Permaculture Information Web

[Richard Morris <webmaster AT pfaf.org>]

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