Blogs and their stats

Law professor Eugene Volokh uses the web traffic stats compiled by The Truth Laid Bear to argue that there is no solid evidence the blogosphere slants to the right politically. He acknowledges flaws in the data, but doesn't mention a big one -- Bear's stats only look at sites monitored by the SiteMeter service.

The rankings are interesting though. Instapundit is #1 by this count, with 88,612 daily visits. Daily Kos is #2 and Atrios is #3. It's nice to see that on a couple of days last week little ol' L.A. Observed would have placed in the mid 20s on 3900+ visits (and 14,000+ hits). For what it's worth, this month LAO will surpass a million hits since the launch in late May. As a daily average, hits are up 81% since September and visits 61% -- more on weekdays. I expect both stats to settle down over the slow holidays, but to my surprise there were 3,000+ hits even on Thanksgiving Day. Thanks everybody, and watch for improvements in the new year.

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How could it get any better, Kevin? That's like saying Paris Hilton is getting implants.

Posted by: Luke Ford at December 15, 2003 03:45 PM

Thanks go to you, with happiest congratulations. We love you just as you are. :-)

Posted by: Relevant or Irrelevant? at December 15, 2003 04:26 PM

Does this mean an official L.A.O coffee mug is in development?

Posted by: o'malley at December 16, 2003 09:14 PM

I could take that many ways Luke. Thanks RorI. As for mugs, could be! Should I put you down for a case?

Posted by: Kevin Roderick at December 16, 2003 11:24 PM

Trust me, they'll sell like hotcakes! The coffee mug is the concert T-Shirt for the bloggin' world.

Posted by: o'malley at December 17, 2003 06:00 PM

I'd get a mug.

Posted by: Patterico at December 26, 2003 01:40 PM
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