The Bilerico Project | Daily experiments in LGBTQ

It's time for one of those obligatory "Look back at 2007 in the blog's life" posts. Since we re-launched July 1st, I'm only going to use the half year statistics of July 1 - Dec 31. I've rounded the numbers where appropriate. Enjoy the look behind the curtain here at the Project. We're pretty proud of what we've accomplished in such a short time!

Starting number of RSS readers: 167
Ending number of RSS readers: 627

Starting Technorati rank: 77
Ending Technorati rank: 400

Number of visitors: 201,000
Number of pages viewed: 388,000
Highest traffic day: November 20
Lowest traffic day: July 1

Where do visitors come from?

1. United States
2. Canada
3. United Kingdom
4. Australia
5. France

Top States: (Top 5 listed, Top 20 on map)

1. Indiana
2. California
3. New York
4. Florida
5. Virginia

Top 10 posts of July 1st - Dec 31st 2007 (by traffic)

1. The queer red light district - Bil Browning
2. When love is not enough - Karen Celestino-Horseman
3. Why I don't do 'Bi' - Jessica Hoffmann
4. A call for full equality - Guest post by Senator Barack Obama
5. Guest post on ENDA - Guest post by Congressman Barney Frank
6. Why "sodomize" and not "rape?" - Sean Kosofsky
7. Michael Glatze, ex-gay - Alex Blaze
8. Tammy Faye on Larry King - Bil Browning
9. What we won't hear about Larry Craig - Alex Blaze
10. Top 10 LGBT stories of 2007 - Bil Browning & Alex Blaze

Top 5 sites sending us traffic:

1. PageOneQ
2. Pam's House Blend
3. Towleroad
4. Joe.My.God.
5. The Washington Blade

Top 10 search terms used to find us:

1. bilerico
2. Michael Glatze
3. 2 Girls 1 Cup
4. Barney Frank
5. The Bilerico Project
6. Log Cabin Republicans ENDA transgender
7. Sodomize
8. Tammy Faye on Larry King
9. What the Buck
10. Marla

5 strangest keywords used to find us:

1. straight porn (#90)
2. gay truckers (#768)
3. rick and steve's pussy (#5,657)
4. daddy buys you a d cup for your 21st birthday (#10,063)
5. first lesbian artificial insemination in england (#11,591)

Honorable mention: percentage of left handed black artists with aids being lesbian (#20,023)

Thanks for joining us here at the Bilerico Project these past six months. We look forward to building an even bigger and better site for 2008! If our trending pattern continues, by the next time we do one of these wrap ups, we should be at 1,000,000 page views for the year. A million. Can't wait. *grins*