Whatever happened in August or late July has had a continuing effect: SealFAQs is being visited much more often than in the past.
SealFAQs has been officially launched for nine months now. In September, unique visitors actually decreased from August by about one day’s worth of visitors. Here are the statistics according to Awstats (Advanced Web Statistics).
SealFAQs had 2079 unique visitors during September and a total of 3013 visits (1.45 visits/visitor). Visitors averaged looking at 2.3 pages per visit. Bandwidth was up to 1.8GB. This means that many visitors do not make a return visit and also look at only a few pages.
Visits per day during September again averaged 100; the most visits in a day was 144. As usual, most people visit during the week and the middle part of the day. There has always been a drop off in visits on the weekends.
By far, the most visitors are from the United States and distantly followed by India and Canada.
The average time of a visit increased to 350 seconds in duration but 80% of all visits are still for less than 30 seconds. It does appear that some people are logging in and staying on the site an hour or more – forgetting to log out or reading/studying?
Access to SealFAQs via search engines was based on 19 different keyphrases including several searches for information on piping plans.
I check SealFAQs for comments every day. Almost no one has submitted a real comment but several bits of spam or faked comments continue to show up daily.
Something happened in August or late July and, whatever it was, SealFAQs has been visited much more often. Here’s a chart showing SealFAQs statistics since being launched in January.
Monthly History to Aug 2018
SealFAQs has been officially launched for eight months now. In August, unique visitors increased significantly – nearly doubling — from July. Here are the statistics according to Awstats (Advanced Web Statistics).
SealFAQs had 2196 unique visitors during August and a total of 3121 visits (1.42 visits/visitor). Visitors averaged looking at 2.2 pages per visit. Bandwidth was up to 1.7GB. So although more people visited SealFAQs, many did not make a return visit and they also only looked at a few pages.
Visits per day during August increased to an average of 100; the most visits in a day was 177 – both are new highs. As usual, most people visit during the week and the middle part of the day.
By far, the most visitors are from the United States and distantly followed by India, Russia, China, Canada and others.
The average time of a visit decreased to 317 seconds in duration but 81% of all visits are still for less than 30 seconds. It appears that some people are logging in and staying on the site an hour or more.
Access to SealFAQs via search engines was based on 15 different keyphrases including several searches for information on piping plans.
I check SealFAQs for comments every day. Almost no one has submitted a real comment but several bits of spam or faked comments show up daily.
So August may mark a change in SealFAQs viewership. It appears that someone or some organization has discovered SealFAQs.
SealFAQs has been officially launched for seven months now. In July, unique visitors increased slightly from June. Here are the statistics according to Awstats (Advanced Web Statistics).
SealFAQs had 1170 unique visitors during July and a total of 1912 visits (1.63 visits/visitor). Visitors averaged looking at 4.7 pages per visit – the same as for June. Bandwidth was up to 1.2GB.
Visits per day during July was the same as during June with an average of 61; the most visits in a day was 90. As usual, most people visit during the week and the middle part of the day.
By far, the most visitors are from the United States and distantly followed by Nigeria, India, Russia, South Korea, Poland, China, Canada and others.
The average time of a visit has increased to 460 seconds in duration but 75% of all visits are still for less than 30 seconds. It appears that some people are logging in and staying on the site an hour or more.
Access to SealFAQs via search keyphrases was 6 different keyphrases including “fundamentals of bellows design” – that’s a good project for the future. Also, it seems that someone was searching for information on piping plans.
I check SealFAQs for comments every day. Almost no one has submitted a real comment but several bits of spam or faked comments show up daily.
So July was about the same as June for SealFAQs. Interestingly, August already shows a large increase in viewers so someone or some organization has discovered SealFAQs.
SealFAQs has now been officially launched for six months. In June, unique visitors decreased slightly from May by about the difference in the length of the month and the fact that June had five weekends whereas May had only four. Here are the statistics according to Awstats (Advanced Web Statistics).
SealFAQs had 1149 unique visitors during June and a total of 1847 visits (1.61 visits/visitor). Visitors averaged looking at 4.7 pages per visit – a significant increase. Bandwidth was up to 1.1GB.
Visits per day during June increased from the May average of 60 to 61 with the most visits in a day being 87 – twice! As usual, most people visit during the week and the middle part of the day.
By far, the most visitors are from the United States and distantly followed by India, Russia, South Korea, Poland, China, Canada and others.
The average time of a visit has increased to 442 seconds in duration but 77% of all visits are still for less than 30 seconds. It appears that some people are logging in and staying on the site an hour or more.
Access to SealFAQs via search keyphrases was down a little with 5 different keyphrases including “api 682”. The most common keyword is “seal” of course.
June was a decent month for SealFAQs with some gains in viewing.
Although I worked for what is now known as the John Crane Group for many years, the story of its namesake, John Crane, was not known or, more likely, not discussed by those who knew it. The only bits of information available were a few patents and advertisements. I decided to take on the challenge of “finding” John Crane and to write a short history of his life.
I first found patents but some of those patents were granted to “John Crane” and some to “John T. Crane”. I browsed through many archived newspapers in the Chicago area. I even searched Ancestry.com and eventually found him. Along the way, I made contact with some of John Crane’s extended family who supplied me with family lore and newspaper clippings. All of this “new” (to me anyway) information has been complied into a short history of John Crane – the Person.
My story of “John Crane — the Person” has been given its own page in the History section of SealFAQs.
SealFAQs has been officially launched for five months now. In May, unique visitors picked up from April; in fact, May was the best month so far. Here are the statistics according to Awstats (Advanced Web Statistics).
SealFAQs had 1263 unique visitors during May and a total of 1872 visits (1.48 visits/visitor). Visitors averaged looking at 3.56 pages per visit.
