Below is a breakdown of the visitor statistics for ThePigSite.com from January 2005. The site traffic statistics read from top down. Below the monthly traffic statistics there is a further breakdown of the site's visitors by geographical and occupation categories.
| ThePigSite.com Web Site Statistics - 2007
|
| Month |
Visitors |
Page Impressions |
"Hits" |
Unique IP's |
| March 2007 |
206,674 |
692,285 |
10.9 million |
77,193 |
| February 2007 |
192,564 |
597,978 |
9.5 million |
75,512 |
| January 2007 |
206,083 |
612,527 |
9.8 million |
79,887 |
| ThePigSite.com Web Site Statistics - 2006
|
| Month |
Visitors |
Page Impressions |
"Hits" |
Unique IP's |
| December 2006 |
199,631 |
539,560 |
8.6 million |
69,682 |
| November 2006 |
211,072 |
562,952 |
9.0 million |
75,003 |
| October 2006 |
200,072 |
545,629 |
8.6 million |
69,638 |
| September 2006 |
162,761 |
472,923 |
7.5 million |
63,914 |
| August 2006 |
152,956 |
443,073 |
7.1 million |
58,703 |
| July 2006 |
163,516 |
533,730 |
8.5 million |
58,161 |
| June 2006 |
177,200 |
536,426 |
8.6 million |
60,815 |
| May 2006 |
201,800 |
599,800 |
9.6 million |
69,400 |
| April 2006 * |
180,100 |
571,700 |
9.1 million |
66,300 |
| March 2006 |
204,300 |
608,700 |
7.9 million |
71,100 |
| February 2006 |
184,500 |
591,600 |
7.7 million |
68,100 |
| January 2006 |
186,600 |
592,300 |
7.7 million |
70,100 |
| AVERAGE |
185,375 |
549,866 |
8.3 million |
66,743 |
| TOTALS |
2,224,508 |
6.6 million |
100 million |
800,916 |
| |
TOTAL RETURNING UNIQUE IP's |
120,093 |
| ThePigSite.com Web Site Statistics - 2005
|
| Month |
Visitors |
Page Impressions |
"Hits" |
Unique IP's |
| December 2005 |
161,200 |
486,400 |
5.9 million |
63,000 |
| November 2005 |
181,500 |
511,800 |
6.2 million |
69,800 |
| October 2005 |
172,600 |
528,600 |
6.4 million |
68,800 |
| September 2005 |
161,200 |
498,000 |
6.1 million |
64,400 |
| August 2005 |
159,300 |
496,800 |
5.7 million |
63,500 |
| July 2005 |
147,600 |
473,900 |
5.2 million |
59,200 |
| June 2005 |
149,500 |
468,500 |
5.1 million |
59,900 |
| May 2005 |
153,700 |
471,200 |
5.2 million |
60,900 |
| April 2005 |
159,400 |
483,800 |
5.3 million |
67,600 |
| March 2005 |
168,300 |
534,700 |
5.9 million |
64,000 |
| February 2005 |
152,580 |
529,100 |
5.6 million |
56,900 |
| January 2005 |
151,600 |
543,400 |
5.4 million |
61,700 |
| AVERAGE |
159,900 |
502,200 |
5.7 million |
63,300 |
| TOTALS |
1,918,500 |
6,026,200 |
68.0 million |
759,700 |
| |
TOTAL RETURNING UNIQUE IP's |
109,000 |
The data from 2005 and 2006 is collated from the monthly log files produced by the web server. The data has been filtered to remove visiting spiders and web-bots.
* A New version of the web site was launched in April 2006, complimented by a dedicated site wide statistical analysis package which came online June 2007 (see below for more detail).
Visitor Breakdowns:
The following visitor breakdowns come from three sets of data:
- Registered users,
- Newsletter Subscribers and
- Geographical Page view statistics (identified locations only, based on Q1 2007 figures).
As of March 2007 the registered users database included over 31,000 entries and ThePigSite's free weekly newsletter was sent out to over 11,500 subscribers. The site's visitor and page view numbers are shown above.
