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Saturday, January 01, 2011

2010 Fuglies

Here they are – the first annual Fuglies: a recap of the last year of who gained the most traffic on my blog. “Congratulations” to the losers winners.

Gold Nissan Juke

The gold winner this year is the Nissan Juke, which blew away all other contenders. Nissan Juke pageviews accounted for a whopping 7.2% of the total pageviews for the site, and it also garnered the most traffic via internet searchs, with related keywords accounting for 18.7% of incoming traffic. Easily one of the most controversial new car releases of the year, apparently the little “SUV” actually drives quite nice. A shame that it’s wrapped in metal not everyone can enjoy.

Silver Mohs Ostentatienne Opera Sedan

The Mohs Opera Sedan (I give up trying to type Ostentatienne any more) deservedly gains the second place spot, with 3.2% of all pageviews for the year. I was a bit surprised by this as it’s a relatively obscure car, but it’s been made more well known recently when some high school students restored one in an auto body class in 2009.

Bronze Mitsuoka Galue

Trailing the Opera Sedan slightly with 3.1% of total pageviews, the Mitsuoka Galue takes bronze. Mitsuoka is gaining popularity on the internet due to it’s bizarre creations, so this one was no surprise. Also worth noting is that it received the second most hits via the internet search, with related keywords accounting for 10.6% of traffic.

Other worthy contenders worthy mentioning are listed below

Here’s the top 10 for pageviews:

  1. Nissan Juke – 7.2%
  2. Mohs Ostentatienne Opera Sedan – 3.2%
  3. Mitsuoka Galue – 3.1%
  4. Ferrari 456 Venice Convertible – 1.9%
  5. Donfeng h30 – 1.6% (*this is most likely a statistical abnormality – most of the pageviews were from people looking for rear-view pictures of the Hyundai Elantra Touring, which must be rear on the internet).
  6. Easy Rods Thunderbird – 0.8%
  7. Lamborghini Coatl – 0.75%
  8. Sbarro Windhawk - 0.7%
  9. Mohs SafariKar – 0.5%
  10. Fenice Milano Rolls Royce – 0.4%

Here’s the top 5 for keyword search results:

  1. Nissan Juke – 18.7%
  2. Mitsuoka Galue – 10.6%
  3. Sbarro Windhawk – 2.6%
  4. Mohs Ostentatienne Opera Sedan – 2.1%
  5. Lamborghini Coatl – 1.1%