In response to the other statistics regarding the Google Webmaster Help groups, JLH asks:

I always wonder about a statistic, I call them Drive-by-posters. Those who come in and make a post, only to be never heard of again, even though their questions may be answered.

Let’s take a quick look at who posts in the groups (how long they’ve been active), who starts new threads and a short dissection of what first-time posters do on the group and how they evolve from there.
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Just for fun, here are some lists and numbers for the month of July 2007.

Some numbers …

• Number of new threads = 1262
• Number of new posts = 7754
• Average number posts/new thread = 5.74
• Number of posts by new users = 816 (10.5%)
• Number of threads by new users = 717 (56.8%)
• Average number of posts in threads by new users = 5.0
• Number of new threads started by Googlers = 3
• Number of new posts by Googlers = 85

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