Top Posts of 2008 Plus Overall Traffic Stats
Now that 2008 has come to a close, and I finally have a full two years of traffic history that I can use for comparison I've decided to post a traffic summary as well as list the top posts of 2008.
Top Posts of 2008
Here's a list of my most popular posts from 2008. This list only counts the posts I've posted during 2008.
- JavaScript ForEach Equivalent - 38,171 pageviews
- .NET 3.5: JSON Serialization using the DataContractJsonSerializer - 8,454 pageviews
- ASP.NET: Create AJAX Server Controls using the ScriptControl base class - 7,912 pageviews
- C#: Generate WebPage Thumbnail Screenshot Image - 5,396 pageviews
- Silverlight: Anatomy of an .XAP file - 4,463 pageviews
- Mount ISO Images in Vista x64 - 4,065 pageviews
- C#: Enhance Enums using Extension Methods - 3,941 pageviews
- PasswordTextBox for Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - 3,840 pageviews
- Calculate Distance Between Geocodes in C# and JavaScript - 3,776 pageviews
- JavaScript Function Tips and Tricks - 3,443 pageviews
- Intel Core i7 920 - Initial Thoughts, Overclocking and Windows Vista - 3,361 pageviews
- Silverlight and JavaScript Interop Basics - 2,693 pageviews
- Show a MessageBox in Silverlight 2 Beta 1 - 2,605 pageviews
- Simple JavaScript Object Reflection API (.NET Style) - 2,477 pageviews
- WPF Toolkit adds Ribbon Control to .NET 3.5 SP1 - 2,406 pageviews
- Virtual Earth: Draw a Circle Radius Around a Lat/Long Point - 2,257 pageviews
- ASP.NET 3.5: Create AJAX Extender Controls using the Extender Control base class - 2,193 pageviews
- JavaScript int.TryParse Equivalent - 2,156 pageviews
- Hyper-V Compatibility Check Tool for AMD Processors - 1,909 pageviews
- Virtual Earth: Polygon Search - Is Point Within Polygon? - 1,816 pageviews
Most Trafficed Posts of 2008
Here's a list of my most popular posts during 2008. This list counts all posts I've ever posted.
- JavaScript ForEach Equivalent - 38,171 pageviews
- Can you run Mac OS X within Virtual PC 2007 on Windows? - 32,202 pageviews
- I now have my key for Vista Ultimate - 22,098 pageviews
- ASP.NET 2.0: How to get a specific ConnectionString from the Web.Config by name - 20,321 pageviews
- Vista Experience Update: Windows Vista x64 runs 32-bit Internet Explorer by Default - 15,408 pageviews
- C# .NET: Convert System.Drawing.Color to HTML color - 15,295 pageviews
- JavaScript: Loop through all elements in a form - 14,168 pageviews
- JavaScript: How to get value from nested form in iframe? - 10,690 pageviews
- T-SQL: Parse a delimited string - 9,419 pageviews
- Windows Vista Device Drivers for Belkin F5D7000 Wireless Network Card - 9,144 pageviews
- ASP.NET 2.0: URL Mapping with RegEx Support - 8,803 pageviews
- .NET 3.5: JSON Serialization using the DataContractJsonSerializer - 8,454 pageviews
- ASP.NET: Create AJAX Server Controls using the ScriptControl base class - 7,912 pageviews
- Configure Visual Studio 2005 for "Classic" ASP syntax highlighting and intellisense - 6,012 pageviews
- VB.NET: Syntax Highlighting in a RichTextBox control - 5,879 pageviews
- ASP.NET 2.0: Use VB.NET and C# within the App_Code folder - 5,676 pageviews
- Safari 3 for Windows: Enable JavaScript Debugging - 5,640 pageviews
- Google Charts API: an ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control - 5,411 pageviews
- C#: Generate WebPage Thumbnail Screenshot Image - 5,396 pageviews
- Write to the Event Log in .NET (VB.NET and C#.NET) - 5,083 pageviews
Interestingly enough, there are a few of the Most Trafficed posts that are from 2 or more years ago, and some of them are pretty much only a snippet of code without any descriptions.
Top Keywords of 2008
Here's a list of the top 50 keywords used to search when landing on this blog in 2008.
- javascript foreach
- vista ultimate product key
- vista ultimate key
- javascript for each
- system.drawing.color
- vista ultimate cd key
- get connection string from web.config
- javascript reflection
- msn web messenger
- foreach javascript
- datacontractjsonserializer
- product key vista ultimate
- javascript get all elements
- sql parse
- javascript int
- product key for vista ultimate
- sql parse string
- get connectionstring from web.config
- os x virtual machine
- document.frames javascript
- xap file
- mac os x virtual pc
- max os virtual pc
- virtual pc mac os
- silverlight messagebox
- virtual pc osx
- msn webmessenger
- vista defragmenter
- windows system properties
- osx virtual pc
- mac os x on virtual pc
- 32 bit internet explorer
- javascript all elements
- mac os on virtual pc
- internet explorer 64 bit
- silverlight xap
- c# system.drawing.color
- virtual pc mac os x
- key vista ultimate
- os x on virtual pc
- mac os x virtual machine
- document.frames
- for each javascript
- internet explorer 32 bit
- belkin drivers
- virtual pc os x
- asp.net 2.0 connection string
- javascript document.frames
- increase tcp connections
- webmessenger msn
Surprisingly there are a lot of searches related to my "Can you run Mac OS X within Virtual PC 2007 on Windows?" post; it seems to be a desired feature but I don't think Apple wants to see it happen.
Top Referring Sites of 2008
Here's the top 10 referrers to my blogin 2008.
- dotnetkicks.com
- weblogs.asp.net
- aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com
- google.com
- forums.asp.net
- channel9.msdn.com
- dzone.com
- stumbleupon.com
- virtualearth.spaces.live.com
- silverlight.net
Overall Traffic Stats of 2008
This last year has seen a total of 63.08% increase in Visitors, and 49.24% increase in Pageviews. The blog has also seen a 99.29% increase of direct traffic. That's a huge increase in traffic in my opinion.
2007 | 2008 | Increase | |
---|---|---|---|
Total Visits | 281,398 | 458,906 | 63.08% |
Total Pageviews | 363,319 | 542,223 | 49.24% |
Total Direct Traffic Visits | 10,171 | 20,270 | 99.29% |
Conclusion
I've seen some awesome growth on this blog over the last year; to my surprise. The more traffic I get, the more it inspires me to write more posts and to try to write better quality posts. Also as of today, FeedBurner is reporting that I have 313 subscribers to the RSS feed. This is so awesome! I'm always amazed at how many people read my blog, through RSS, Referrers and Searches (mainly Google); especially since the original reason I started blogging (and one of the main reasons I keep blogging today) was just so I had a place to easily save things for reference later, that also allows me to easily search through them via search engines and to access it from anywhere.
Blog Goal for 2009: I'm going to try to focus more on the quality of my posts. If you have any pointers, please post them in the comments.
Thanks for reading!!