Russell A. Cardwell Online

This is amazing! Looking at my site statistics on Google Analytics, I found this list of cities where my visitors have come from in the past 30 days. These are in order from most visits to least. Naturally my neighborhood, Beaumont, came in first. But the next few listings came as a complete surprise:

1. Beaumont
2. Point Reyes Station
3. Winnipeg
4. Dublin
5. Jakarta
6. London
7. Houston
8. Atlanta
9. Dallas
10. Lancaster
11. San Francisco
12. Birmingham
13. Oakland
14. Jacksonville
15. Phoenix
16. Thames Ditton
17. Honolulu
18. Newark
19. Newton
20. Albany
21. Marseille
22. Luxembourg
23. Nanjing
24. Vienna
25. Taylor
26. Lodz
27. Timisoara
28. Charlottesville
29. Augsburg
30. Albuquerque
31. Sydney
32. Cleveland
33. Kingsport
34. Bridgetown
35. Perth
36. Watford
37. Lyon
38. Williamsport
39. Shanghai
40. Belleville
41. Hinckley
42. Portland
43. Roanoke
44. Beijing
45. Brisbane
46. Chattanooga
47. Plano
48. Pensacola
49. Columbia
50. West Palm Beach
51. Anchorage
52. Omaha
53. Santa Rosa
54. Birmingham
55. Oslo
56. Madrid
57. Tijuana
58. Portland
59. Madison
60. Oxford
61. Weehawken
62. Montreal
63. Bend
64. Dayton
65. Los Angeles
66. Amsterdam
67. Denver
68. Seattle
69. Littleton
70. Baton Rouge
71. Louisville
72. Manila
73. Melbourne
74. Ft Worth
75. Tarrytown
76. Pennsauken
77. Mountain Home
78. Montgomery
79. Texarkana
80. Milton Keynes
81. Auckland
82. Maidenhead
83. Philadelphia
84. Boston
85. Greensboro
86. Chicago
87. Cork
88. Singapore
89. Makati
90. Reston
91. Columbus
92. Appleton

I’m not even sure what countries some of these cities are in.

Although I am officially banned in China, like many Christian sites, (You can confirm that at the Great Firewall of China) from the presence of such entries as Nanjing, Shanghai, and Beijing, I see that a few are able to get through and to read my site illegally.

It also told me that the most popular article by far during the past 30 days has been Six Principles for Godly Choices, followed by Do Not Let Your Fire Go Out, which is just a quotation (though apparently a very popular one), and Six Principles for Godly Choices, Slight Return. This tends to confirm my belief that people are looking for the same answers I’ve been looking for, How to Live Godly Lives in a Fallen World. And, like me, they aren’t finding those answers in the local church. When I find more answers, I’ll provide them. But I’m still looking. And the local churches don’t seem to have those answers. (Some churches don’t even seem to know the questions.)

I also learned that my average daily visits over the past year have gone from the low 30s to over 200 per day! I’ve done no advertising. What happened?

Anyway, if you have a website and don’t have Google Analytics, you seriously need to get’cha some. It’s free. And this is only a small part of the info it provides.

This is awesome! This little site I started a few years ago to announce the release of a CD, has turned into a Global Ministry! I am humbled and awed and amazed.

• The Lord is My Global Positioning System
• Cluelessness: The Key to Freedom?
• Success Covers Sin?
• The Gate Before; the Gate Behind
• Preparing His Servants