2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2010. That’s about 4 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 163 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 188 posts. There were 41 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 10mb. That’s about 3 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was December 1st with 94 views. The most popular post that day was Iranian Affairs: Sigheh, Mut’a and Prostitution.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were hamzakhan.me, facebook.com, HamzaKhan.me, twitter.com, and en.wordpress.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for sigheh under shia islam, sam arora, great pakistan, sachal sarmast, and “diplomats without dignity”.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Iranian Affairs: Sigheh, Mut’a and Prostitution August 2010

2

Generation Change November 2010
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3

Thankless to the End: BBC News – Pakistani flood victims’ anger at US August 2010
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4

The Future of Pakistan October 2010
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5

Desis versus Arabs: A Pathan explains. October 2010

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