Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Where in the world is...
When I first launched the Emi Ink web site three years ago, I'd check my visitor statistics every night at 10:00pm. (That's precisely what time the updates were refreshed.) Even though I knew that for the first few weeks of existence my only visitors consisted of me and a group of close friends and family members, it didn't matter...I was getting hits!
Although I don't check my stats as often as I once did, I thought it might be fun to see where all my visitors were coming from. Using Interactive Maps, I plugged in all the countries of origin, customized my size and colors, and voila - instant map! The dark pink color represents visitors to my web site throughout August, and the light pink color represents unconquered territory. (Am I starting to sound a bit like the game of Risk?)
Anyway, this might be a fun feature to add to your wedding web site. If your guest list lacks that international flair, you can also create a US-based map and highlight all the states that your guests are from. Or, maybe you could map out all the places that you've traveled to with your better half. The possibilities are endless!