======================= alt.www.webmaster Statistics ======================= Total posts considered: 818 over 7 days Earliest article: Sun Aug 13 21:01:18 2006 Latest article: Sun Aug 20 20:01:16 2006 Original articles: 103, replies: 715 Total size of posts: 1,638,942 bytes (1,600 kbytes) (1.56 Mbytes) Average 116 articles per day, 0.22 Mbytes per day, 2,003 bytes per article Total headers: 917 kbytes, bodies: 683 kbytes Body: quoted 306 kbytes, original 313 kbytes = 50.56%, sigs 63 kbytes Total number of posters: 166, average 9,873 bytes per poster Total number of threads: 141, average 11,623 bytes per thread Total number of User-Agents: 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://tobyinkster.co.uk/Documents/stat/alt.www.webmaster-2006-08-20.html http://tobyinkster.co.uk/Documents/stat/alt.www.webmaster-2006-08-20.txt http://tobyinkster.co.uk/Documents/stat/alt.www.webmaster-2006-08-20.dat ============================================================================ ==================== Top Posters by Number of Messages ===================== Poster Msgs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Charles Sweeney ................................................ 63 2: William Tasso .................................................. 60 3: Jerry Stuckle .................................................. 45 4: Karl Groves .................................................... 43 5: sir robert blake ............................................... 32 6: TechnoHippie ................................................... 25 7: Andy Dingley ................................................... 22 8: MGW ............................................................ 17 9: Swampy Bogtrotter .............................................. 17 10: Ed Jay ......................................................... 17 11: Els ............................................................ 16 12: DoobieDo ....................................................... 16 13: Blinky the Shark ............................................... 16 14: GreyWyvern ..................................................... 14 15: Viper .......................................................... 14 16: www@probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt Probert)..................... 12 17: Mark Goodge .................................................... 11 18: Hoopster ....................................................... 11 19: TS Moderator ................................................... 10 20: Beauregard T. Shagnasty ........................................ 9 ============================================================================ ======================= Top Posters by Size (kbytes) ======================= Poster Hdrs Quot Orig Sig Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Jerry Stuckle .................. 67 36 14 6 125 2: William Tasso .................. 59 24 21 4 110 3: Charles Sweeney ................ 53 23 10 2 91 4: Karl Groves .................... 53 13 10 1 79 5: sir robert blake ............... 31 14 8 0 55 6: Andy Dingley ................... 29 2 11 0 43 7: TechnoHippie ................... 27 4 5 5 43 8: Ed Jay ......................... 16 17 5 0 39 9: Toby Inkster ................... 6 2 24 1 35 10: MGW ............................ 22 4 4 3 34 11: GreyWyvern ..................... 17 5 5 3 31 12: Swampy Bogtrotter .............. 18 10 2 0 31 13: Els ............................ 20 6 3 1 31 14: Mark Goodge .................... 11 5 6 0 24 15: DoobieDo ....................... 15 4 4 0 24 16: Blinky the Shark ............... 14 5 1 2 24 17: www@probertencyclopaedia.com (M. 15 3 4 1 24 18: LibelWatch@aol.com.............. 3 0 18 0 22 19: Viper .......................... 18 1 1 0 21 20: Heidi .......................... 2 0 7 11 20 ============================================================================ ================== Top Posters by Original Text (kbytes) =================== Poster Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Toby Inkster ................................................... 24 2: William Tasso .................................................. 21 3: LibelWatch@aol.com.............................................. 18 4: Jerry Stuckle .................................................. 14 5: Andy Dingley ................................................... 11 6: Charles Sweeney ................................................ 10 7: Karl Groves .................................................... 10 8: sir robert blake ............................................... 8 9: Heidi .......................................................... 7 10: Mark Goodge .................................................... 6 ============================================================================ =================== Highest Percentage of Original Text ==================== Poster Orig Body %age ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Toby Inkster ................................... 2 28 87 2: Andy Dingley ................................... 2 14 80 3: Hoopster ....................................... 1 5 79 4: Auggie ......................................... 1 5 77 5: Phil Payne ..................................... 1 3 72 6: CJM ............................................ 1 4 72 7: TS Moderator ................................... 0 4 71 8: nospam@geniegate.com (Jamie).................... 2 8 58 9: Dylan Parry .................................... 0 2 57 10: Mark Parnell ................................... 0 3 56 ============================================================================ ==================== Lowest Percentage of Original Text ==================== Poster Orig Body %age ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: dublinpostbox@gmail.com......................... 3 4 7 2: Swampy Bogtrotter .............................. 10 12 19 3: Blinky the Shark ............................... 5 10 19 4: Dave ........................................... 4 6 22 5: Ed Jay ......................................... 17 23 22 6: Jerry Stuckle .................................. 36 57 24 7: NotMe .......................................... 