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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Year In Review: 2011 Google Analytics Report For Feral Jundi

Filed under: Year In Review — Tags: , , — Matt @ 11:00 PM

Boy, 2011 was quite the year. This was the year that Bin Laden was killed and we pulled all troops out of Iraq. So from a war time perspective, there was a lot of movement.

But from a contractor point of view, we had some very interesting developments. The things that stood out for me this year were the formation of Reflex Responses, the outstanding success and massive surge of maritime security contractors to combat piracy, and of course this whole deal with an entire country (Australia) recruiting and going after US and other veterans.

The other big story for security contractors is Iraq. The mission in Iraq for the State Department is highly dependent now on a large armed security contractor force. This is new ground and certainly historical. For 2012, all eyes will be on this mission and we wish everyone involved with that the very best.

Contractors will also play a big part in securing energy. Libya’s Qaddafi fell to this Arab Spring revolt, and security contractors will be a major part of that effort to help secure their oil. The South Sudan is a new country and they will be requiring all sorts of services to help stand up their military and secure energy. Iraq will also be a focus for energy security, and security companies will play a vital role there in protecting those projects.

For Building Snowmobiles, my favorite was the Offense Industry one. I also did a post on the Cyber Lance, and both of those concepts are areas that I will continue to research and draw upon for future posts. Especially Offense Industry, just because there is no one out there delving into this stuff and it is purely a Feral Jundi concept.

The other thing I wanted to comment on was the lack of embarrassing stuff for the industry this year. We did very good and I think the companies are starting to figure out how to play this game. Either that, or it is pure luck. lol But hey, I like to think that everyone is learning from past mistakes and applying Kaizen to their operations.

Even the government is starting to learn how to do this better. I was very enthused to see them switch things up for this Camp Leatherneck contract, and hopefully Best Value continues to be used in future contracts. God knows we have plenty of reports and data on how to do this stuff right, and after ten years of war. lol

For history, my posts on civilian Scouts and their importance during the Civil War and Indian wars were really fun. Of course I was able to dig up more stuff on privateers and I really like the stuff I found on the Flying Tigers. The Pinkertons made a good showing this year as well.

The blog had some technological stumbles this year. I had a major issue with the original blog theme and had to switch to something new with a better platform. As a result, Feral Jundi got a new theme and guts and I like it a lot. I have also received a ton of emails from folks who like the theme, and thanks to everyone for their help in making a better product.

I also set up advertising this year, and that has been a fun. It gives those businesses out there a chance to get some exposure on a site that is very much read by this industry. I also set up my mobile platform for the blog, and I am very happy with that. Since setting that up, I have had 24,792 visits from mobile devices this year. The top devices used were Apple products like iPhone, iPad, and iPod. Android was used as well.

As for 2012, it will be steady as she goes. I think things will remain busy for the industry and we will continue to be called upon to secure many important things to the world markets. Especially the energy markets. From guarding oil tankers from pirates, to guarding oil facilities and those personnel involved, energy will be key. Especially as the world continues to get more chaotic due to revolutions and economic woes.

I will really keep an eye on Iraq, as will everyone else. Afghanistan will be more of the same this year, but I also expect to see more use of contractors as that war winds down. Especially for training or taking over basic base security contracts.

Then there are the casualties in this industry. This last year I have been trying to track deaths, injuries, and POW/MIA contractors. I will ask the readership to continue to help me keep this stuff current. I have dedicated pages up top for this stuff, and I will continue to keep that updated as best as I can. They will not be forgotten and my heart goes out to the friends and families of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Finally, I wanted to mention the cartels in Mexico as an area that I will look at and follow closely. That war is pretty intense and right on the US border. So it certainly matters to me, and I will keep my eye out for this industry’s further involvement down there. Good luck to everyone out there and thanks for making Feral Jundi what it is today! –Matt

 

January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011–
337,320 people visited this site, with 528,224 page views.

January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010–
307,256 people visited this site, with 436,213 page views.

January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009–
129,409 people visited this site, with 187,698 page views.

January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008-
21,427 people visited this site, with 37,841 page views.

