Comments on: More Traffic Transparency With whos.amung.us http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:10:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: adult japan tv http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1597204 adult japan tv Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:04:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1597204 <strong>adult japan tv...</strong> More Traffic Transparency With whos.amung.us... adult japan tv…

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]]> By: Blogstorm Shows Blogs Most Popular Posts http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1415895 Blogstorm Shows Blogs Most Popular Posts Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:00:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1415895 [...] Bloggers like this kind of stuff. Stats are good. [...] [...] Bloggers like this kind of stuff. Stats are good. [...]

]]> By: bart http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1310705 bart Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:40:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1310705 just add ".gif" to the end of the 8 char key in the tag, then it should work :) so instead of ...widget/xxxxxxxx make it ...widget/xxxxxxxx.gif just add “.gif” to the end of the 8 char key in the tag, then it should work :) so instead of …widget/xxxxxxxx make it …widget/xxxxxxxx.gif

]]> By: Andy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1310488 Andy Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:29:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1310488 Looks like myspace already blocked this one. Who knows why. Its getting to be stalag 17 over there Looks like myspace already blocked this one. Who knows why. Its getting to be stalag 17 over there

]]> By: Billy Wallace http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1309149 Billy Wallace Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:38:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1309149 Not only are they down but you cannot even email them. All you get is too many connections and a bunch of mySQL errors. Perhaps you need to look for quality not quantity. Not only are they down but you cannot even email them. All you get is too many connections and a bunch of mySQL errors. Perhaps you need to look for quality not quantity.

]]> By: ketyung http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1309084 ketyung Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:41:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1309084 So the who.amung.us also down? Showing zero even on techcrunch ? :D So the who.amung.us also down? Showing zero even on techcrunch ? :D

]]> By: Martin Hack http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1308620 Martin Hack Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:53:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1308620 Actually it seems that Sitemeter.com is down for the last couple of days, Sitemeter has also been accused of adding Spyware cookies to every single visitor (not just the site operator). This move will cause a lot of folks to leave Sitemeter and switch to other services like statcounter.com Actually it seems that Sitemeter.com is down for the last couple of days, Sitemeter has also been accused of adding Spyware cookies to every single visitor (not just the site operator). This move will cause a lot of folks to leave Sitemeter and switch to other services like statcounter.com

]]> By: MajorNetworkNews http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1308276 MajorNetworkNews Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:06:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1308276 It's kind of neat to see the list, and when it dynamically updates it's cool also. I just don't seem to get any useful info from it ? Am I missing something ? Seems like the most useful thing is the number on the widget as it reflects recent activity. It’s kind of neat to see the list, and when it dynamically updates it’s cool also.

I just don’t seem to get any useful info from it ?

Am I missing something ?

Seems like the most useful thing is the number on the widget as it reflects recent activity.

]]> By: creditcardslive http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1306274 creditcardslive Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:48:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1306274 Ohh! I think so.. Ohh! I think so..

]]> By: Richard http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1305893 Richard Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:31:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1305893 Worth of mention alongside this is GoStats for some serious stats summaries. Worth of mention alongside this is GoStats for some serious stats summaries.

]]> By: SearchTheWeb2 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1304979 SearchTheWeb2 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:39:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1304979 I don't think this statement, "It shows the number of concurrent users on a site at any given time" is correct. I don’t think this statement, “It shows the number of concurrent users on a site at any given time” is correct.

]]> By: FreeMySpace.info » Blog Archive » Share stats about your site with Whos.amung.us http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1304590 FreeMySpace.info » Blog Archive » Share stats about your site with Whos.amung.us Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:05:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1304590 [...] [Via TechCrunch] [...] [...] [Via TechCrunch] [...]

]]> By: Sean http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303977 Sean Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:46:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303977 Maybe I'm biased (click my name) but I really don't see what is so neat about this. It's just a standard counter, except it's "the last 8 minutes" instead of "all time". I can't help but think money was changed hands for this writeup :P Maybe I’m biased (click my name) but I really don’t see what is so neat about this. It’s just a standard counter, except it’s “the last 8 minutes” instead of “all time”.

I can’t help but think money was changed hands for this writeup :P

]]> By: Nathan Schmidt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303904 Nathan Schmidt Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:15:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303904 Two things about this vs some other hit counters and widgets: - Because its' an image, if their service goes away or hiccups, all your users see is a broken image, as opposed to something like the YPN outages a few months back, which completely broke pageloads because they couldn't execute the inline javascript. - Note that the code they generate for you is a random string. It works just as well for any random string, which makes sense given how they're tracking uniques for 30 minutes and then tossing the data - there's no reason to keep an index into that data. Armed with this knowledge, you can generate your own random hashes, and this is a key differentiator versus other hit counter services, where you have to enter your url/site/email whatever and they emit a nonce built just for you. I was able to build a demo PBwiki plugin to add this widget to any of our 200k wikis in about 5 minutes. Pretty slick, and certainly a good first effort. So... who are these guys? Two things about this vs some other hit counters and widgets:

- Because its’ an image, if their service goes away or hiccups, all your users see is a broken image, as opposed to something like the YPN outages a few months back, which completely broke pageloads because they couldn’t execute the inline javascript.