Visits per day during May increased from the April average of 57 to 60 with the most visits in a day being 98 – a new record! As usual, most people visit during the week and the middle part of the day.
By far, the most visitors are from the United States and distantly followed by India, Russia, China, Canada, Great Britain and others.
Visits average about 243 seconds in duration but most visits are still for less than 30 seconds.
Access to SealFAQs via search keyphrases was down a little with 5 different keyphrases including “buffer and barrier fluid” and “mechanical seal company”. The most common keyword is “seal” of course.
Yesterday I attended a crawfish boil sponsored by John Crane Inc. – my previous employer for some 28 years. It was great to visit with my former coworkers and fellow retirees. In addition to the local folks, a few John Crane engineers and salesmen came from Houston to enjoy some crawfish. There were even some executives from Morton Grove (Chicago) who joined in the fun. All total, I’d guess that there were some 400 people at the crawfish boil.
I met and enjoyed talking to the new president of John Crane, Jean Vernet. He narrates an interesting video about John Crane and seems interested in the history and culture of the seals industry. I have my fingers crossed that he will be a good leader for John Crane Inc.
Yesterday’s party reminded me of the first crawfish boil I attended. In the early ‘70s, I was a young engineer who had moved to Baton Rouge from East Texas to work at the Exxon Refinery. Although raised on the Mississippi Coast, I knew little about crawfish. In those days, Chempro (became Sealol, now part of John Crane Inc.) was an up and coming supplier of high temperature edge welded metal bellows seals – especially at Exxon. Chempro decided to have a small crawfish boil in the parking lot in front of their little office. During the course of the afternoon, there may have been 50 people in and out of the party. It was a great success.
Chempro/Sealol continued to have an annual crawfish boil for many years with each event becoming larger than the previous one. Soon the crawfish boils were getting out of hand with well over a thousand people – invited or not) attending. (OK, so after becoming part of John Crane, John Crane executive management ended the crawfish boils in 2000.)
Crawfish are cooked by dumping live crawfish into boiling water having spicy seasonings. (You learn not to eat the crawfish that are not curled up; these were dead before being dumped into the boiling water.) Usually potatoes and corn on the cob are cooked along with the crawfish in the boiling water and spices. The mix of spices range from modified commercial packages (“But I also add ….”) to the family secret recipe.
The thing about eating crawfish is that it takes (or seems to take) more energy to peel one than is gained by eating it. The edible part (for me anyway) is a small morsel in the tail of the crawfish which must be separated from the body by removing the shell. Especially for me, peeling the crawfish is a slow and tedious process. So you don’t get full by eating crawfish. You might get full by eating corn or potatoes or drinking beer but not by eating crawfish. (The John Crane crawfish boil also included white beans and jambalaya.)
And then there’s the waste. A crawfish boil might allow for two or even three pounds of crawfish for each person (depending, of course, on the invitees). However, only that small morsel is eaten. The head, claws and shell are discarded. By volume, it appears that nothing has been eaten. Trash collection, disposal (the smell is horrible after a couple of days) and lots of paper towels are a necessity at a crawfish boil – not to mention beer.
The John Crane 2018 crawfish boil was a tremendous success as far as I am concerned. I’m already looking forward for the 2019 version.
SealFAQs has been officially launched for four months now. In April, unique visitors picked up a little bit from March. Here are the statistics according to Awstats (Advanced Web Statistics).
SealFAQs had 1161 unique visitors during April and a total of 1713 visits (1.48 visits/visitor). Visitors averaged looking at 2.35 pages per visit.
Visits per day during April increased from the March average of 51 to 57 with the most visits in a day being 88 – a new record! As usual, most people visit during the week and the middle part of the day.
By far, the most visitors are from the United States and distantly followed by India, Russia, China, Canada, Great Britain and others.
Visits average about 147 seconds in duration and most visits are still for less than 30 seconds.
Access to SealFAQs via search keyphrases was up quite a bit with 10 different keyphrases including “unpressurised dual mechanical seal api plan 23 52”, “lenses for iphone” and “mechanical seal history”. The most common keyword is “seal” of course.
So, after a slight decline in March, April was a slight improvement.
SealFAQs has been officially launched for three months now. Strangely, visits fell off a bit during March. Here are the statistics according to Awstats (Advanced Web Statistics).
SealFAQs had 1061 unique visitors during March – a slight decrease from February and a total of 1591 visits (1.49 visits/visitor). Visitors averaged looking at 2.34 pages per visit.
Visits per day during March decreased from the February average of 57 to 51 with the most visits in a day being 77. As usual, most people visit during the week and the middle part of the day. In March, there seemed to be more visits on Monday than has been typical.
By far, the most visitors are from the United States and distantly followed by India, Russia, China, Canada, Great Britain and others.
Visits average about 143 seconds in duration and most visits are for less than 30 seconds.
I was expecting March to be a good month for SealFAQs — still don’t understand why visits fell off a bit. On the positive side, April is off to a good start.
SealFAQs has been officially launched for two months now. Here are the statistics for the month of February 2018 according to Awstats (Advanced Web Statistics).
SealFAQs had 1155 unique visitors – a slight increase and a total of 1596 visits (so still at 1.38 visits/visitor). Visitors averaged looking at 2.6 pages per visit.
Visits per day has increased from the January average of 44 to 57. The new record for most visits in a day is 78! Most people visit during the week and the middle part of the day – which I take as meaning that people are visiting SealFAQs from their work site.
By far, the most visitors are from the United States and distantly followed by India, Russia, China, Canada, Great Britain and others.
Visits average about 144 seconds in duration – up a bit but most visits are for less than 30 seconds. This is probably not a good sign. Perhaps people are misled about the content of SealFAQs or have difficulty finding their way around?
All in all, I’m well pleased with the traffic.
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