Top Ten Most Popular Titles
1. Feral Jundi
2. About Me
3. Company Salaries and Benefits
4. Afghanistan
5. Gear Review: Electronic Hearing Protection-MSA Versus Peltor
6. Jobs: Embassy Security Force, Afghanistan
7. Contractor Casualty Statistics
8. Reflex Responses Management Consultancy LLC
9. History: Ross Perot’s Private Rescue Of EDS Employees In Iran, 1978
10. Contact Me

Top Ten Keywords
1. Feral Jundi
2. Lara Logan
3. USTC Holdings
4. Bancroft Global Development
5. Weapons Some Thoughts On Battlefield Lasers
6. Range Wars
7. Jax Desmond
8. Funny Stuff
9. Anzio 20mm
10. Electronic Hearing Protection Reviews

Top Ten Visitors By Country
1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Canada
4. Australia
5. Germany
6. South Africa
7. India
8. Pakistan
9. France
10. United Arab Emirates

Top Ten Visitors By State In The US
1. California
2. Texas
3. Virginia
4. Florida
5. New York
6. North Carolina
7. Georgia
8. District of Columbia
9. Washington
10. Illinois

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Year In Review: 2010 Google Analytics Report For Feral Jundi

Filed under: Year In Review — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , — Matt @ 10:27 AM

     “Nation states no longer have a monopoly on military force, intelligence, diplomacy or anything else,” Mr. Clarridge said. “What’s going on in Somalia, where you have skilled contractors training a counter-piracy force, is an example of where the future of the military is going. No government or group of governments can get their act together to do it, but someone has to do it, and they are doing it.”- Duane Clarridge, From The Article “Private Firm Trains Somalis To Scuttle Pirates“, December 28, 2010

     Interesting year and it is nice to see all the little changes have made a huge difference.  Namely using Facebook as a means to promote the blog and using Google Reader for filtering stories. I also really liked using Google Alerts because that was bringing all sorts of good stuff into my inbox.

     I added a Scribd profile to the website and that was a really nice place to put documents in. Expect to see more interesting documents and publications to be converted into this format, and I might even get into writing some papers to put out there via Scribd.

     As you can see with the statistics below there has been a huge increase in visitors and page views this last year.  So I am very happy with this and the trend line for the blog just continues to go up and up.  Thanks to all of you out there for visiting, and I am glad you enjoy the site.

     One statistic I thought was cool was the amount of time folks spent on the blog.  Because there is so much information here a person could easily spend some time just browsing.  From the history stuff, to jobs, to information about taxes–all of it is drawing the reader in and the blog is definitely accomplishing the goal of educating the masses.  The average time on the site per visit, for the year, was about 3 minutes.  That is 3 minutes of time that the reader could have easily spent elsewhere, and usually the averages in the past were about a minute in a half. Content is king.

     The Top Ten Titles give you an excellent idea of what topics were popular for the blog.  Viktor Bout, Haiti and all the jobs for that disaster, Jax Desmond, and all my classic Funny Stuff Posters. ‘Potential’ actually draws in some hate mail from the jihadist dorks from time to time, and that makes me happy. lol

     The country and state visitor locations are no surprise to me. The key word stuff matches up with the popular titles as well.

     I guess what Google Analytics is missing is what my favorite posts or subjects were this year.  I enjoyed reading about the Saracen International stuff and the Insurance backed Private Navy.  Those are two stories I am following and it will be interesting to see how it goes for them.  The private navy story also grabbed my interest due to the potential there of using a Letter of Marque in modern times. Stay tuned there.

     The history posts are always fun for me. When I find some interesting little tidbit that deals with contractors in the past, I love getting that stuff out there. All the Koevoet material was a favorite of mine (non-contractor related). The John Coffee Hays and his Texas Rangers post was fun, as was the Soldier of Fortunes of the Mexican Revolutionary War. The young George Washington and his involvement with mercenaries during the French and Indian wars was cool too.

     Gary Faulkner popped up as the crazy bastard of the year that motivated the hell out of me.  I just pictured this guy going to Pakistan year after year, wandering the wilderness looking for Osama Bin Laden and wanting to kill him. Gary gets an ‘A’ for effort.

     Then there was Simon Mann returning to work for Obiang. This is the leader that originally imprisoned Simon and his gang for a coup attempt.  I am still trying to figure that one out.

