Continuing the long-standing tradition, let's take a look back on all of the posts for 2017. Using Bloggers stats as well as Stat Counter, we look to see what are the most popular posts of the year, favorite search terms, and so forth.
Top Searched Terms: violent video games, apb, anime classroom, anime, droopy dog
You people search for some strange things. However, porn is noticeably absent. Are we maturing as an audience to not search for such a thing? Probably not.
I'm still constantly confused on how All Points Bulletin keeps showing up as one of the most searched terms. It's an anomaly that I have yet to comprehend. The 'Reloaded' version is available to play, but none of my articles cover this version. Instead it's the beta and downfall of the original game (so much wasted potential). Something about it still must interest you all to keep searching for it.
As for Droopy Dog, I made a comment one time about how it appeared in a search term and it always manages to find a way to weasel back into the top 5.
Browser: Chrome is steadily taking over as the browser of choice with now 43% of the views for the year. Which is not surprising. More people are converting to Chrome and Blogger is under the Google umbrella. But Firefox is still holding on strong at 35%. Even better IE is at 11%. 11! How? It makes me feel slightly bad for Safari and mobile browsers since those are coming up dead last on the list.
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Country: Given that I live in the US and mostly report on gaming content that happens here, of course views from the USA are going to be at the top. What interests me are the 4 that follow. For 2017 it's Russia, France, Germany, and the UK. That seems to be the trend for the past few years. Those 4 countries are constantly swapping positions with each other. Though Russia holds the #2 position with an extra 40k hits this year, versus 10k last year.
Most Viewed Posts: Here are the numbers for 2017, and if you are a long-time reader of the blog, some of these should look very familiar.
The Feminist Stands on Bayonetta -15,450. Yep. This one again. And the trolls were viscous. I have blocked and reported spam comments on this post more then any others. My crowning achievement on the internet!
Academic Anime - Anime in the Classroom - 11,232. Again another one of those posts that will continue to be on the top. There are some things that will never change on The Geek Spot.
Kickstarter Video Games on Decline - 8,535. This is a story that I didn't expect to see make the Top 10, let alone the Top 5. After so many video games have been funded on Kickstarter, and the low return rate, 2017 was not a good year to start a Kickstarter for your game. Funding and pledges were much lower then in years prior. We're hit the cap! But table top games are still going strong.
EA and SquareEnix's Business Decisions are Freaking Gamers Out - 8,153. This was also a year where gaming companies were making some strange choices that concerned us. A lot. And this was before EA announced it's bombshell microtransactions for Batltefront II. Nope. This is when SE decided to sell off the developer behind the Hitman series. While some stuff has worked out for the best, a few months ago this was a head scratch.
Review Time: Horizon Zero Dawn - 7,864. I'm kind of surprised that of all the reviews I posted this year, and there were a lot more then usual, that this was the most read. I didn't get much of a chance to fully play through Horizon. With only a week and a half to get through the game before NiER: Automata was released, I did my best. But I think my perspective translated well in the review.
Have a Happy New Year everyone! Get out there. Make a difference in your community. And be excellent to each other.
Most Viewed Posts: Here are the numbers for 2017, and if you are a long-time reader of the blog, some of these should look very familiar.
The Feminist Stands on Bayonetta -15,450. Yep. This one again. And the trolls were viscous. I have blocked and reported spam comments on this post more then any others. My crowning achievement on the internet!
Academic Anime - Anime in the Classroom - 11,232. Again another one of those posts that will continue to be on the top. There are some things that will never change on The Geek Spot.
Kickstarter Video Games on Decline - 8,535. This is a story that I didn't expect to see make the Top 10, let alone the Top 5. After so many video games have been funded on Kickstarter, and the low return rate, 2017 was not a good year to start a Kickstarter for your game. Funding and pledges were much lower then in years prior. We're hit the cap! But table top games are still going strong.
EA and SquareEnix's Business Decisions are Freaking Gamers Out - 8,153. This was also a year where gaming companies were making some strange choices that concerned us. A lot. And this was before EA announced it's bombshell microtransactions for Batltefront II. Nope. This is when SE decided to sell off the developer behind the Hitman series. While some stuff has worked out for the best, a few months ago this was a head scratch.
Review Time: Horizon Zero Dawn - 7,864. I'm kind of surprised that of all the reviews I posted this year, and there were a lot more then usual, that this was the most read. I didn't get much of a chance to fully play through Horizon. With only a week and a half to get through the game before NiER: Automata was released, I did my best. But I think my perspective translated well in the review.
Have a Happy New Year everyone! Get out there. Make a difference in your community. And be excellent to each other.
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