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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlmost 5% of DU traffic comes from India.
Almost Double the UK. More than Canada, more than Australia.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/democraticunderground.com
I guess if one were going to astroturf India might be a logical place to set up shop.
Strange really, my sense is we have very few posters who identify on DU as Indian and certainly not 5%.
Hello to my brothers and sisters from India, welcome to DU!
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)It still strikes me as odd even if tool bar based.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Being involved in negotiations that typically include traffic stats as a bargaining point, I've seen "Alexa v. Server log" numbers that are all over the map. Alexa is a somewhat good rough guide for relative comparisons, but is awful for absolute stats.
Viking12
(6,012 posts)Probably bots
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)crawled almost instantly by google, bing and biadu
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)It just seemed less desirable to me since they were off shoring our company and I had no idea what worker protections there would be. Didn't want to be stranded there and have to get myself back.
BainsBane
(53,112 posts)I can tell you than a lot of the spammers use Indian domains. Of course that is not to say that everyone who posts from India is a spammer. Clearly that isn't the case, but it may in part account for the relatively high traffic you note above.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)I know he's here ALL the time.
Yes, he lives in India. *shoutout to Recursion*
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)"However, the monkeys still control the cabana" -- voicemails from my landlord today
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Wilms
(26,795 posts)yourout
(7,534 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)He had a great wedding and provided very neat pictures.
He's an American living abroad, I believe.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)other posters have id'd as being in India & not astroturf imo either