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Website Logfile Analysis: The Image Leeches
Grruwlf! I'm Snoop-dog,¹ your friendly neighborhood
troll. This post is the first in what may become an occasional
series on the topic of website logfile analysis. No,
wait! It isn't *that* boring! In fact, it's far more
interesting than watching grass grow, waiting for a pot of water to boil, etc.
¹Yes, it seems I've acquired a new nickname. Begone, PieSplatz!
Thou art *so* 2004!
My logfile contains 6,393 entries for the period 14-Sep-04 through 31-Dec-04. Eliminating duplicative entries reduces the total to about 4,206 accesses. I got hits from 1,237 different IP addresses, which I've grouped into perhaps 738 distinct people visiting my website. I've managed to find names for only 49 of these people, but those named visitors were responsible for 44.6% of all the accesses. Interesting search-queries that have brought people to my site include "pheromone cockroach starve male", "eating deer organ meats", "dog humping cookie monster", "children having sex pedo crimes frequency...... *snore zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
Huh? Oh, sorry. Must have dozed off! Today's topic is the "LJ image leeches". These are induhviduals who like to look at just the pictures embedded in public LiveJournal posts, while ignoring the surrounding text. During Q4 of 2004 I made four public-posts-with-pictures and captured website hits from 112 of these, um, "people" I suppose you could call them. Or they could be called "bandwidth-sucking sex-starved pimply-faced adult-wannabe waste products", but that would be unfair to the ones without acne. So here is what I have learned about them:
( Boring analysis of least-desirable visitors to a website that ISN'T EVEN YOURS )
My logfile contains 6,393 entries for the period 14-Sep-04 through 31-Dec-04. Eliminating duplicative entries reduces the total to about 4,206 accesses. I got hits from 1,237 different IP addresses, which I've grouped into perhaps 738 distinct people visiting my website. I've managed to find names for only 49 of these people, but those named visitors were responsible for 44.6% of all the accesses. Interesting search-queries that have brought people to my site include "pheromone cockroach starve male", "eating deer organ meats", "dog humping cookie monster", "children having sex pedo crimes frequency...... *snore zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
Huh? Oh, sorry. Must have dozed off! Today's topic is the "LJ image leeches". These are induhviduals who like to look at just the pictures embedded in public LiveJournal posts, while ignoring the surrounding text. During Q4 of 2004 I made four public-posts-with-pictures and captured website hits from 112 of these, um, "people" I suppose you could call them. Or they could be called "bandwidth-sucking sex-starved pimply-faced adult-wannabe waste products", but that would be unfair to the ones without acne. So here is what I have learned about them:
( Boring analysis of least-desirable visitors to a website that ISN'T EVEN YOURS )
