PIW Stats from pfaf database

Richard Morris webmaster at pfaf.org
Sat Jul 16 15:42:28 EDT 2005


Hi All,

People might be interested latest stats from the PFAF website.
These are from the ibiblio US mirror over the last two years.

Hits shot up from about 100,000/month to about 400,000/month
around the time the old Leeds website went off line.


Top 100 Plants looked up:
Rank	Count	Latin
1	9314	Zea mays
2	7799	Avena sativa
3	4946	Triticum aestivum
4	4748	Aloe vera
5	4176	Withania somnifera
6	3986	Hordeum vulgare
7	3616	Brassica rapa
8	3383	Bambusa multiplex
9	3282	Lolium perenne
10	3206	Arundo donax
11	3189	Festuca ovina
12	3188	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
13	3138	Papaver somniferum
14	3108	Rosmarinus officinalis
15	3085	Achillea millefolium
16	3079	Laurus nobilis
17	3063	Allium sativum
18	3017	Crocus sativus
19	2988	Lolium multiflorum
20	2954	Phyllostachys aurea
21	2933	Nerium oleander
22	2894	Cucurbita pepo
23	2889	Catalpa bignonioides
24	2873	Taraxacum officinale
25	2857	Capsicum annuum
26	2816	Artemisia annua
27	2815	Urtica dioica
28	2807	Bambusa oldhamii
29	2776	Lycopersicon esculentum
30	2771	Prunus laurocerasus
31	2740	Passiflora incarnata
32	2713	Vitex agnus-castus
33	2712	Maclura pomifera
34	2707	Ocimum basilicum
35	2650	Melaleuca alternifolia
36	2642	Mahonia aquifolium
37	2592	Lactuca virosa
38	2571	Phyllostachys bambusoides
39	2525	Abelmoschus esculentus
40	2499	Allium cepa
41	2471	Asimina triloba
42	2447	Helianthus tuberosus
43	2415	Cichorium intybus
44	2409	Raphanus sativus
45	2402	Capsicum frutescens
46	2393	Salvia officinalis
47	2374	Cynara scolymus
48	2368	Poncirus trifoliata
49	2367	Taxus baccata
50	2364	Cannabis sativa
51	2348	Asparagus officinalis
52	2341	Solanum tuberosum
53	2333	Anethum graveolens
54	2321	Amelanchier alnifolia
55	2297	Acorus calamus
56	2288	Caragana arborescens
57	2281	Hippophae rhamnoides
58	2272	Pieris japonica
59	2254	Solanum melongena
60	2222	Gynostemma pentaphyllum
61	2196	Allium cepa ascalonicum
62	2183	Citrullus lanatus
63	2182	Cynara cardunculus
64	2166	Plantago major
65	2151	Cucumis sativus
66	2143	Triticum monococcum
67	2121	Camellia sinensis
68	2101	Cornus kousa chinensis
69	2099	Alcea rosea
70	2099	Artemisia dracunculus
71	2098	Ceratonia siliqua
72	2098	Thymus vulgaris
73	2096	Sesamum indicum
74	2088	Arbutus unedo
75	2078	Pinus pinea
76	2075	Petroselinum crispum
77	2055	Origanum vulgare hirtum
78	2034	Lavandula angustifolia
79	2034	Avena orientalis
80	2028	Allium tuberosum
81	2023	Malva verticillata
82	2021	Lactuca sativa
83	2020	Brassica rapa campestris
84	1998	Lycium barbarum
85	1985	Chenopodium ambrosioides
86	1979	Tagetes lucida
87	1977	Cyperus esculentus
88	1969	Daucus carota sativus
89	1957	Ficus carica
90	1956	Ziziphus jujuba
91	1947	Nandina domestica
92	1947	Panicum milliaceum
93	1946	Althaea officinalis
94	1940	Spinacia oleracea
95	1936	Acer palmatum
96	1933	Coriandrum sativum
97	1927	Glycyrrhiza glabra
98	1922	Cucumis melo
99	1894	Opuntia ficus-indica
100	1868	Prunella vulgaris

Top 25 Edible Uses
2349    Fruit
1361    Root
1165    Flowers
992     Seed
894     Tea
775     Leaves
740     Condiment
715     Coffee
662     Chocolate
338     Oil
336     Egg
307     Drink
305     Sweetener
255     Stem
221     Gum
220     Milk
220     Manna
193     Salt
189     Seedpod
168     Colouring
164     Inner bark
148     SHOW
141     Gelatine
140     Curdling agent
133     Nectar

