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# Link traffic - the top 1000
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/link-traffic-the-top-1000/
- Published: 2006-04-05T08:42:20.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T20:56:43.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Books, Systems

![top1000.png](https://www.lorcandempsey.net/content/images/wordpress/lorcan/top1000.png)  
I spoke \[[ppt](https://www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/shorterreading2.ppt?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\] about our [Top 1000 list](https://www.oclc.org/research/top1000/complete.htm?ref=lorcandempsey.net) at the [Reading 2.0](https://ono.cdlib.org/archives/shimenawa/000221.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) meeting where it was picked up and [blogged ](https://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/03/top%5F1000%5Fbooks%5Fin%5Flibary%5Fcolle.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)by Tim O’Reilly. This gave it considerable exposure. See the spike in traffic centred on 3/17\. It was picked up in several places, including in a [short post](https://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/20/libraries%5F1000%5Fmost%5F.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) on Boing Boing. See the major spike centred on 3/22.  
I am doing a note on this as I think it is interesting to see the impact of a link from a heavily trafficked site.  
This is showing ‘page visits’ – a WebTrends expression for the number of visits during which a page was viewed (it might be viewed more than once in a visit).