Mixed Reality Headcount, Week ending July 29, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday July 29, 2007:

Site (* Native reality site)	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
* Phat Cat's Jazzy Blue Lounge	159	176	26,868 (down 1%)
* City of Lost Angels	84	91	14,172 (up 3%)
* New Citizens Incorporated	76	87	12,804 (down 7%)
* Lost Gardens of Apollo	73	80	12,336 (down 11%)
* Independent State of Caledon	58	77	9,876 (down 4%)
* Isle of Lesbos	53	71	8,964 (stable)
* The Shelter	52	60	8,796 (stable)
IBM	48	45	8,196 (up 1%)
* Midgar	47	53	7,980 (down 6%)
The Pond	39	17	6,672 (down 7%)
* London Commercial Sims	38	56	6,396 (new!)
Pontiac	34	34	5,820 (down 4%)
The L Word	31	40	5,208 (up 1%)
Greenies Home	29	34	4,896 (up 36%)
* Svarga	18	24	3,168 (down 14%)
The Weather Channel	17	23	2,988 (down 5%)
* Ballers City	17	26	2,964 (up 19%)
Nissan	17	12	2,928 (down 10%)
Microsoft	16	24	2,736 (up 6%)
Virtual Holland	12	22	2,172 (up 2%)
ABC Island	11	12	1,920 (stable)
Playboy	8.14	7.43	1,368 (stable)
AOL Pointe	3.71	1.71	624 (down 29%)
Coldwell Banker	3.5	4.57	588 (up 96%)
STA Travel	3.07	4.57	516 (down 46%)
Useful Technology	3.07	0.29	516 (down 44%)
NBA	2.79	1.71	468 (down 38%)
Dell	1.21	0.57	204 (down 39%)
Sun Microsystems	1.14	1.71	192 (up 6%)
Adidas	1.0	0.57	168 (up 55%)
Ratepoint	0.93	1.43	156 (down 7%)
Comcast	0.71	1.43	120 (down 23%)
Reebok	0.64	0.29	108 (down 55%)

 

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes.

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.

Wishes

I wish the grid wasn't too messed up for me to be able to do any work.

Really. It was too messed up when I went to sleep, and it's still all messed up.

Comic - Day job, application 2

Blogging notes

Welcome the talented Katharine Berry to the blogroll. You'll want to keep an eye on her. It'll be ever so much safer that way :)

Seriously, she's got the right kind of drive and ingenuity. She'll go far.

Also Mygdala March - if you haven't experienced Myg, you should. Grab a bowl. She's a tasty serve.

Wyn Galbraith has just started her blog, Second Wynd, and I'm going to take a moment to encourage you to visit and help her write more, and to remind you of something you already know.

Bloggers love comments. Hey, I keep forgetting to make any myself, what with the jetsetting lifestyle and all - and I'm betting a lot of you see a really cool entry somewhere on one of these blogs and don't think to say anything.

Visit these people. Read their stuff. Leave at least the occasional note. Page-views are page-views; they show that people are reading. Comments... comments show people are caring.

Look through the blogroll, go do some reading, and show some people that you care. I know you do - but they don't, necessarily.

Comic - Day job, application 1

Comic - Day job

Mixed Reality Headcount, Week ending July 22, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday July 22, 2007:

Site (* Native reality site)	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
* Phat Cat's Jazzy Blue Lounge	163	197	27,396 (up 4%)
* Lost Gardens of Apollo	83	114	13,944 (up 6%)
* New Citizens Incorporated	82	103	13,824 (stable, up a little)
* City of Lost Angels	81	92	13,692 (down 1%)
* Independent State of Caledon	61	82	10,356 (down 7%)
* Isle of Lesbos	53	74	8,964 (up 3%)
* The Shelter	52	65	8,760 (up 7%)
* Midgar	51	58	8,580 (down 11%)
IBM	48	50	8,076 (down 2%)
The Pond	43	30	7,248 (up 12%)
Pontiac	36	53	6,096 (up 23%)
The L Word	30	44	5,148 (down 3%)
* Svarga	22	27	3,696 (down 2%)
Greenies Home	21	26	3,588 (new!)
Nissan	19	17	3,264 (up 26%)
The Weather Channel	18	21	3,168 (up 9%)
Microsoft	15	17	2,568 (up 16%)
* Ballers City	14	20	2,472 (down 42%)
Virtual Holland	12	22	2,112 (up 89%)
ABC Island	11	10	1,920 (down 16%)
Playboy	8.14	7.43	1,368 (down 9%)
STA Travel	5.71	11	960 (up 1%)
Useful Technology	5.5	1.43	924 (up 126%)
AOL Pointe	5.29	7.71	888 (up 68%)
NBA	4.5	4.57	756 (down 12%)
Dell	2.0	2.57	336 (down 12%)
Coldwell Banker	1.79	3.71	300 (stable)
Reebok	1.43	3.14	240 (up 66%)
Sun Microsystems	1.07	2.29	180 (down 16%)
Ratepoint	1.0	1.43	168 (down 57%)
Comcast	0.93	0.86	156 (down 18%)
Adidas	0.64	0.86	108 (down 43%)
Coca Cola	0.64	0.57	108 (up 200%)

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes.

