{"id":931,"date":"2007-12-30T06:34:12","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T22:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/?p=931"},"modified":"2019-09-19T19:52:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T11:52:44","slug":"the-most-popular-squarecirclez-math-blog-post-in-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/the-most-popular-squarecirclez-math-blog-post-in-2007-931","title":{"rendered":"The most popular squareCircleZ math blog post in 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sol Lederman over at WildAboutMath issued a challenge: <a href=\"http:\/\/wildaboutmath.com\/2007\/12\/26\/math-bloggers-what-was-your-most-popular-post-in-2007\/\">Math bloggers: What was your most popular post in 2007?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now there are several issues raised with this task. What does \"most popular post\" mean? Some of the complications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does \"popular\" mean \"most visited\"? [Just because a post is visited by a browser, it doesn't mean the reader read all of the post - or any of it, for that matter. Most Web users are 'peckers' - 10 seconds and if it doesn't grab them, they are out of there.]<\/li>\n<li>Therefore, does \"popular\" mean \"spent most time on the post\"? [If they spent a lot of time, it probably means they actually read it and possibly even read parts of it more than once.]<\/li>\n<li>Does \"popular\" include a consideration of \"loyalty\"? [If all readers are 'one time only' visitors, the post could be popular due to good search engine optimisation.]<\/li>\n<li>A lot of people use blog aggregators, blog email feeds, personal homepages (that include an aggregators), etc. Some (and possibly all) of these do not necessarily register as a 'hit' on the actual blog statistics.<\/li>\n<li>Does \"popular\" mean \"most commented\"? [A post might be liked, but most readers may have nothing more to add.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyway, I'll report on what I know. Here's what squareCircleZ looked like during 2007.<\/p>\n<h2>Most Visited<\/h2>\n<p>The posts which had the most visits during 2007 (some of these posts were written in 2006 but are still going strong):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/computers\/which-websites-are-most-popular-in-singapore-500\">Which websites are most popular in Singapore?<\/a> [Web stats are fascinating and this is a growth area for math students]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/environment\/peddlers-of-cancer-460\">Peddlers of Cancer<\/a> [where i rail against the tobacco industry]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/phase-shift-or-phase-angle-499\">Phase shift or phase angle?<\/a> [where some much needed clarification of vocabulary ensues]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/fractal-tattoos-219\">Fractal tattoos<\/a> [this continues to be popular, especially as tattoos become more mainstream]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Most Commented Posts<\/h2>\n<p>The posts which caused the most discussion were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/learn-math\/towards-more-meaningful-math-notation-661\" title=\"Towards more meaningful math notation\">Towards more meaningful math notation<\/a> (18) [I'm glad this sparked some interest - I think it is an important issue that math educationists should tackle]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/microsoft-math-30-review-713\" title=\"Microsoft Math 3.0 Review\">Microsoft Math 3.0 Review<\/a> (14) [Vlorbic claimed that the software looked like 'the opposite of helpful'. Is it? Surely it depends a lot on how it is used.]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/learning\/boxing-equals-brain-damage-584\" title=\"Boxing equals brain damage\">Boxing equals brain damage<\/a> (10) [Where some enthusiasts did not take kindly to my criticism of the 'sport'.]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/the-carnival-of-mathematics-20-851\" title=\"The Carnival of Mathematics \u00e4\u00ba\u0152\u00e5\u008d\u0081 (#20)\">The Carnival of Mathematics \u00e4\u00ba\u0152\u00e5\u008d\u0081 (#20)<\/a> (10) [It was fun to put this together]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/algebrator-review-893\" title=\"Algebrator review\">Algebrator review<\/a> (9) [Where the vendor obtained some feedback. Vlorbic was still not impressed: \"looks worse than useless to me\"]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Longest Time<\/h2>\n<p>The dates where visitors stayed the longest on the site on average were (according to Google Analytics):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sat 17 Nov 2007 (the post on that day was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/interactive-3d-math-simulations-899\">Interactive 3D math simulations<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Sat 3 Nov 2007 (that day's post was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/the-carnival-of-mathematics-20-851\">The Carnival of Mathematics \u00e4\u00ba\u0152\u00e5\u008d\u0081 (#20)<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Sat 20 Oct 2007 (the previous day's post was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/videos\/friday-math-movie-the-rain-man-in-each-of-us-830\">Friday math movie - the Rain Man in each of us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, visitors could have been staying long on those days for some other post(s). It's interesting that each one is a Saturday.<\/p>\n<h2>Country of Visitor Origin<\/h2>\n<p>In order, the most visitors came from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>United States<\/li>\n<li>Singapore<\/li>\n<li>Hong Kong<\/li>\n<li>Australia<\/li>\n<li>Canada<\/li>\n<li>China<\/li>\n<li>Great Britain<\/li>\n<li>Belgium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>My Favourite Post for 2007<\/h2>\n<p>There's a recency effect here I guess, but this week's Friday Math Movie is by yours truly. <\/p>\n<p>Check it out: It's an introduction to the concepts behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/videos\/friday-math-movie-trigonometric-graphs-925\">Trigonometric Graphs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year, everyone!<\/p>\n<p class=\"alt\">See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/the-most-popular-squarecirclez-math-blog-post-in-2007-931#comments\" id=\"comms\">1 Comment<\/a> below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nostalgic look over 2007 at squareCircleZ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[127],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12120,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions\/12120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}