[ale] Some interesting web statistics

[Wolf Halton]

My best site-Linux-Stat is 11% That is about 200 times the least linuxey
site.



On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I run a small website for a couple of friends. Looking at the statistics
> for the site I noticed the following for June:
>
> Windows (all versions)  68.2% (42% of the total traffic XP)
> Linux (unknow distro)           23.4%
>
> The two most popular browsers:
> MSIE 6.0        30.2% (All MSIE combined 45.1% of the total traffic)
> Opera           30.0%
>
> For some odd reason this English langauge site is popular in Eastern
> Europe. Scratches head.
>
> What struck me, in this less than scientific sample, was the extremely
> high percentage of Linux users visiting the site, almost a quarter. In the
> press typically states that Linux adoption is about 1 - 2% of all users. So
> I would have guessed about max of 5 - 6% for Linux on any given month.
> Previous months have been about 20% Linux. The high percentage of XP is
> much less surprising to me since this site is likely to be viewed by casual
> surfers not businesses. Also, there is no reported W7 or W8 traffic.
>
> Also, the browser distribution does not square with the usual claims of
> browser usage with Opera being ~ 2% and MSIE dominated by 8 and 9. Also,
> only about 2/3 of all Windows users are using any version of MSIE. The
> Opera usage jumped from minimal to about 20% + in January.
>
> I know there is a push in many countries to replace all versions of
> Windows with Linux across the board. Does anyone know what Linux iniatives
> are going in Eastern Europe or Europe?
>
>
> --
> Jay Lozier
> jslozier at gmail.com
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