     My best Building Snowmobiles posts were the Drone Archer and the Cyber Privateer ones. One post I continue think about from time to time is the Open Source Counter-Terrorism topic, and it is fun to think up new ways of promoting this empowerment concept. Also this was the first year I had a reader who came up with a Building Snowmobiles concept that involved economic/political theory and COIN, that he wanted to share with me. After looking at it I agreed that it was intriguing and put it up. So the innovation process here is influencing the readership out there to produce new ideas. That is awesome.

     The big ticket stories were the State Department’s army of contractors, the massive contracts that companies have received, the contractors thrown in jails around the world (wrongly or not) and the excellent support network on Facebook that helped apply the pressure on governments to do the right thing . Notice how the UAE is one of my top readers this year, and especially after the Moody case? lol

     Of course we cannot forget about Crazy Karzai and his attack on contractors in Afghanistan.  It was such a stupid episode, and really highlighted how much of a corrupt idiot he is. Luckily Karzai and company realized how unrealistic it was to ban all PSCs by December of last year.

     Let’s not forget the heroes and the dead this year.  We read about how Louis Maxwell defended his UN compound, and was later shot by Afghan police because they wanted his gun. Shane Schmidt passed away this year, and this guy defined a key jundism– ‘have the courage to do what is right’.

     Finally, the big story that needs to be mentioned from last year was the Code of Conduct signed by all the companies. I have noticed less negative attention on all the work done by contractors and companies this last year. That could be a sign that there are more pressing issues, like the economy or whatever. Or maybe we are starting to get squared away, and the governments using us are getting squared away?  Maybe.

     We will always be scrutinized out there by the media and others, and that comes with the territory. But honestly, I have seen an overall increase in the use of security contractors world wide, and I have seen an increase in the willingness to use security contractors for all types of jobs. It is a dangerous and complex world out there, and this industry will continue to be called upon to do what is required. –Matt

January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010–

307,256 people visited this site, with 436,213 page views.

 

January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009–

129,409 people visited this site, with 187,698 page views.

 

January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008–

21,427 people visited this site, with 37,841 page views.

 

Top Ten Most Popular Titles

1. Feral Jundi

2. Funny Stuff: Potential

3. Jobs Category

4. Funny Stuff: Panzerhaubitze 2000 155mm Schaldampfer!

5. Mexico: Exclusive-Los Zetas Responds To Jax Desmond, And Puts A Hit Out On Company

6. Jobs: Personal Security Detail And Medical Personnel, Haiti

7. Weapons: The VSS Vintorez Russian Sniper Rifle

8. Jobs: Static Security And Mobile Security Positions, Haiti

9. Funny Stuff: Strength

10. Gear Review: Electronic Hearing Protection-MSA Versus Peltor

 

Top Ten Most Popular Keywords

1. Feral Jundi

2. Funny Stuff

3. Jax Desmond

4. Security Jobs In Haiti

5. Viktor Bout

6. Haiti Security Jobs

7. Jax Desmond Worldwide

8. Paravant

9. Electronic Hearing Protection Reviews

10. What Does Feral Jundi Mean?

 

Top Ten Visitors By Country

1. United States

2. United Kingdom

3. Canada

4. Germany

5. Australia

6. India

7. South Africa

8. France

9. Finland

10. United Arab Emirates

 

Top Ten Visitors By State In The US

1. California

2. Texas

3. Florida

4. Virginia

5. New York

6. North Carolina

7. Georgia

8. Illinois

9. Washington

10. Arizona

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Year In Review: 2009 Google Analytics Report For Feral Jundi

Filed under: Year In Review — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 9:32 AM

   A couple of things about this year.  For one, there has been a massive readership increase.  From 15,414 visitors in 2008 to 100,658 visits in 2009 is a big increase, and I am humbled by the positive response of the readership.

   On that note, let’s go over the information for this year, sponsored by Google Analytics. I love this type of stuff, because it lets me know what you folks really want more of.  It also lets me know if the blog sucks or is doing well.  By all accounts, the blog is doing well and the trend lines are all going nicely in a upward direction.

   The top title with the most views is the ‘Potential’ motivational poster.  We love to laugh on FJ, and nothing is funnier than poking fun at islamic extremists.

