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Just wondering...

  • 22-06-2008 12:55AM
    #1
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    According to the Top Statistics this thread is currently the most viewed with over one and a half million hits. The same thread had more than fourteen and a half million hits on Saturday evening.
    Just wondering what has caused these rather spurious looking stats.

    Genealogy Forum Mod

    Post edited by Shield on


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  • #2
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    probably google hits?
    Posted via Mobile Device


  • #3
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    That must be a mistake like the girl with the huge postcount. :)

    /searches for Eircom cd


  • #4
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,333 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Someone with a broken f5 key.


  • #5
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Sherifu wrote: »
    That must be a mistake like the girl with the huge postcount. :)

    /searches for Eircom cd

    That was Shadiegirl. I spotted her crazy stats also.
    Does this entitle me to free stuff?:pac:

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #6
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Hermy wrote: »
    That was Shadiegirl. I spotted her crazy stats also.
    Does this entitle me to free stuff?:pac:
    Sure.

    /hands over Eircom Phonebook cd

    Congratulations.


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  • #7
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Jesus that's a lot of hits.


  • #8
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Sherifu wrote: »
    Sure.

    /hands over Eircom Phonebook cd

    Congratulations.

    I've never heard of them.
    Are they a new band?

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #9
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,815 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Hermy wrote: »
    I've never heard of them.
    Are they a new band?

    Probably some emo band? :confused:


  • #10
    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    This is what happens when you hire hitmen....
    Rb wrote: »
    Jesus that's a lot of hits.
    ...or maybe Jesus was checking it up?


  • #11
    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    Another contributing factor

    Result No. 8 of google when you search for 'eircom phonebook', and an eye catching title.


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  • #12
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,333 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    nevf wrote: »
    Another contributing factor

    Result No. 8 of google when you search for 'eircom phonebook', and an eye catching title.
    No 1 if you google eircom phonebook cd.

    http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=eircom+phonebook+cd&btnG=Search&meta=


  • #13
    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    No 1 if you google eircom phonebook cd.

    http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=eircom+phonebook+cd&btnG=Search&meta=
    Even at that, I wouldn't imagine Google to bring in 1.5 nillion hits... a third of irelands population.

    Perhaps Awstats may fill us in?


  • #14
    Jack B. Badd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭Jack B. Badd


    AVG link scanner maybe?


  • #15
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Doesn't explain why it had 14.5 million hits on Saturday afternoon though?

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #16
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Hermy wrote: »
    Doesn't explain why it had 14.5 million hits on Saturday afternoon though?
    Is there a hotly anticipated version of the phonebook coming out that I have missed in my time living in caves? PhoneBook 3.0?


  • #17
    homah_7ft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,139 ✭✭✭homah_7ft


    I know from a reliable source (The conspiracy theory forum) that the EU plans to have each member citizen phone an Irish household. Make the final connection for yourselves.


  • #18
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Someone with a broken f5 key.
    everyone comes here when the datastore errors are a poppin. refresh rates shoot through the roof.


  • #19
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Checked out the logs, nothing really odd showed up, could be random. Reset to 1000. If it climbs again at an unusual rate, I'll look into it some more.


  • #20
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    I feel better now.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #21
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Today it has 845345 hits.:confused:

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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  • #22
    DeVore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    That really IS weird... could someone be trying to DDOS us? (its hard to tell with our bandwidth capacity :) ).

    DeV.


  • #23
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    No ideas meself but I just thought I'd flag it on the off chance it's malicious.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #24
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    another hamster revolt?


  • #25
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    leninbenjamin wrote: »
    another hamster revolt?

    DUDE, you have NO idea.


  • #26
    Hobbes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Wow nearly 800k of hits in 14 days. That's 57,142 hits a day.


  • #27
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    All you need is 1-2 people with OCD and you can easily get 50k+ hits per day.

    I have also seen a bug in another vBulletin forum where the Internet Explorer browser keeps opening the same tab over and over again in an infinite loop. A newbie user perhaps?


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