 | Forte Free Agent | 42162 | 40 | 1054 |
Top Servers by Number of Posters
| # |
|
Posters |
| 1 | googlegroups.com | 39 |
| 2 | individual.net | 21 |
| 3 | newspeer1-win.ntli.net | 7 |
| 4 | gnilink.net | 6 |
| 5 | nntp.comcast.com | 5 |
| 6 | news.supernews.com | 4 |
| 7 | corp.supernews.com | 4 |
| 8 | news.btopenworld.com | 3 |
| 9 | newsfeed.telus.net | 2 |
| 10 | nntp.adelphia.com | 2 |
Top Servers by Size (kbytes)
| # |
Server |
Hdrs |
Quot |
Orig |
Sig |
Total |
| 1 | individual.net | 241 | 108 | 100 | 22 | 472 |
| 2 | nntp.comcast.com | 156 | 74 | 33 | 11 | 276 |
| 3 | corp.supernews.com | 99 | 54 | 45 | 7 | 207 |
| 4 | gnilink.net | 96 | 34 | 55 | 9 | 196 |
| 5 | googlegroups.com | 115 | 14 | 43 | 10 | 184 |
| 6 | newsp.newsguy.com | 61 | 54 | 32 | 10 | 159 |
| 7 | hydra.nntpserver.com | 90 | 12 | 26 | 16 | 145 |
| 8 | easynews.com | 78 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 126 |
| 9 | newspeer1-win.ntli.net | 68 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 117 |
| 10 | nntp.pipex.net | 43 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 69 |
Top Time Zones by Number of Posters
| # |
Zone |
Posters |
| 1 | UTC | 59 |
| 2 | -0800 | 50 |
| 3 | -0500 | 12 |
| 4 | -0600 | 7 |
| 5 | +0100 | 7 |
| 6 | +1300 | 2 |
| 7 | +1000 | 2 |
| 8 | -0700 | 1 |
| 9 | +0545 | 1 |
| 10 | +0200 | 1 |
Top Time Zones by Number of Messages
| # |
Zone |
Msgs |
| 1 | UTC | 665 |
| 2 | -0800 | 193 |
| 3 | -0500 | 141 |
| 4 | -0700 | 75 |
| 5 | -0600 | 70 |
| 6 | +0100 | 29 |
| 7 | +1000 | 21 |
| 8 | +1300 | 2 |
| 9 | +1100 | 2 |
| 10 | +0545 | 1 |
Days When We are Most in Need of a Life
| # |
Day |
Msgs |
| 1 | Mon | 171 |
| 2 | Tue | 217 |
| 3 | Wed | 176 |
| 4 | Thu | 143 |
| 5 | Fri | 116 |
| 6 | Sat | 93 |
| 7 | Sun | 52 |
| 8 | Non-RFC822 Header | 232 |
Stats compiled by Toby Inkster.