h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

No, it was actually March 2016.

I’ve suspected for several years now that this website is being kept in a static state as an artifact of its time.

I don’t expect any effort will be made to implement modern web design.

It's a pity Pastey isn't around anymore. He could have implemented those changes in 5 minutes.

Three years is the charm, Gnomon.

Greetings stats fans! Here is the August Report

There were 61,000 unique users compared to 63,000 unique users in July and 299,000 pageviews compared to 308,000. People viewed 4 pages each on average and stayed for two minutes per session on average.

The Neolithic Revolution was viewed almost 2,000 times compared to 500 times last month and was particularly popular on 20 August! Isaac Newton was extra popular on 15 August. The Shang Dynasty was viewed 500 times compared to 100 last month and The History Behind the Quadratic Formula was viewed more than twice as often as in July. The History of Oysters also trended.

There was increased traffic to h2g2 via online school websites and the BBC. The War in Vietnam Entry was linked to by Berkeley Library and the Entry on Lulu the elephant was linked to by Chessington Zoo!

Wonders why the sudden interest in oysters..

August fifth was national oyster day.

http://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-oyster-day-august-5/

Of course! How silly of me. Every day seems to be some national or international day of something.Some day have even more than one event or issue. Must remind myself when it's talk like a day.

Talk like a day is Sept. 19th every year. It is probably a coincidence that it is also our wedding anniversary - even if we were married on a reproduction of HMAV Bounty - possibly the site of one of the most famous acts of piracy in history.

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P.S. sometimes called HMS, but that is just Hollywood

Ahoy there mateys!

In honour of Talk Like a Pirate Day here be a mini stats update fer ye...

Th' stats are lookin' good 'n green - 63,053 visitors this month vs 60,362 last time an' 295,370 vs 291,191 page views.

Social media traffic be up, mainly 'cause o' reddit wantin' t' know about The History of Hamburgers!

Well pirated!

Question by Robbie Stamp: 'Are we particularly strong on hamburgers?'

Comment by Post Editor: 'We are amazingly knowledgeable about all forms of junk food.'

Very true

Are you on the same level as the people in Dingburg, though?

http://zippythepinhead.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=8-Jan-12&Category_Code=Sun2012&Product_Count=1

Greetings Stats Fans! Here's the report for September.

There were 67,000 unique users compared to 59,000 last month and 305,000 pageviews compared to 290,000 last month.

Organic search is still the most common way of finding h2g2, but traffic from other sources increased this month, for example from Reddit linking to Hamburgers in History, an online education website linking to the Lascaux Grotto, and cracked.com linking to Harry Potter and an Entry on square bullets.

Isaac Newton continued to be popular, as were Name Jokes and American High School Dances. The Shang Dynasty saw a steady stream of views, as did the Neolithic Revolution. Danny Boy was notably more popular, as were Enzymes in Industry and Medicine and the PEE Essay Writing Technique. The Chemistry of the Elements, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, British Patriotic Songs, the Fata Morgana, Galileo Gallilei and A Brief History of Toast also trended.

Greeting Stats Fans! Here's the October Report

The stats are looking good and green again - 75,000 unique users compared to 69,000 last month and 340,000 pageviews compared to 314,000.

Apart from the Usual Suspect Entries, The War in Vietnam saw an increased number of views, as did Passing the SAS Selection Course, 'Join or Die', the Political Cartoon by Benjamin Franklin, Sherlock Holmes, Amoxicillin, Orchestral Percussion and Geoffrey Tandy and the Algae. How to Extract Your Own DNA has been linked to by the education website Futurelearn in their Forensic Science course!

Greetings Stats Fans - here's a Mid-November Report to summarise the festive activity

The stats are looking good and green again - 70,900 unique users compared to 69,200 last month and 335,000 pageviews compared to 314,000.

Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night was viewed 1,800 times this month, with 550 of those on 5 November. Bonfire Night Cuisine was also popular. Elmer McCurdy trended again and 'Porridge' the TV series was viewed 660 times on 10 November! How Gulliver's Travels Comments on Society trended, as did Thorley Taverns - A Brief History , Potato Crisps , Regional Dialects of the USA and Napoleon's Horse