My Statistics from Alexa

I registered as the owner of this blog with Alexa “The Web Information Company”. Alexa provides a lot of useful data and, for one, it is not Google. (I feel I am becoming too dependent on Google as I used to be on Microsoft. I want more diverse sources of information and tools.

The registration process is a pain as WordPress does not allow me to add the meta tags Alexa look for to validate that I control the blog. I had to ask for a manual verification. That was granted yesterday.

So now I know that this blog is has a “traffic rank” of 1,775,001 but it is the 45,265th most popular web site based in Thailand.

See here for more statistics.

Thai University Students Collecting for Charity

It’s a common sight in Bangkok to see groups of university students collecting money for charity. They stand for hours in the hot sun beseeching passers-by for money. Some play musical instruments or perfect a chant to get attention. Like any city Bangkokians are always in a hurry so it’s hard to be noticed.

Today I met a small group collecting money outside Siam Skytrain Station. I asked them if they could tell me about the charity they were collecting for. Usually when I do this the students are embarrassed as they think their English isn’t good enough. Thai universities concentrate on reading and writing but often fall behind on teaching spoken English – much to the frustration of employers.

But in this case the young man in the middle spoke excellent English. He gave me a great summary of the charity they were collecting for. It is for children born to mothers with HIV. The charity is run in a temple in, I think, Pathum Thani.

I was impressed. That young man should go far!

His friends were highly relieved he spoke for them. They were happy to pose for a picture. I love this sort of shot. With so much sadness in the world this shows Thai people at their best.

2009 Statistics for Bkkphotographer’s Blog

Here’s a summary from my WordPress statistics.

Thank you all my readers and commenters!

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• Blog started: Friday, June 5, 2009. 210 days ago
• Total views: 21,150 (101 / day)
• Busiest day: 317 — Friday, November 13, 2009
• Posts: 646 (3 / day)
• Comments: 844 (4 / day), excluding
  • Spam Comments: 759
• Categories: 46
• Tags: 732
• Most popular post: Nikon P7000 Rumours – 1,848 views.

Views 2009

Happy New Year 2010

Where did the last decade go? It has flashed by for me. I remember standing in my garden in Northern California on New Years Day 2000 wondering if all the lights were going to go out or the house collapse because of the Y2K bug.

People scoff that the Y2K problem was over-dramatised. I think it was the opposite. Everybody took it seriously and all the testing and re-programming worked very well.

That’s all in the past. I am not worrying about Y10K. Here’s some PicApp HNY pictures to celebrate the start of the second decade of the 21st Century.