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The other night something very odd happened with the online statistics on uber.la and I wanted to write a post about it, but I couldn't figure it out. And  yesterday a big traffic spike happened again, but this time I had some insights to share and muse on. Cause if we could MAKE this stuff happen we'd do it all the time.

A hint of iStat Menus Link Love

While I was working online my ONLINE USER traffic suddenly spiked to over 250. That was 250 people online at one time. A bit of sleuthing of the IP addresses showed something in Asia was taking a liking to my blog. And rather than spidering nicely it was hammering my pages. And then it was done.

I tried to look at my Google Analytics logs and see if I could make sense of what had happened, but I could not find the trigger.

And then yesterday with the release of Snow Leopard I had another breakthrough moment, this time with some data to back up what was happening. Here is a quick stat image from my last seven days of traffic.

Obviously people are interested in Snow Leopard, but the combo of iStat Menus and Snow Leopard was an instant hit. I know it was one of the first issues I ran into as I waded into the Snow Leopard upgrade. Well, obviously a lot of other folks were having the same questions and problems.

And a minute ago my search savvy wife said, what's your SERP look like for that? (SERP = Search Engine Results Page)

istat menu, snow leopard review, google stats, SERP

So as a result of being at the right SERP at the right time, my iStat Menu review was at #3 and my Snow Leopard review were at #4 on Google for "istat menus snow leopard." And while I sit here looking at the 15 – 20 people online at time, rather than 3 – 5, I wish there was some way to reach out to them. And say, "hey, thanks for stopping by, stick around, check out a different post, see over here is my RSS feed, and my Twitter link and hey, can I interest you in commenting, I've got this cool Disqus system in place…" [Actually, that's exactly what this post is. A "Hello to you istat menu fans!" Now I just have to figure out how to rewrite this review again everyday until the iStat menu buzz is over.]

Rather, I'll write about the cool moment and how I am becoming more and more addicted to my own internal statistics reports. [Man, I've got to get out more!]

Well, here's for looking out for another home run. Maybe there's a science to it, or something. ;-)

@jmacofearth
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I've asked the iSlayer / Bjango team to allow me to give out the beta link but I have not heard back from them. So at this point you will need to contact them directly to obtain the software.H

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