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Last updated August 1, 2008

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Some Statistics

The statistics below were gathered on August 1, 2008:

Shira.net Domain Created July 31, 1997
Google PageRank 6
Number of Inbound Links 16,979
Top Countries Where Traffic Comes From 
United States 42%
India 8%
United Kingdom 6%
Italy 5%
South Africa 4%
Canada 

3%
July 2008 Usage Levels 

Total Sessions 160,565
Total Pageviews 500,627
Total Hits 1,994,525
Total Bytes Xferred 28.49GB

Avg Sessions Per Day 5,179
Avg Pageviews Per Day

16,149
Avg Hits Per Day  64,339
Avg Bytes Xferred Per Day  941.21MB

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Site Composition

Menus 34
Articles 294
Directory Pages 47
Coloring Book Pages 14
Poems 57
Product Reviews & Polls
Book Reviews 64
Music Reviews 14
Video Reviews 120
Video Opinion Polls 304
Opinion Polls 16
Shopping 6
Song Translations 111

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Which Pages Get The Most Activity

June 2008

There were 247 articles on The Art Of Middle Eastern Dance as of October 29, 1999. In June 2008, the top 25 articles were:

  1. Goddesses of Ancient Egypt (9,903 accesses)
  2. Teacher & Performer Directory (7,967 accesses)
  3. How Do I Get Belly Rolls to Work? (6,603 accesses)
  4. Links (4,834 accesses)
  5. Shira's Classes (3,599 accesses)
  6. Shira's Photo Gallery (3,165 accesses)
  7. How to Make a Circle Skirt (3,097 accesses)
  8. Belly Dance Costume Patterns (2,923 accesses)
  9. Translation for Inte Omri (2,694 accesses)
  10. Translation for Habibi Ya Nour el Ain (2,693 accesses)
  11. Ask the Costume Goddess: Harem Pants (2,481 accesses)
  12. Teacher & Performer Directory for Canada (2,461 accesses)
  13. Ancient Egyptian Art: An Introduction (2,346 accesses)
  14. Belly Dance and Weight Loss (2,255 accesses)
  15. Hip Bumps and Squeezing Glutes (2,108 accesses)
  16. How To Find A Local Class (2,071 accesses)
  17. Glossary Of Belly Dancing Terms (2,011 accesses)
  18. Middle Eastern Music - An Introduction (1,956 accesses)
  19. Forward and Back Shimmy (1,903 accesses)
  20. Symbols From The Middle East (1,859 accesses)
  21. Table of Contents for This Web Site (1,839 accesses)
  22. Styles Of Belly Dance In The United States (1,769 accesses)
  23. How to Do A Backbend (1,764 accesses)
  24. Dance of the Seven Veils (1,759 accesses)
  25. Student Costume (1,740 accesses)

August 1999

If you're curious how things have changed over the years, here are the top 25 articles as they existed in August 1999:

  1. Teacher & Performer Directory (5,563 accesses)
  2. Links (4,973 accesses)
  3. Shira's Classes (3,773 accesses)
  4. How To Find A Local Class (3,668 accesses)
  5. Symbols From The Middle East (2,478 accesses)
  6. Clip Art By Meira (2,261 accesses)
  7. Styles Of Belly Dance In The United States (2,151 accesses)
  8. Student Costume (2,138 accesses)
  9. Sword Tips & Tricks (1,968 accesses)
  10. Belly Dance Costume Patterns (1,891 accesses)
  11. How to Do Stomach Rolls (1,648 accesses)
  12. What to Do if You Can't Find a Local Class (1,591 accesses)
  13. Table of Contents for This Web Site (1,425 accesses)
  14. Translation To Habibi Ya Nour El Ain (1,307 accesses)
  15. Glossary Of Belly Dancing Terms (1,295 accesses)
  16. About Shira (1,279 accesses)
  17. Translation to Inte Omri (1,259 accesses)
  18. Translation to Simarik (1,227 accesses)
  19. The Goddesses Of Ancient Egypt (1,117 accesses)
  20. Translation to Aba'ad (1,030 accesses)
  21. How to Do A Backbend (1,009 accesses)
  22. Costuming Ideas for Short-Haired Dancers (1,002 accesses)
  23. How to Do a Forward-and-Back Shimmy (966 accesses)
  24. Ancient Scenes (Papyrus) (953 accesses)
  25. Arabian Faces (951 accesses)

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Awards!!!

These are arranged in chronological order of when they were received. I'd like to thank each and every award site featured below for granting me their awards. I know it takes a lot of hard work to sift through the massive number of sites on the web to find just the few that grab your attention, and I appreciate their taking the time to look at mine and offer me their award.

Why there aren't any more recent awards: the way most web site awards work is that the webmaster needs to apply for them. The webmaster completes a form on the award site, and the owners of that award visit the site to determine whether it is worthy. If they feel it does deserve their award, they will grant it. In 2000, I stopped applying for awards. I felt I had received enough to validate my vision for Shira.net!

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