Have a Happy Fourth!

Posted by Dover
July 3, 2009

Due to the holiday this weekend, I have decided to keep my post short and sweet today. It may look long, but I assure you it is not. Today will be the monthly updating of the tracking statistics with which I am fascinated, and a quick recap at the end. Have a happy and safe Fourth.

The MNC Funniest Search String results for June 2009:

  • what is price of chick-fil-a nugget platter (How the hell they ended up at our site after typing that is beyond me.)
  • massacre mama (Who the hell would search that?)
  • amber mathwig (She still rejects our facebook friend requests.)
  • slaughterminx (Cool, she’s got two stalkers now.)
  • scribblenauts (Amazing that a search that popular would steer people to our site.)
  • http://www.mondaynightcrew.com (Did you really search that? Put it in the fucking address bar!)
  • monday night row (We claim a member of the WWE typo crowd!)
  • mondaynihgtraw (Sweet! Another WWE typo score!)
  • naskart (Number two on the list when searched. Hooray for beer, wife beaters, and anal lube.)
The MNC International Traffic Results for June 2009 based on hits (prior rank):
  1. United Kingdom (1)
  2. Canada (3)
  3. Australia (2)
  4. Germany (4)
  5. Mexico (6)
  6. Netherlands (7)
  7. Brazil (5)
  8. Sweden (9)
  9. Denmark (10)
  10. Poland (8)
Not a lot of movement in the last month. No new countries jumped into the top ten and no single country jumped or fell more than two spaces. What I found really cool was that Belgium, Italy, Finland, and New Zealand barely missed getting the tenth spot from Poland. It was literally a difference of a couple of hundred hits separating those countries. Spread the word and support your country! Finally, what is with Germany and its love affair with the fourth spot on the poll? They’ve turtled up hard onto that fourth spot for a fifth consecutive month. Crazy.

I came up with a fun little idea to make this poll a little more interesting for you readers out there. When I post up the results of the next poll, the countries in the first, fourth, and fifth spots will see a comic based in your country. Why first, fourth, and fifth? Well, you guys don’t see the actual numbers, but a big separation exists between third and fourth, and also fourth and fifth. Landing the spots like this creates a competition between the top, middle, and bottom of the poll. It also works out perfectly for our three comic weekly format.

Now, I still have to talk it over with everyone else in the Ministries, but shouldn’t have too much trouble getting the approvals. In the meantime, get out there and spread the word. Don’t get discouraged either. Like I mentioned before, in most cases only a few hundred hits were the difference between spots. You could be the difference!

- Dover