Since YouTube redirected all of it's promoted homepage videos and RickRoll'D its entire homepage-viewing user base, we can get a bit of a glimpse at the number of passive and active users who visit the homepage in a 24-hour period.

Based on previously released video view stats, it would also appear that over 95% of video views are from external referrers and embedded videos (as opposed to homepage browsing).

Submitted by jason - 2008-04-01 21:22:00
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This is a really great look at the composition of the Engadget property. It details the statistics on post volume, time posted, word length, category, number of comments, etc.

Consider it a study of what it takes to create one of the internet's most linked sites.

Submitted by jason - 2007-06-01 09:39:12
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By default, Google Analytics only tracks the filename portion of the URL, excluding any included query string entirely.

With a quick adjustment of your site's tracking code, you can force the full referrer URL to be reported.

Submitted by jason - 2007-04-10 22:26:05
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Tags - google analytics urchin statistics referrer

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