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March 1, 2006

BillCara.com reader stats continue to flourish, Wed., Mar. 1, 2006, 7:32 AM

Blogging is a bit like performing. There is an audience, each with an opinion. You do your best and hope the applause is forthcoming. When it does, you try even harder to please. And all through the piece, you try to learn and personally grow as a performer.

For this blog, there are "critics" of course, but, the criticism is almost exclusively constructive and positive. The audience continues to grow.

Thank you.

Here is the growth chart for sites and visits:


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Averaging the calculations across a quarter year, here are the growth rates:

1Q06 growth over 4Q05: +28% (pages), +22% (visits), and +23% (sites)

1Q06 growth over 3Q05: +249% (pages), +110% (visits), and +129% (sites)

1Q06 growth over 2Q05: +366% (pages), +204% (visits), and +204% (sites)

Last April there were 8,079 unique servers linked to this blog. Now there are more than 31,000.

Here are the top countries (in order of readership):

United States (66 pct)
Canada (8 pct)
Great Britain (UK) (4 pct)
China (2.4 pct)
Switzerland (1.3 pct)
Israel (1.1 pct)
Austria (1.0 pct)
India
Australia
France
Netherlands
Germany
Hong Kong
Japan
Malaysia
Cyprus
Belgium
Finland
United Arab Emirates
Taiwan
Bulgaria
South Africa
Slovenia
Korea (South)
Spain
Russian Federation
Ukraine
New Zealand
Nigeria

Posted by Posted by Bill Cara on March 1, 2006 07:31:58 AM | Category: Cara re: Cara

Discourse

Bill:

Hats off and hands clapping from this corner of the deep South (USA). Now, if I can get that trigger finger working.

Posted by: C.Note [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 1, 2006 8:23 AM [link]

Congratulations, Bill! On the excellent work you put out and on the resulting growth of your readership. Adapting an old adage: In the blogosphere, people vote with their mouse.

- MikeB

Posted by: MikeB [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 1, 2006 8:23 AM [link]

The chart looks like the M3 numbers from the Fed!

Posted by: Seamus [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 1, 2006 8:35 AM [link]

You will remember your friends and let us buy into the IPO when you go public, right?

Posted by: Fred [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 1, 2006 1:51 PM [link]

Fred, I'm already "public" and free, so why do an IPO? Nosiree, no changes here. :-)

February's results were gratifying in that I was away for a week, and the month has three fewer days than January.

Posted by: Bill Cara [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 1, 2006 2:37 PM [link]

The largest amount of traffic right now coming to my trading blog is people searching for yours.... cheers... :)

Posted by: wavesmash [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 1, 2006 9:17 PM [link]