As we’re in the middle of the “Dog Days of Summer” there’s not a whole lot going on in the Steel City sports scene. How much Pirates news can one take? The Steelers are starting training camp in about a week, and the Penguins are about six weeks away from beginning their training. So why not dedicate a story to the fans of this website.
So whether you’re reading Harvey’s Cover Story, Ramona’s Black and Goldette, Jim’s Steeler’s Parody, and my Steel City Edge/Edge Daily News, everyone appreciates the support and feedback which is what keeps our “juices” flowing to write more. So with all this said, here are some interesting stats from the last 30 days which comes from our friends at Google Analytics.
1,078 people have been on steelershotline.com a total of 3,439 times. 31.4% are new visitors.
Out of those 3,439 visits, the total page views for all the stories and links equals 13,348, (average 3.88 page views).
The site has been hit in 16 countries and 11 languages, led by the United States (3,275 hits). Canada, United Kingdom, Norway, Ireland, Germany, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Bahamas, Australia, Japan, Greece, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Peru, and Iraq have fans too.
Even during the war, fans check out steelershotline.com
76.30% use the Internet Explorer.
Other browsers used, Firefox 18%, Safari 3%, Opera, Mozilla, Blazer, and Konqueror are all less then 1%.
36% use a Cable Modem. 20% DSL, 12% T1, and almost 5% use dialup.
These are great numbers considering football season is still a few weeks away.
The 2008-2009 Penguins Schedule
Sidney Crosby and the Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin will battle four times next season
The Pens schedule was released last Thursday. The major change is that they will face each team from the Western Conference at least once. They will face the Wings, Blue Jackets, and Sharks twice. Also, they will face the Rangers, Islanders, Devils, and Flyers six times each instead of eight. I think the changes made will benefit the league, especially since the past few seasons they only faced 10 of the 15 West teams. The Pens will open up on October 4th; the same afternoon as the Chicago Pizza Steelers Rally at 2:30 pm (ET) against the Ottawa Senators in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Sad Pirates
The only good news to report from the Pirates is that their season will be ending in about two months. Nate McLouth got a single in the All Star Game and threw a runner out at the plate. I will be at PNC this Saturday for the Padres game. I hope it’s a hot promotion night. Here We Go!
It may be tough rooting for the Pirates these days, but at least we got the Parrot and his friends
I can be reached at icbrew79@aim.com
