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  • From: Richard Morris <webmaster AT pfaf.org>
  • To: Permaculture Information Web <piw AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: "pfaf AT yahoogroups.com" <pfaf AT yahoogroups.com>
  • Subject: PIW Stats from pfaf database
  • Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 20:42:28 +0100

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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