- Note that the code they generate for you is a random string. It works just as well for any random string, which makes sense given how they’re tracking uniques for 30 minutes and then tossing the data - there’s no reason to keep an index into that data. Armed with this knowledge, you can generate your own random hashes, and this is a key differentiator versus other hit counter services, where you have to enter your url/site/email whatever and they emit a nonce built just for you. I was able to build a demo PBwiki plugin to add this widget to any of our 200k wikis in about 5 minutes. Pretty slick, and certainly a good first effort.

So… who are these guys?

]]> By: Rami http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303703 Rami Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:34:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303703 This is bad, you could copy techcrunch counter id and put it on your website, ta da, now you have 1000 users :) This is bad, you could copy techcrunch counter id and put it on your website, ta da, now you have 1000 users :)

]]> By: CCS http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303612 CCS Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:52:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303612 To the above poster, due to popularity we moved the site to a much higher capacity infrastructure and it should be good for many many more simultaneous users. To the above poster, due to popularity we moved the site to a much higher capacity infrastructure and it should be good for many many more simultaneous users.

]]> By: Joe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303577 Joe Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:36:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303577 I tried it earlier this week (I think LifeHacker had a post about it) and after running it a short time, their entire site was unavailable for almost a day. I didn't "take down" my site, just didn't work. Also, if you don't like the look of the button, one option is to set the height and width to '0' and just use the Firefox plugin to track the number instead. I tried that and it worked fine. Of course your viewers can't get the benefit of it, but I really just want if for my own curiosity, and don't think it really adds value for the visitors to my site. I tried it earlier this week (I think LifeHacker had a post about it) and after running it a short time, their entire site was unavailable for almost a day. I didn’t “take down” my site, just didn’t work. Also, if you don’t like the look of the button, one option is to set the height and width to ‘0′ and just use the Firefox plugin to track the number instead. I tried that and it worked fine. Of course your viewers can’t get the benefit of it, but I really just want if for my own curiosity, and don’t think it really adds value for the visitors to my site.

]]> By: bart http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303543 bart Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:23:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303543 it IS the number of simultaneous unique users on your site right now. it IS the number of simultaneous unique users on your site right now.

]]> By: Evan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303519 Evan Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:12:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303519 Here's a better one: http://www.hitscount.com It tracks unique AND can show various other stats too and some cool designs. Here’s a better one: http://www.hitscount.com

It tracks unique AND can show various other stats too and some cool designs.

]]> By: pligg.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303496 pligg.com Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:59:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303496 <strong>More Traffic Transparency With whos.amung.us...</strong> Whos.Amung.us is a neat widget we came across tonight that some websites will want to add. It shows the number of concurrent users on a site at any given time.... More Traffic Transparency With whos.amung.us…

Whos.Amung.us is a neat widget we came across tonight that some websites will want to add. It shows the number of concurrent users on a site at any given time….

]]> By: Chong http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303411 Chong Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:17:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303411 LOL, I must say this is a great widget. At least a tenth of the tracked pageviews I see when I click the widget are the (very) few porn posts. :) Either someone, or some people, is feeling very happy right now, or there are some extremely disturbed people reading this blog. By the way, I would just like to say that I am a consistent reader of this blog, although this is my first comment (I couldn't hold it in, I had to share it with the rest of the viewers!). I love your posts, keep up the good work! LOL, I must say this is a great widget. At least a tenth of the tracked pageviews I see when I click the widget are the (very) few porn posts. :) Either someone, or some people, is feeling very happy right now, or there are some extremely disturbed people reading this blog.

By the way, I would just like to say that I am a consistent reader of this blog, although this is my first comment (I couldn’t hold it in, I had to share it with the rest of the viewers!). I love your posts, keep up the good work!

]]> By: Andreas http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303385 Andreas Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:02:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303385 I have over 5k users online now and it's not even slow, doesn't look like it's going down :). I have over 5k users online now and it’s not even slow, doesn’t look like it’s going down :).

]]> By: Search Engine WEB http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303258 Search Engine WEB Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:05:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303258 This was like at first site - the only flaw was the lack of customization options, there are cases where one would want it to blend in with the design / color theme of ones site. Imagine how much better a white background with green fonts would have looked on TechCrunch Of course, if your site has a black 3d background with red fonts, you're in luck ;-) This was like at first site - the only flaw was the lack of customization options, there are cases where one would want it to blend in with the design / color theme of ones site.

Imagine how much better a white background with green fonts would have looked on TechCrunch

Of course, if your site has a black 3d background with red fonts, you’re in luck ;-)

]]> By: [kbox] http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303218 [kbox] Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:48:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303218 It's a nice idea, But essentially it's a hit counter with a twist. I doubt many people will assume that the meaningless number represents how many people are online at any one time. There is nothing to suggest that,.. It’s a nice idea, But essentially it’s a hit counter with a twist.
I doubt many people will assume that the meaningless number represents how many people are online at any one time. There is nothing to suggest that,..

]]> By: gmarr http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303158 gmarr Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:16:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/31/more-traffic-transparency-with-whoamungus/#comment-1303158 No doubt this will be very popular. it has a good look and bloggers love to see instant stats like that. No doubt this will be very popular. it has a good look and bloggers love to see instant stats like that.

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