Stephan, I totally agree, I've had to bump up my bandwidth (I'm the server manager, I can do that :) ) quit a few times to handle the bandwidth and was my main reason for building the <shameless plug> http://benjaminsterling.com/2007/09/13/jquery-jqalbumparser-plugin-parses-out-flickr-picasa-clientside/</shameless plug> plugin so I can convert my gallery plugins to being fed by my picasa account and not have to do it via php (which will add load to my server).
Glad to see that I am not the only one with this "problem." :) On 9/18/07, Stephan Beal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, all! > > The past couple of days i've been looking through some web logs and > found some really unexpected things... > > a) Though jQuery-related stuff is only a small part of my website, the > vast majority of the recent traffic targets my jQuery plugins pages. > (This is not to imply that my plugins are particularly popular > (they're not - they're all small/niche stuff).) > > b) The jQuery.com plugins repo is the most prolific referrer to my > site. > > c) 3 of the top 5 search terms which bring people to the site (via > google) are people searching for a jQuery color picker. Another one of > those top 5 is someone looking for a color picker in javascript (not > explicitly jQuery). > > > My point is: If you write plugins, add them to the jQuery plugins > repository. There are lots of good reasons to do so, but one reason > which is probably under-considered is that doing so will drive traffic > more traffic to your site. Case in point: > http://wanderinghorse.net/computing/javascript/jquery/ > > :) > > -- Benjamin Sterling http://www.KenzoMedia.com http://www.KenzoHosting.com
