Most Active Michigan Cities On Dgn

[Troy Spiral (13)]

As measured by a mystical mix of actual Unique Visitors, posts, page views, and hits.

The most active cities currently on DGN are:

1. Detroit

2. Ypsilanti

3. Southfield

4. Troy

5. Ann Arbor

6. Bloomfield Hills

7. Battle Creek

8. Allendale

9. Bay City

10. Taylor

(Westland Being A close 11th)

[Shade Everdark]

What? No Ferndale?

Ferndale needs more goths. Goths, move to Ferndale!

[BrassFusion]

bloomfield hills? allendale?

...detroit?

i thought westland would be a LOT higher on that list... like say, first for instance

[phee]

Interesting..... indeed

[Rayne]

Hey I'm in Ypsi!!!

[pharoh]

Hey I'm in Ypsi!!!

Which is why were not

*runz away*

[phee]

Hey I'm in Ypsi!!!

I wanna be in ypsi now

[Rayne]

Which is why were not

*runz away*

Very funny Al!

LOL, I spend more time in Garden City and New Hudson than I do here at home though.

Yay laptop!!!

[phee]

My wife lives in Ypsi

[FarrIL]

Bay City?? Who's in Bay City that I dont know about?

That's near me!

[Msterbeau]

What? No Ferndale?

Ferndale needs more goths. Goths, move to Ferndale!

We would be at the top if I was still living there. I'll be back. Ferndale will rise from the ashes!!!!

[phee]

We would be at the top if I was still living there. I'll be back. Ferndale will rise from the ashes!!!!

Your not that old.... *checks* oh sorry... I guess you are

[Msterbeau]

Your not that old.... *checks* oh sorry... I guess you are

If I want any lip from you I'll scratch it off my zipper...

[phee]

If I want any lip from you I'll scratch it off my zipper...

You need some help accross the street?

[Msterbeau]

You need some help accross the street?

No. And obviously you're doing a fine job hastening your demise...

Edited July 28, 2007 by Msterbeau

[freydis]

No. And obviously you're doing a fine job hastening your demise...

lol..... need some help?

[Msterbeau]

lol..... need some help?

Yes.. Here's what you do...

[Fierce Critter]

I'm thinking that if this is based on what people put in the "From" section of our profiles, this can be skewed.

I don't have Wyandotte in mine. And some people probably use the default "Detroit" rather than specify a suburb.

[BrassFusion]

i assume he's going off IP

[Crazed Vampyress]

Thats fine, Ill hold down Mt Clemens all by myself!

[SuZQZ]

Your not that old.... *checks* oh sorry... I guess you are

*sticks tongue out at Phee* Watch it... I'm only a year behind Msterbeau! LOL

As for the Most Active cities. I'm actually in Warren, but I usually put Metro Detroit. Just easier, especially for those not from Michigan that I encounter online.

[DeadBurgerKing (10)]

Detroit is number one? Why is that? Hmm...I wonder....

[Medea]

Detroit is number one? Why is that? Hmm...I wonder....

Because of ME!

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Westland was no 3-4 (always behind Detroit/Troy/Ann Arbor) for a long time, but in recent months the data has changed a lot. Mostly (i hope) due to the 1. Street Team ("real life" promotion) , 2. People promoting DGN on their personal websites and 3. My L33t Search Engine Optimizations skills.

None of this data in terms of geography is based on what you put in your DGN profile. This is based on Google analytics data which is much more reliable in terms of best-guess location of IP address.

One thing about these stats though is they strike balance between "individual visitors" (which is heavily weighted) and "page views" which is not so heavily weighted. So maybe there are 5 uber-active people in say Westland (me for instance being one) the fact that i race all over the board constantly does have some impact on the stats, but not as much impact as multiple people from the same city just showing up for a few page views.

Then, there's the magic trick of trying to discern "real" users from bots and shit. Factor in actual posts but the total # not being so important, just the fact that a given IP address actually did post, and not just lurk and it gets real confusing. There's also several other lesser factors buried in this data.

One key thing is that there ARE a TON of lurkers that dont actually post. Every so often i meet someone that seems to have a pretty good understanding of what we talk about on DGN but doesn't even have a DGN account. The "lurker factor" is what skews this data away from what is expected more than any other single thing i think.

I think this is a very good indication of current geographic activity though. Spent a lot of time (way to much) figuring out how to calculate this BS. heh. Just thought people might find it interesting.

I'll probably re-do it in a month or two. By that time hopefully our collective DGN pimping skills (read: just do it) will have improved greatly and we will have a more accurate picture of DGN Geography.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Bay City?? Who's in Bay City that I dont know about?

That's near me!

Wish i knew. I have no clue who is in Allendale either.