Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:

: Google.com says that we've had 133 views over the past 5 hours, which
: is 26.6 views per hour. For comparison, another group I hang out on
: has had 742 views over the past 21 hours, which is only 35.3 views per
: hour, a slight increase, and that group is quite lively.

Do people actually use google to access usenet?

I did, to access several newsgroups that still have not appeared
on my normal ISP's news server, such as rec.boats.paddle.whitewater.
But the Groups.Google interface is SO BAAAAD and SO SLOOOOOOOW
that I gave up.

Are those Google views per hour accounting for Groups.Google only?

Bill Tuthill wrote:
: Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:
:
: : Google.com says that we've had 133 views over the past 5 hours, which
: : is 26.6 views per hour. For comparison, another group I hang out on
: : has had 742 views over the past 21 hours, which is only 35.3 views per
: : hour, a slight increase, and that group is quite lively.
:
: Do people actually use google to access usenet?

: I did, to access several newsgroups that still have not appeared
: on my normal ISP's news server, such as rec.boats.paddle.whitewater.
: But the Groups.Google interface is SO BAAAAD and SO SLOOOOOOOW
: that I gave up.

: Are those Google views per hour accounting for Groups.Google only?

My bet would be yes, how would google know that I access this via ripco?

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