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I figure that searches for a vc, fred wilson, avc, and fred wilson blog are basically "search bookmarks" and so 9,500 visits or 3% of my search traffic is really direct traffic.
So what is the big takeaway from all of this? First, that the two big non-direct sources of traffic to this blog are search and aggregators. That's always been the case. But the second, and possibly more important point is that the aggregator market is changing from rss readers like Google Reader, Bloglines, Newsgator, etc to smart aggregators like techmeme, reddit, hacker news, friendfeed, twitter, delicious, and stumbleupon.
That makes perfect sense to me. I've never been able to use a RSS reader, as hard as I've tried. But I use all of these smart aggregators every day.
The other thing that is interesting to me is not one traditional content site/blog is in the top 10. Not techcrunch, valleywag, venturebeat, silicon alley insider, or other blogs that occasionally link to this blog. Techcrunch is number 13, Silicon Alley Insider is number 18, Valleywag is 20.
And just to show that this is not all business, Howard Linzon is 21, Brad Feld is 22, and my wife, The Gotham Gal, is number 26 (she sent me almost 1000 visits this quarter, more than read/write web, seeking alpha, and the new york times).
Anyway, that's all for now. I hope you enjoyed a sneak peak behind the curtain into google analytics.
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