Tracker has been running since August 6th (almost 3 months) so it’s time that I look at what it’s reporting to see how useful it can be. If you’re not familiar with the methodology that’s employed by Tracker, read the description before reading the analysis. Here are some stats related to traffic and tweet analyzing:
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Apple’s new App Store has proved to be a great opportunity for developers to make money for their applications. Although a large number of applications are listed under free, I propose someone make an application that’s not free. Something that carries a marginal price tag (say $4.99) and brings some kind of joy to the [...]

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Everyone who runs a website should be keeping track of the number of visitors they have. There are many tools that allows people to do this. WordPress, for example, has a built-in tool that gives you information such as page views, referrers, top posts, clicks (links clicked on your blog), and incoming links. [...]

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Over the weekend, the world’s largest brewery was bought by a Belgian/Brazilian brewery named InBev. Anheuser-Busch has been brewing American beer for over 150 years, starting in St. Louis, Missouri. Anheuser-Busch has its name on many things and places, ranging from Busch Gardens to the NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series to Busch Stadium.
The [...]

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I’ve been waiting for this day ever since I was eligible to go to bars. We’re t-1 week from the end of smoking in public places. This is a real victory for the non-smokers whose rights are infringed upon everytime a cigarette is lit up. Smoking is a filthy, disgusting habit that’s [...]

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My favorite comedian, hands down, is George Carlin. He’s one of those comedians that has such a broad range of jokes that it’s hard to get burned out on them. The jokes of Carlos Mencia, Chris Rock, and countless others are generally one-dimensional and focus on race. Carlin’s jokes, however, are jokes [...]

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Disclaimer: Economics and Politics are not my forte. The following is strictly an opinion and should be taken as such.
There’s some speculation traveling around the tubes that the Iowa Legislature will be having a special session due to the impact of the recent flooding. I’m not sure what they would discuss other than [...]

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I came across a story this morning about a 12 year old boy who was playing near the Platte River in North Bend, Nebraska. The Platte River is swollen due to recent rains, but the boy went in anyway. Soon after he stepped in, the bottom of the river dropped and the boy [...]

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What’s up with the weather around here? Nice one day, crap the next. If you don’t like the weather in Iowa, wait five minutes and it’ll change.
And what’s with all the thunderstorms? I’d like to go one week without any severe weather rolling through. At the moment, we’re currently under a [...]

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There aren’t many feelings better than leaving work on Friday. There’s just something about temporary liberation that makes a person’s outlook so much better. Unless, of course, your boss says things like “Monday will be here before you know it”. What a buzzkill.

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