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<\/p>\nAs the 2009 year comes to a close I thought I\u2019d spend some time looking at the past before I look to the future. We\u2019ll do a quick rundown on how things are going at GeekTonic. We\u2019ll cover a few stats for the statisticians, talk about the focus of content for the blog and finally run through the most read topics of the past year.<\/p>\n
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More than 1,493,000 Pageviews<\/strong> with a steady number of over 100,000 pageviews each month from February through December. The trend has actually been positive in the past six months as well for both unique visitors and returning visitors.<\/p>\n The most popular referring sites<\/strong> included Google (of course), Stumbleupon, ZatzNotFunny<\/a>, SageTV Forums, EngadgetHD, Consumerist, MissingRemote<\/a>, Snapstream, GreenButton, avsforum, Lifehacker and delicious.<\/p>\n The most popular search engines<\/strong> used to find GeekTonic<\/a> were Google, Yahoo and Bing in that order. Google wins this battle with ease cornerning nearly 82% of all search traffic.<\/p>\n The top web browsers<\/strong> were Firefox (50%, Internet Explorer 33%, Safari 8% and Chrome 6%.<\/p>\n Countries Represented <\/strong>– GeekTonic visitors came mostly from the US 73%, Canada 7%, UK 5%, Austrailia 2% and Europe filling out most of the rest, but its always surprising to see that over 200 countries had visitors at GeekTonic.<\/p>\n I won\u2019t bore you with more details, but going through the blog stats I also learned that GeekTonic readers are a loyal bunch and visit the site multiple times \u2013 even in one month. Thanks for that loyalty \u2013 I hope to continue to make it worth your while.<\/p>\n Topic-wise the blog will continue to bring you the things I think you\u2019ve come here for in the first place:<\/p>\n 1. HTPC<\/strong> \u2013 home theater PC\u2019s are a passion of mine and I\u2019ll continue to focus on them. SageTV is still what I use day in and day out, but I\u2019m also dabbling with XBMC, Windows 7 Media Center, Boxee among others. I know HTPCs and I really enjoy covering them.<\/p>\n 2. Media<\/strong> \u2013 TV updates (U.S. and Canada only) will continue to have front-and-center coverage here. I won\u2019t review shows much, but I\u2019ll continue to offer the weekly updates on new show premieres, specials, finale\u2019s and cancellations as well as the full guides to each new TV season as those continue to be popular. I might on occasion cover other media topics such as movies, music, books etc \u2013 all digital of course.<\/p>\n 3. e-Readers <\/strong>\u2013 I\u2019m very interested in e-Readers as the devices improve. I think we are in the beginning of something important here \u2013 a shift in the way we consume books, magazines and newspapers. The Kindles in our home will continue to be covered as will new devices such as the Nook, Que and other e-Readers<\/p>\n 4. Media Gadgets <\/strong>\u2013 This is a bit of a catch-all, but GeekTonic will cover those media gadgets that interest us and therefore make for good reading. Yes, the focus continues to be on HTPCs, media players and e-Readers, but we\u2019re not excusive in that way. Watch for more on the things that interest you and me.<\/p>\n 5. Everything Else<\/strong> \u2013 It looks like we might have a regular guest blogger here at GeekTonic. You know her from her reviews of the Kindle and Nook \u2013 she goes by the name Mrs GeekTonic on Twitter<\/a>. Her focus will be on technology also with the occasional discussion of Tech in Schools & Education.<\/p>\n The main thing that keeps me from covering more is my time. Because of this, I really enjoy reader-submitted articles which also add a different perspective that is often shared by GeekTonic readers. You\u2019ll note that two of the top articles from 2009 on GeekTonic were guest posts from readers just like you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thanks again for being a part of GeekTonic. I appreciate all of the readers and contributors here and will strive to make GeekTonic even better in 2010!<\/p>\n As the 2009 year comes to a close I thought I\u2019d spend some time looking at the past before I look to the future. We\u2019ll do a quick rundown on how things are going at GeekTonic. We\u2019ll cover a few stats for the statisticians, talk about the focus of content for the blog and finally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Topics Covered<\/h4>\n
Most Read Articles on GeekTonic in 2009:<\/h4>\n
Media Center Plugin Brings Netflix Hulu and more Online Video via PlayIt<\/a> \u2013 The MediaCenter fans were pretty excited to get Netflix, Hulu and other online video support.<\/h5>\n
Transform Your AppleTV with Boxee<\/a> \u2013 Boxee made a huge splash \u2013 in large part because of Hulu support built in at the time<\/h5>\n
SageTV Ultimate Guide<\/a> \u2013 A continually updated guide on all things SageTV<\/a> (HTPC) is a very popular post here at GeekTonic<\/h5>\n
Hauppauge HD-PVR on Media Center Arrives<\/a> \u2013 Media Center fans get to use the Hauppauge HD-PVR albeit with a hack and extra paid software.<\/h5>\n
KindleTips – Ultimate Kindle 2 Shortcuts and Tricks<\/a> \u2013 Kindle tips & tricks including keyboard shortcuts<\/h5>\n
SageTV HD200 HD Theater GeekTonic Review<\/a> \u2013 The HD Theater from SageTV continues to fly under the radar of the big media. I guess they just don\u2019t understand it, but that\u2019s what keeps folks coming back for more here at GeekTonic<\/h5>\n
PopcornHour C200 Preview and First Look<\/a> \u2013 A very nice media player with all kinds of capability including optional Blu-ray optical<\/h5>\n
iPod Without iTunes<\/a> \u2013 The most popular guest post ever at GeekTonic. Reader, ZetaVu hit a home run with this article which continues to get new readers daily. Hmm, you think folks aren\u2019t happy with iTunes after all???<\/h5>\n
Ultimate Fall 2009 TV Premiere Schedule<\/a> \u2013 This is now dated, but shows the popularity of the TV Premiere schedules I prepare. Thank goodness for that because I spend days putting this thing together three times a year and then countless hours updating it with changes and corrections during the season. The latest version for Winter 2010 TV Premiere Schedule<\/a> is already a popular item for this month<\/h5>\n
HTPC Wireless Keyboard Roundup Part 2 – Vidabox Premium Wireless HTPC Keyboard<\/a> \u2013 A nice HTPC keyboard by Vidabox<\/h5>\n
SageTV Tip: TV Channel Logos in SageTV Guide<\/a> \u2013 This was an easy how-to on adding TV logos to your SageTV EPG. Also includes links to a huge number of TV logos which is part of the appeal of this post I\u2019m sure.<\/h5>\n
Linksys Discontinuing All Media Extenders DMA 2100 and DMA 2200<\/a> \u2013 This is my biggest disappointment of 2009. Not necessarily just that Linksys dropped out of the MC extender market, but the absence of extenders for Media Center in general other than the XBox360.<\/h5>\n
The Ultimate Directory of SageTV 3rd Party Applications<\/a><\/h5>\n
DIY HDMI and USB Over Ethernet \u2013 An Extender Alternative<\/a> \u2013 The second most popular guest post on GeekTonic<\/h5>\n
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