6 8 27 8: Els ............................................ 6 10 29 9: Charles Sweeney ................................ 23 37 29 10: David Cary Hart ................................ 3 7 31 ============================================================================ ==================== Top Threads By Number of Messages ===================== Thread Msgs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Just admit it................................................... 28 2: Dell Recall on Laptop Batteries................................. 25 3: Slightly OT: Inkster vs the Da Vinci Code....................... 24 4: StumbleUpon..................................................... 23 5: Complaint about WebHost4Life.................................... 23 6: Hey viper@venomx.com............................................ 22 7: I don't trust my hosting company................................ 22 8: Unprofessionalism in web design................................. 20 9: Are banner exchange programs still pertinent?................... 19 10: StumbleUpon Summary - 1 day..................................... 18 11: Googlebot disregarding robots.txt............................... 15 12: Web Design Qualifications?...................................... 14 13: Great time waster............................................... 13 14: mod_rewrite help................................................ 13 15: My Google page rank is 4........................................ 13 16: Question on how to make a link from text........................ 12 17: Side by side search comparison.................................. 12 18: Noob Q: site requires java, if java is blocked than............. 12 19: [PING] Blinky................................................... 11 20: Is Skype any good?.............................................. 11 ============================================================================ ======================= Top Threads By Size (kbytes) ======================= Thread Hdrs Quot Orig Sig Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: I don't trust my hosting compan. 28 24 15 1 69 2: Complaint about WebHost4Life.... 30 12 6 1 52 3: Just admit it................... 28 9 8 1 48 4: Dell Recall on Laptop Batteries. 27 11 7 1 47 5: StumbleUpon..................... 24 13 6 1 46 6: Slightly OT: Inkster vs the Da . 24 5 6 2 39 7: Unprofessionalism in web design. 22 7 5 1 37 8: Hey viper@venomx.com............ 26 4 3 1 35 9: StumbleUpon Summary - 1 day..... 21 5 6 2 35 10: Marc Wigle "The Tax Man" & Wife. 5 9 18 0 34 11: Are banner exchange programs st. 19 8 5 0 33 12: Web Design Qualifications?...... 17 4 7 0 28 13: ALT.WWW.WEBMASTER Statistics fo. 5 0 22 0 28 14: Googlebot disregarding robots.t. 16 5 3 1 26 15: mod_rewrite help................ 15 5 3 1 26 16: Using 'name=' in Form elements . 10 7 4 0 22 17: Great time waster............... 12 3 4 1 22 18: Feedback Appreciated............ 13 3 3 0 21 19: Question on how to make a link . 13 2 4 0 21 20: domain name generator?.......... 10 6 4 0 21 ============================================================================ ========================= Most Replied-To Messages ========================= Message-ID Replies ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: <1156030842.487778.225640@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>.......... 12 2: ................. 10 3: <1155306301.737923.233470@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>......... 9 4: <1155777315.889052.171800@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>.......... 8 5: <44e6948e$0$11971$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>................ 6 6: <4kee1eFboa2lU1@individual.net>................................. 6 7: <1155666249.560105.133400@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>......... 6 8: <1155717174.455794.287460@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>......... 6 9: <1155841490.431275.78560@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>.......... 6 10: <1155361725.053709.20020@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>........... 5 ============================================================================ ========================= Most Cross-Posted Groups ========================= Group Msgs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: alt.html........................................................ 26 2: nyc.general..................................................... 15 3: ny.general...................................................... 9 4: uk.net.web.authoring............................................ 8 5: sat.general..................................................... 8 6: triangle.general................................................ 7 7: alt.internet.search-engines..................................... 7 8: comp.text.tex................................................... 5 9: ott.general..................................................... 5 10: comp.databases.ms-access........................................ 4 ============================================================================ =================== Top User-Agents by Number of Posters =================== User-Agent Posters ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: G2.............................................................. 68 2: Outlook Express................................................. 33 3: Xnews........................................................... 13 4: Forte Agent..................................................... 11 5: Pan............................................................. 5 6: Mozilla......................................................... 5 7: 40tude Dialog................................................... 3 8: unknown......................................................... 3 9: Mozilla Thunderbird............................................. 3 10: Opera M2........................................................ 2 ============================================================================ ================== Top User-Agents by Number of Messages =================== User-Agent Msgs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Xnews........................................................... 