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.

Comic - Above it all

Comic - Rue the day

Comic - Some disassembly required

Mixed Reality Headcount, Week ending July 15, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday July 15, 2007:

Site (* Native reality site)	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
* Phat Cat's Jazzy Blue Lounge	155	176	26,160 (up 5%)
* City of Lost Angels	82	85	13,932 (up 1%)
* New Citizens Incorporated	81	99	13,752 (up 4%)
* Lost Gardens of Apollo	78	105	13,104 (down 1%)
* Independent State of Caledon	66	73	11,217 (new)
* Midgar	57	66	9,648 (up 17%)
* Isle of Lesbos	51	68	8,664 (up 6%)
IBM	49	49	8,280 (down 13%)
* The Shelter	48	55	8,124 (down 8%)
The Pond	38	24	6,420 (down 6%)
The L Word	31	31	5,316 (down 6%)
Pontiac	29	37	4,944 (down 21%)
* Ballers City	25	29	4,320 (stable)
* Svarga	22	29	3,780 (up 1%)
The Weather Channel	17	23	2,904 (up 8%)
Nissan	15	15	2,580 (stable)
ABC Island	13	8.0	2,304 (up 7%)
Microsoft	13	14	2,196 (down 9%)
Playboy	9.0	8.29	1,512 (down 14%)
Virtual Holland	6.64	12	1,116 (down 26%)
STA Travel	5.64	12	948 (down 38%)
NBA	5.14	6.57	864 (stable)
AOL Pointe	3.14	4.0	528 (down 39%)
Useful Technology	2.43	2.0	408 (down 17%)
Ratepoint	2.36	5.43	396 (up 43%)
Dell	2.29	2.0	384 (up 68%)
Coldwell Banker	1.79	2.57	300 (down 10%)
Sun Microsystems	1.29	3.43	216 (down 33%)
Comcast	1.14	1.43	192 (up 60%)
Adidas	1.14	1.14	192 (down 11%)
Reebok	0.86	2.0	144 (down 29%)
Coca Cola	0.21	0.0	36 (down 40%)

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes.

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.

Comic - Malaprop-riate

Chart changes

I've changed the total signups chart, the signups-per-day chart and the active residents (last 60 days) charts to show only the last 6 months (actually 182 days) for better resolution and more interesting viewing. I still have all the historical data on file. Charts are here, as usual.

Comic - How convenient

Comic - Unforseen consequences

Virtually Curvaceous

I've added Curvaceous Oh to the blogroll. You should go check out what she's doing. It's worth reading. She keeps two blogs. Also check out Virtual Technicalities.

Comic - Toss up

Mixed Reality Headcount, Week ending July 8, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday July 8, 2007:

Site (* Native reality site)	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
* Phat Cat's Jazzy Blue Lounge	148	160	24,912 (down 1%)
* City of Lost Angels	81	84	13,716 (stable)
* Lost Gardens of Apollo	78	90	13,236 (down 2%)
* New Citizens Incorporated	78	101	13,116 (up 6%)
IBM	56	48	9,528 (down 10%)
* The Shelter	52	61	8,856 (up 7%)
* Midgar	48	60	8,196 (down 3%)
* Isle of Lesbos	48	74	8,148 (up 7%)
The Pond	41	23	6,888 (down 11%)
Pontiac	37	57	6,312 (up 13%)
The L Word	33	39	5,688 (down 10%)
* Ballers City	25	25	4,308 (stable)
* Svarga	22	27	3,720 (up 8%)
The Weather Channel	16	18	2,688 (down 3%)
Nissan	15	13	2,568 (up 3%)
Microsoft	14	19	2,424 (down 9%)
ABC Island	12	10	2,136 (down 12%)
Playboy	10	10	1,776 (down 35%)
STA Travel	9.14	7.71	1,536 (up 9%)
Virtual Holland	9.0	13	1,512 (up 59%)
AOL Pointe	5.21	8.29	876 (down 5%)
NBA	5.14	8.29	864 (down 25%)
Useful Technology	2.93	1.43	492 (down 46%)
Coldwell Banker	2.0	3.71	336 (up 27%)
Sun Microsystems	1.93	3.71	324 (up 80%)
Ratepoint	1.64	2.57	276 (up 35%)
Dell	1.36	0.0	228 (down 17%)
Adidas	1.29	2.0	216 (up 5%)
Reebok	1.21	1.43	204 (up 183%)
Comcast	0.71	0.57	120 (down 69%)
Coca Cola	0.36	0.0	60 (down 44%)

* We're listing NCI as New Citizens Incorporated again for the moment, as apparently the planned name-change to New Citizens Institute is nowhere near sufficiently complete.

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes.

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.

Comic update schedule

I'm going to reduce the comic update schedule slightly to accommodate work. Expect to see new strips approximately 3 times per week, in the meantime.

Comic - Live the unknown

Comic - The Great Unknown

Comic - Mind blowing

Comic - A robe by any other name

Comic - I know a guy...

* Geek footnote: IETF is the Internet Engineering Task Force. They're the folks that make the Internet work and evolve, as opposed to ICANN who just wish they did.
* As for Vince Fuller, look him up. He's the one from Cisco, not the dead lawyer or the football player.