Perl Maven under 100,000 and above 200,000

Sounds contradicting?

I am just celebrating a bit.

A few days ago Google Analytics reported that the Perl Maven site started to go over the 200,000 visits/month limit, and two days ago Alexa stared to place the site within the 100,000 most frequently visited sites.

I know both of these number are fluctuating a lot, but they are still milestones. Two years ago I could not imagine so many vistors to my site.

A year ago, when the site passed the 200,000 mark on Alexa I was already planning to reach the 100,000 position and I actually thought it could happen much earlier, but these things take time.

As the site approached the 100,00 mark on Alexa I started to log the position daily. Just for fun. Let me share the numbers with you:

Date Position Change Country position 2014.10.31 114,854 (-11,515) (USA 42,881) 2014.11.01 113,874 (-13,046) (USA 41,710) 2014.11.02 113,819 (-12,589) (USA 41,407) 2014.11.03 114,581 (-10,637) (USA 40,234) 2014.11.04 115,694 ( -9,836) (USA 39,334) 2014.11.05 115,694 ( -9,836) (USA 39,334) 2014.11.06 115,694 ( -9,836) (USA 39,334) 2014.11.07 114,320 (-13,144) (USA 38,816) 2014.11.08 113,287 (-14,002) (USA 37,997) 2014.11.09 112,690 (-14,414) (USA 37,593) 2014.11.10 112,091 (-14,968) (USA 36,988) 2014.11.11 111,455 (-15,789) (USA 37,107) 2014.11.11 110,801 (-19,224) (USA 37,766) 2014.11.12 110,720 (-20,219) (USA 38,279) 2014.11.12 109,506 (-21,582) (USA 38,734) 2014.11.13 109,462 (-22,931) (USA 38,718) 2014.11.14 108,151 (-25,548) (USA 37,674) 2014.11.15 108,151 (-25,548) (USA 37,674) 2014.11.16 106,996 (-27,356) (USA 38,047) 2014.11.17 107,255 (-27,598) (USA 38,681) 2014.11.18 107,018 (-28,664) (USA 38,821) 2014.11.19 106,565 (-30,007) (USA 38,730) 2014.11.20 107,906 (-26,685) (USA 38,374) 2014.11.21 106,951 (-28,372) (USA 37,399) 2014.11.22 105,384 (-32,215) (USA 37,016) 2014.11.23 103,261 (-35,084) (USA 36,915) 2014.11.24 103,061 (-35,965) (USA 37,029) 2014.11.25 102,340 (-36,914) (USA 37,266) 2014.11.26 101,912 (-37,515) (USA 37,689) 2014.11.27 101,235 (-37,703) (USA 37,229) 2014.11.28 101,121 (-38,722) (USA 37,926) 2014.11.29 102,017 (-37,116) (USA 38,728) 2014.11.30 103,189 (-34,574) (USA 39,729) 2014.12.01 102,888 (-38,671) (USA 40,936) 2014.12.02 102,653 (-41,686) (USA 42,150) 2014.12.03 102,074 (-41,290) (USA 41,540) 2014.12.04 103,315 (-38,426) (USA 40,598) 2014.12.05 101,959 (-40,450) (USA 39,625) 2014.12.06 102,932 (-39,962) (USA 39,832) 2014.12.07 101,174 (-43,495) (USA 39,796) 2014.12.08 101,052 (-43,962) (USA 40,230) 2014.12.09 100,679 (-43,192) (USA 40,574) 2014.12.10 101,487 (-41,412) (USA 39,886) 2014.12.11 101,450 (–39,850) (USA 39,510) 2014.12.12 99,436 (-43,405) (USA 38,953) 2014.12.13 98,974 (-45,372) (USA 38,470) 2014.12.14 98,522 (-45,449) (USA 39,008) 2014.12.15 98,159 (-45,841) (USA 39,928) 2014.12.16 97,800 (-46,992) (USA 40,175) 2014.12.17 97,591 (-47,814) (USA 39,608) 2014.12.18 96,941 (-48,146) (USA 38,287) 2014.12.19 96,631 (-49,023) (USA 38,531) 2014.12.20 95,697 (-49,800) (USA 38,990) 2014.12.21 96,986 (-45,062) (USA 39,821) 2014.12.22 96,520 (-44,997) (USA 40,262) 2014.12.23 95,990 (-45,008) (USA 41,241) 2014.12.24 95,990 (-45,008) (USA 41,241) 2014.12.25 99,479 (-33,614) (USA 41,277) 2014.12.26 98,412 (-35,696) (USA 41,377) 2014.12.27 2014.12.28 99,618 (-35,735) (USA 41,479) 2014.12.29 2014.12.30 99,525 (-35,835) (USA 40,679) 2014.12.31 99,030 (-37,020) (USA 40,180)

2015.01.01 99,531 (-36,507) (USA 39,780) 2015.01.02 100,845 (-33,014) (USA 39,998) 2015.01.03 101,359 (-30,925) (USA 40,296) 2015.01.04 100,750 (-33,373) (USA 41,087) 2015.01.05 101,358 (-31,083) (USA 43,337) 2015.01.06 101,269 (-32,125) (USA 43,781) 2015.01.07 101,066 (-31,172) (USA 43,685) 2015.01.08 100,276 (-32,084) (USA 43,347) 2015.01.09 99,236 (-32,387) (USA 42,379) 2015.01.10 98,806 (-34,501) (USA 41,820) 2015.01.11 99,452 (-31,695) (USA 42,610) 2015.01.12 99,903 (-29,048) (USA 44,094) 2015.01.13 99,440 (-29,024) (USA 42,775) 2015.01.14 98,687 (-31,017) (USA 42,675) 2015.01.15 97,793 (-30,565) (USA 41,108) 2015.01.16 93,928 (-32,833) (USA 40,504) 2015.01.17 92,327 (-33,110) (USA 41,067) 2015.01.18 92,829 (-31,392) (USA 41,671) 2015.01.19 92,231 (-31,503) (USA 41,885) 2015.01.20 92,484 (-30,893) (USA 42,333) 2015.01.21 91,162 (-30,720) (USA 42,612) 2015.01.22 90,473 (-30,685) (USA 41,978) 2015.01.23 88,507 (-31,278) (USA 41,313) 2015.01.24 88,074 (-31,008) (USA 40,355) 2015.01.25 87,359 (-31,348) (USA 39,464) 2015.01.26 87,585 (-30,145) (USA 38,992) 2015.01.27 87,542 (-30,154) (USA 39,120) 2015.01.28 86,802 (-29,302) (USA 39,021) 2015.01.29 85,478 (-30,008) (USA 37,623) 2015.01.30 84,478 (-31,017) (USA 36,644) 2015.01.31 83,399 (-31,500) (USA 35,996)