I recently mentioned that there didn't seem to be much let up in the number of hits my blog was receiving ... so I did an investigation.
Over the past three months, my blog appears to have been 'visited' by people from the following countries:
This makes for interesting reading. For example, I don't believe that 183,000 Vietnamese, 164,000 Brazilians, and 138,000 Singaporeans have – over the past three months – been motivated by my random thoughts and deathless prose to be bothered to read my blog. So, I must assume that most of the hits from these countries – along with those from India, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, and Iraq – are the result of AI bot activity.
Is this what one of my regular blog post readers looks like? Judging by the above data, the answer is 'Yes'!
I suppose that the above isn't much of a surprise ... but it did set me wondering how much money I might have earned if I had chosen to monetise this blog, something that I have always resisted doing ... and will continue to resist.
At least now you know the nationality of the bots.....😁
ReplyDeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteYou might well think that ... but it might just be the location of the server rather than the place from which the bots originated.
All the best,
Bob
Unfortunately, the days seem to be gone when the blog stats provide some sort of meaningful indicator of actual human interest.
ReplyDeleteEd M,
DeleteVery true. It's a bit demoralising when you think about it.
All the best,
Bob
I have an increased number of hits from those same countries as well. I don't belive there are that many wargamers or garden railway modellers in Brazil or Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteI wonder in what context the 'bots' use information from my blog?
Roger,
DeleteIt is sort of reassuring to know that it isn't just me that these bots are taking an interest in.
I suspect that the bots are following hotlinks from one web or blog page to another in order to create some sort of quasi-neural computer network.
All the best,
Bob
I wouldn't even believe the countries of origin for these hits, it is very easy to spoof using VPN etc.
ReplyDeleteMartin Rapier,
DeleteI suspect that you are right. My VPN shifts my apparent location all over the UK.
All the best,
Bob
For me, Brazil and Singapore are both in the top 3. Meanwhile, having taken until a couple of months ago to get my first million (14 years?), I'm currently running at about 80,000 a month...
ReplyDeleteRob Young,
DeleteInteresting. I wonder why the bots are apparently coming from there, although I suspect that’s where their severs are based rather than it being their country of origin.
Good luck with getting to your next million!
All the best,
Bob