Top 25 Medicinal uses
1221    Expectorant
1053    Cancer
985     Chest and Lungs (Expectorant Pectoral Antiasthmatic Antitussive 
Decongestant Demulcent)
981     Astringent
919     Bowles and Bladder (Aperient Cathartic Laxative Purgative 
Astringent Carminative Antihaemorrhoidal Oxytoxic Diuretic Uterine tonic 
Hydrogogue)
908     Antibacterial
864     Febrifuge
852     Ear, Nose and Throat and Eyes (Antiaphonic Antihalitosis Errhine 
Mouthwash Odontalgic Sternutatory Mydriatic Ophthalmic Sialagogue)
844     Stimulant
836     Sedative
807     Aphrodisiac
803     Antipyretic Febrifuge
797     Laxative
787     Ophthalmic
783     Analgesic
780     Skin
779     Pain Relief (Anaesthetic Analgesic Anodyne Narcotic Lenitive)
727     Antispasmodic
699     Antiinflammatory
684     Liver, Kidneys, and other internal bits (Antibilious Cholagogue 
Diuretic Kidney Lithontripic Hepatic Haemostatic)
681     Poultice
645     Demulcent
636     Tonic
634     Antiaphonic
597     Stomachic


Top 25 search for other uses
925     Dye
484     Fibre
431     Basketry
406     Insecticide
399     Adhesive
389     Oil
356     Hair
355     Soap
299     Hedge
296     Alcohol
278     Cosmetic
255     Repellent
243     Ground cover
230     Baby care
229     Fuel
226     Ink
216     Deodorant
211     Paint
191     Wood
179     Essential
174     Beads
170     Fungicide
165     Broom
158     Teeth
157     Biomass

Top 25 Searches for countries/regions

4870    N. America(SW)
1111    N. America(NE)
1079    N. America
993     N. America(E)
978     N. America(C)
855     N. America(W)
717     N. America(S)
700     Europe
690     Britain
682     N. America(NW)
630     N. America(N)
598     Asia(Japan)
573     N. America(Canada)
566     Middle East
562     Asia(China)
524     Europe(SW)
487     Asia(W)
473     C. America(Mexico)
464     Africa
460     N. America(SE)
456     Europe(C)
447     S. America
445     Mediterranean
436     C. America
425     Europe(S)

Habitats
263     WOOD
147     HEDGE
94      BOG
81      POND
81      LAWN
68      Cultivated Beds
61      Ground Cover
42      MEADOW
40      Seconday
37      Deep Shade
36      Hedgerows

Nearly half (41%) of all hits came from Crawlers/Bots
including
338613  Googlebot/2.1
299560  Slurp (Yahoo)
286260  Ask Jeeves/Teoma
174788  HTTrack 3.0x
118468  Wget/1.8.2
84484   unknown
77482   WebStripper/2.10
61467   Teleport
60247   WebCopier
53794   ia_archiver
31408   Wget/1.9.1
27242   WebStripper/2.58
25703   PHP/4.2.2

A good proportion of searches came from the various
index pages and canned queries.

Browser	Bots
47%	26%
27%	44%	Latin Name Index
22%	28%	Common Name Index
  5%      2%	Other search pages

Only 0.3% came from the advanced search page where its posible to query 
soil types etc.

Browsers
--------
1508092 MSIE 6 (Internet explorer)
  849654 MSIE 5
  102589 Firefox
   67733 AOL
   59764 MSIE 4
   33545 Safari (Mac browser)
   41004 Netscape (gecko bassed)
   16710 Opera
    8855 Mozilla 4.7
    1605 Other gecko bassed browsers
    1773 Mozilla 5.0
    1356 Mozilla 4.0

OS
--
1755548 WinNT
  569320 Win98
  104680 Mac
   22408 Win95
   14702 Linux
Smattering of other OS's Sun, WebTV, Irix, FreeBDS.


So that was all very pointless!

A few points to note:

Index pages listing plants alphabetically and
listing medicinal uses etc. seem to appeal to both
real people and bots.

Only a few people do more complex queries.

Rich




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