https://hcommons.social/@paregorios/113589440974068263 paregorios@hcommons.social - Google emails me a monthly "search performance" report for the pleiades.stoa.org domain, which always amuses me because we have 40,000+ places and our overall traffic pattern is historically wide and flat, with very small numbers of hits separating the leaders from the next tier etc. across a wide and flat histogram (see tiny "click" counts, below).

But anyway, the three "growing queries" this month were:

57 clicks: Philistia (region): https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/660988416 (via one of its attested Akkadian names "Palastu", I have no clue to why ... somebody linked it on a syllabus?)

29 clicks: Zucchabar: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/295374 (Ridley Scott strikes again)

14 clicks: Trimithis: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/776235 (apparently some people still read the NYTimes)

You're welcome to boost if you like.

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https://hcommons.social/@paregorios/112576842630695795 paregorios@hcommons.social - Free summer training sessions on using the #PleiadesGazetteer of ancient places are now open for registration at https://pleiades.stoa.org/events

There are two classes, each offered three times over the course of the summer:

• Finding and Using: Learn how the gazetteer is organized, what it contains, and how to search and use its contents.

• Adding and Changing: Learn how to make additions, corrections, and improvements to the content of the gazetteer.

Each course is two hours long and will be delivered live and interactively via Zoom.

Boosts appreciated!

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #classics #DH #gazetteers #LAWDI #LOD

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