| 5 Million Page Downloads for Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming [message #83526] |
Wed, 13 March 2013 07:16  |
David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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Folks,
I was just glancing at the stats for Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming
this morning. It seems like only a couple of months ago we were holding
a contest for the 1 millionth page download. But, I see we are
approaching 5 million now, and this will probably occur while I am
trekking in Patagonia.
A couple of years ago, Google made a big change in their search
algorithm and traffic was knocked down to about 1500 page downloads a
day. Now it approaches 3000 most days, and sometimes more.
I'm always surprised to see what the most popular pages are. It varies a
little bit from day to day, but not much. The Coyote Plot Gallery page
is always found in the top two or three now, a relative newcomer who has
pushed the usual suspects around a bit.
http://www.idlcoyote.com/gallery/index.html
But, week in and week out, the two most popular pages are the pages that
talk about Greek symbols:
http://www.idlcoyote.com/ps_tips/greeksym.php
http://www.idlcoyote.com/graphics_tips/lesign.php
Followed almost always by the page describing how to create a histogram
plot:
http://www.idlcoyote.com/graphics_tips/histoplot.php
The order varies a bit from day to day, but you can always count on
finding these four pages in the top 10 on any given day.
Thanks to everyone who supports this work. It's clear that it is a
significant resource to the IDL community.
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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