   Then there is the weapons stuff.  Boy, I get the point and I will be sure to keep up the interesting weapons posts.  The 6.8 SPC versus the 6.5 Grendel post is a carry over from last year, and so is the Russian Sniper Rifle post.  I should also note that the last month here, the Neopup and the Anzio Ironworks rifle was very popular.  What can I say, other than you guys love the weapons stuff.  I do to.

   Now here is the one area that I really dig, and that is jobs.  Afghanistan and any jobs posted for it, was a hot topic.  I have had hundreds of guys and gals asking me about job stuff this year, and everyone continues to think I am a recruiter or someone that works for the company I am posting for.  Let me say this again, just so it is clear.  I will let you know in the post, if I am a recruiter or not.  Other than that, follow the directions of the job post and good luck.  It is cool though, that this site has helped out a ton of folks to get contracts, and I plan to keep doing that in the future.

   The down side with job stuff, is sometimes I post stuff that is no longer flying or worse yet, the company is just fishing for resumes.  For that, I depend upon my readership or the forums to get the real deal on what is going on with this stuff.  But for the most part, I  just want to get the information out there so you folks can react to it.  Timing is everything with this stuff, and it is first come first serve.

    The gear review is always a fun one, and for the record, I do own a pair of MSA Sordins and I am happy.  I will continue to do more reviews in the future.

   Now onto the Al Qaeda torture manual thing.  I post that stuff, not for people to commit torture on others, but for information purposes. That, and to let people know that AQ has done far worse things to people than we could ever imagine.  Gitmo is a holiday resort compared to what Al Qaeda has done in the name of Allah. Enough said there. (by the way, I am Lutheran, if any Jihadists care to know. lol)

   The one thing that does not show up on this list of titles, that I think should get a mention at least, is the coverage on the topic of Letters of Marque and Reprisal, the explorations into more effective forms of warfare on land and sea in this war, and the whole Jax Desmond episode.  The Kabul Fiasco and the Fitzsimmons incident gets a mention as well. There is also the continuing saga of CTU in Iraq and the poor guys not involved with bs at AGNA who had to work in that environment in Kabul.  We have also lost a few contractors in this war, to accidents and combat, and my heart goes out to all the families and friends of the lost.

   The really under reported star of the year though, is the amount of contractors there are in this war, and how important we all are to the war effort. You and I know the real deal, and I only see more work for us all in the future. And the future will be another post.

   As always, thanks to everyone who has contributed and participated on the blog, and because of your input, Feral Jundi is what it is.  The numbers and data below are proof. Here’s to another year!-Matt

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January 1, 2009 to December 29, 2009

100,658 people visited this site, with 185,0144 page views. From January 1, 2008 to December 29, 2008 , there were 15,414 visitors.  There were 37,559 page views.

 

Top Ten Most Popular Titles

Funny Stuff: Potential

Weapons Stuff: The 6.8 SPC versus the 6.5 Grendel

Weapons: The VSS Vintorez Russian Sniper Rifle

Jobs: Multiple Convoy/PSD/Static Security Jobs, Afghanistan

News: Al Qaeda Torture Manual Revealed

Jobs: Multiple Security Jobs with Blue Hackle, Afghanistan

Jobs

Gear Review: Electronic Hearing Protection-MSA Versus Peltor

Jobs: Embassy Security Force, Afghanistan

Funny Stuff: Strength

 

Top Ten Visitors By Country

United States

United Kingdom

Canada

Germany

Australia

South Africa

Netherlands

France

Mexico

Italy

 

Top Ten Visitors By State In The US

California

Texas

Virginia

Florida

New York

Georgia

North Carolina

Illinois

Washington

Arizona

Monday, February 9, 2009

Cool Stuff: Feral Jundi Statistics

Filed under: Cool Stuff,Year In Review — Tags: , , — Matt @ 6:11 PM

    I want to thank you the reader, for making Feral Jundi what it is, and I thought it would be interesting to show you guys some cool statistics.  Weapons, jobs, and legal stuff seem to be a big hit. By the way, I used Google Analytics for this report and it is an awesome tool.  –Matt

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My Top Ten US Reader States(1. being the most readers)

1. California

2. Idaho

3. Texas

4. Virginia

5. Florida

6. Washington

7. New York

8. Georgia

9. Tennessee

10. North Carolina

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