Since the ad column is filling up with spots aimed at Tuesday's elections, it seems like the right time to remind everyone of the LAObserved ethic regarding political ads. Pretty simple really. Advertising and sponsorship are necessary to keep this website going. LAObserved will accept ads from all sides of a political campaign or cause. They are not endorsements by me, nor do I think about the ads in deciding what to post. Advertisers should come here because they want to reach this growing and highly influential audience of Los Angeles-centric readers.

This advertising policy and details about why and how to become a sponsor are always on display at this link. I don't go out and sell ad space (yet!), but with the website expanding its reach now would be a smart time to consider coming on as a sponsor.

On to the sizzling October log. The month set a new traffic high, cracking 500,000 pages for the first time. The weekend audience now surpasses what the larger daily audience was just a few months ago, and the stats for RSS feeds have exploded: more than 134,000 for the month. I've gotten great feedback on the morning news roundup and the links to newspaper front pages. As always, please let me know what works and what doesn't.

After the jump: Some details from the monthly traffic count, including the nation-by-nation breakdown of computers that hit on LAObserved. If you don't have a website, you might enjoy one of the more useless but fun stats that webmasters get to see.

Most linked stories of the month:
Death of Brent Shapiro
New York gets a better stench
L.A.'s stench mystery
Joel Stein gets a new LAT column
Adelphia screws up 'Deperate Housewives'

Busiest referrers to LAObserved for the month:
Defamer
Romenesko
LAVoice
Kausfiles
Gawker

Countries (Top 25)

Countries Hits
United States 2497307
Unknown 73544
Canada 19467
Australia 19028
Japan 11518
European Union 8930
Great Britain 8356
China 7074
Sweden 5341
Germany 4274
Netherlands 3747
France 3582
South Korea 3226
Italy 2528
Spain 2051
Hong Kong 1359
Brazil 1309
Taiwan 1238
India 866
Iran 619
Argentina 605
Turkey 485
Lithuania 412
Bangladesh 376
Algeria 354