In response to this post, I have compiled some charts showing the memory usage of my VPS – specifically relating to MySQL, to determine whether or not I should not use InnoDB. Note that, this site is running on an InnoDB schema and so there would be additional migration steps to reap the benefits of disabling this feature. Check out the figures Continue reading MySQL Optimization Dillema
It is always nice to see unique visitors to your site. For a blog that doesn’t get too many hits, it’s very nice.
Google Analytics is a great, robust way to analyze your visitors based on various parameters such as date visited, location, etc. It produces readable charts and graphs and datasets that can be exported via the web interface.
Anaytics is part of Google’s Webmaster Tools which in itself is very useful. You provide a site map and Googlebot will crawl your site and index it. Today, I caught Googlebot in the act. Continue reading Catching Googlebot