187 2: G2.............................................................. 168 3: Outlook Express................................................. 111 4: Opera M2........................................................ 74 5: Forte Agent..................................................... 71 6: Mozilla Thunderbird............................................. 52 7: 40tude Dialog................................................... 30 8: Pan............................................................. 21 9: slrn............................................................ 16 10: unknown......................................................... 13 ============================================================================ ======= Bandwidth-Wasting User-Agents by Average Header Size (bytes) ======= User-Agent Hdrs Msgs Avg ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Mozilla Thunderbird............................. 77297 52 1486 2: Forte Free Agent................................ 17877 13 1375 3: 40tude Dialog................................... 39538 30 1317 4: G2.............................................. 217421 168 1294 5: Sylpheed........................................ 10250 8 1281 6: Forte Agent..................................... 81918 71 1153 7: XanaNews........................................ 6681 6 1113 8: Outlook Express................................. 120098 111 1081 9: Opera M2........................................ 79140 74 1069 10: Xnews........................................... 197766 187 1057 ============================================================================ ===================== Top Servers by Number of Posters ===================== Posters ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: googlegroups.com................................................ 68 2: individual.net.................................................. 15 3: postmaster.news.prodigy.com..................................... 6 4: nntp.comcast.com................................................ 6 5: easynews.com.................................................... 5 6: corp.supernews.com.............................................. 4 7: newspeer1-win.ntli.net.......................................... 4 8: news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net.................................... 3 9: news.supernews.com.............................................. 3 10: stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net.................................. 3 ============================================================================ ======================= Top Servers by Size (kbytes) ======================= Server Hdrs Quot Orig Sig Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: googlegroups.com................ 212 54 91 1 360 2: nntp.comcast.com................ 144 53 28 7 233 3: individual.net.................. 118 46 26 8 199 4: corp.supernews.com.............. 36 23 13 3 77 5: news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net.... 25 9 33 3 71 6: easynews.com.................... 35 14 9 0 60 7: demorgan.zen.co.uk.............. 29 12 10 2 55 8: hamilton.zen.co.uk.............. 29 12 10 2 54 9: be5.nntpserver.com.............. 27 4 5 5 43 10: newspeer1-win.ntli.net.......... 23 10 3 0 38 ============================================================================ =================== Top Time Zones by Number of Posters ==================== Zone Posters ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: -0700........................................................... 72 2: UTC............................................................. 45 3: +0100........................................................... 16 4: -0400........................................................... 14 5: +0200........................................................... 9 6: +1000........................................................... 4 7: -0500........................................................... 3 8: -0600........................................................... 1 9: +0930........................................................... 1 10: +0300........................................................... 1 ============================================================================ =================== Top Time Zones by Number of Messages =================== Zone Msgs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: UTC............................................................. 293 2: -0700........................................................... 189 3: +0100........................................................... 116 4: -0400........................................................... 112 5: -0500........................................................... 45 6: +0200........................................................... 42 7: +1000........................................................... 15 8: +0930........................................................... 4 9: -0600........................................................... 1 10: +0300........................................................... 1 ============================================================================ ================= Days When We are Most in Need of a Life ================== Day Msgs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Mon............................................................. 57 2: Tue............................................................. 70 3: Wed............................................................. 69 4: Thu............................................................. 95 5: Fri............................................................. 67 6: Sat............................................................. 95 7: Sun............................................................. 73 8: Non-RFC822 Header............................................... 292 ============================================================================ Stats compiled by Toby Inkster.