Saturday, July 23, 2011

Where Are the Readers?

A reader wondered about who's reading Flint Expatriates. Well here's a the top ten list of unique visitors by state, and the top ten cities within michigan, since the blog launched in the fall of 2007:

States:

Michigan 153,486

California 26,686

New York 16,356

Illinois 14,809

Florida 12,066

Georgia 8,890

Massachusetts 8,243

Texas 7,775

Ohio 6,345

North Carolina 5,335


Michigan Cities (Not sure why Google Analytics came up with two Flint entries):

Flint 20,009

Flint 15,716

Grand Blanc 5,238

Linden 4,497

Southfield 4,367

Lansing 2,924

Southfield 2,837

Macomb 2,509

Grand Blanc 2,474

Fenton 2,225



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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 24, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    The whole city by city breakdown seems odd. If Southfield means all of Oakland, then maybe. Why not Troy or Rochester? Is Macomb the whole county or the township? Why not other Flint suburbs?

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  2. THE FLINT SKINNYJuly 24, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    Illinois checking in!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 24, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    I live in Burton and read it. Great by the way!

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  4. Gordon YoungJuly 25, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    Yeah, the breakdown is great as long as you don't look at it too closely. Not sure why they list Flint and Grand Blank twice, for example.

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  5. Gordon YoungJuly 25, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    Greetings, Illinois!

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  6. Marie Seymour-GreenJuly 25, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    Feh! Am I the only one from Delaware? Can't be! ;-)

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  7. AnonymousJuly 25, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    I have a feeling that Google Analytics is using some kind of centralized "hubs" in their reporting. I suspect that there are two hubs for Flint and Grand Blanc. I suspect that Southfield and Macomb are hubs for even larger regions. I'm surprised that there are no Ann Arbor, Detroit, or Traverse City hubs listed.

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  8. Scott W. RowanJuly 25, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    Avondale, Az checking in!
    Scott

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  9. JWillyJuly 27, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    My understanding is that Google Analytics uses U.S.P.O. locale descriptors. Burton is defined as Flint Southeast Station...which is the old name for the Burton main post office, from when it was a dinky suburban branch in the rural area known as Burton Township.

    I don't know specifically how the Grand Blanc area is set up, but I'd bet it's another zip code split from the old old days.

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  10. Ms. RachelJuly 28, 2011 at 1:13 AM

    Tulsa, Oklahoma here. Considering the number of Michigan Expatriates in this state we should be listed. We're probably grouped in with Texas. That'll grind a few gears. I love your bites of nostalgia. It makes me feel at home when I can't be.

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  11. AnonymousJuly 29, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    England across the Atlantic sea checking in too!
    Rebecca

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  12. JKJuly 29, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    Champaign, IL here!

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Thanks for commenting. I moderate comments, so it may take a while for your comment to appear. You might enjoy my book about Flint called "Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City," a Michigan Notable Book for 2014 and a finalist for the 33rd Annual Northern California Book Award for Creative NonFiction. Filmmaker Michael Moore described Teardown as "a brilliant chronicle of the Mad Maxization of a once-great American city." More information about Teardown is available at www.teardownbook.com.

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