The breakdown is as follows:
By Geographical Region (as at March 2007)
| Region |
Newsletter |
Registration |
Site Visitors |
Average |
| North America |
36% |
54% |
52% |
47% |
| Europe |
24% |
19% |
28% |
24% |
| Asia |
21% |
14% |
13% |
16% |
| Middle East/Africa |
9% |
4% |
2% |
5% |
| Latin America |
6% |
4% |
2% |
4% |
| Oceania/Pacific |
4% |
5% |
3% |
4% |
By Occupation (as at March 2007)
| Occupation |
Newsletter |
Registration |
Average |
| Pig Production |
36% |
23% |
30% |
| Veterinary/Animal Health |
17% |
27% |
22% |
| Breeding and Genetics |
7% |
8% |
8% |
| Industry Consultant |
4% |
3% |
4% |
| Feed/Nutrition |
5% |
3% |
4% |
| Food Industry/Processing |
4% |
4% |
4% |
| Education/Student |
7% |
9% |
8% |
| Government/Research/Extension |
2% |
2% |
2% |
| Other/Allied Industries |
16% |
19% |
18% |
By Position (as at March 2007)
| Position |
Newsletter |
Registration |
Average |
| Management |
43% |
41% |
42% |
| General |
31% |
37% |
34% |
| Technical |
19% |
16% |
18% |
| Sales |
7% |
6% |
6% |
Compilation of statistics
The statistics from June 2006 are produced by a dedicated site wide statistical analysis package which physically counts and records the actual numbers as part of a visitor's browsing activities. It also automatically identifies all visiting spiders and web bots and precludes them for the numbers. This method of producing the statistics is far more accurate as it does not rely on software and filters "interpreting" the log files.
The website statistical data for 2005 and up to June 2006 was collated from the monthly log files produced by the web server and analysed using the proprietary software
123 Log Analyser v3.10. The software is programmed to filter the data prior to analysis to remove the
major visiting spiders/bots, as follows:
- ThePigSiteBot
- Google
- Inktomi/Slurp
- Alta Vista Scooter
- Fast/AllTheWeb
- Excite
- Ask Jeeves/Teoma
- Lycos
- MSN - Microsoft Search
- WiseNut
The software removes the above visiting spiders by identifying and removing the IP addresses they come from. The filters are set to eliminate the following IP addresses:
| Spider |
IP Addresses |
| 5M's own IP address: |
84.12.12.60 |
| ThePigSiteBot: |
62.204.35.57 |
| Excite: |
198.3.103.*, 199.172.148.*, 199.172.152.*, 199.172.153.*, 204.62.245.*, 216.131.41.*
|
| Googlebot: |
64.68.80.0 - 64.68.87.255, 66.249.*.*, 66.249.78.* |
| Inktomi Slurp: |
66.196.73.*, 66.196.72.*, 66.196.65.*, 66.196.74.*, 202.212.5.*, 209.185.143.* |
| Altavista Scooter: |
64.152.75.*, 216.39.48.*, 216.39.48.* |
| FAST/AllTheWeb: |
66.77.73.*, 209.67.247.* |
| AskJeeves/Teoma: |
63.236.92.*, 64.55.148.*, 65.192.195.*, 140.239.251.*, 202.108.250.*, 216.200.130.* |
| Lycos: |
166.48.225.254, 202.232.118.*, 206.79.171.*, 207.77.90.*, 208.146.26.*, 208.146.27.*, 209.202.192.*, 209.202.194.*, 213.193.19.35, 64.89.33.*
|
| MSN: |
65.54.164.* 65.54.188.* 207.46.98.* 207.68.146.*
|
| Wisenut - Zyborg : |
64.242.88.* |
* IP range 0 - 255
NOTE: The statistics for 2005 and up to June 2006 have been revised occasionally due to unidentified spiders and newly applied filters. Both automatic and manual filtering of the raw log files causes the raw statistics to be revised downwards considerably. Such filtering is needed to take account of extraneous factors that boost the log statistics erroneously. A completely new version of ThePigSite was launched April 2006, with a new statistics package running from June 2006.
