Mister Splashy Pants. Precisely who is responsible for this nonsense?
Magnificent animal gets silly name in internet vote, and every digital punk on the planet thinks they can claim credit because they posted a Vote for Mister Splashy Pants link on their blog.
Well, for the enlightenment of a few of you Spartacus wannabes out there, here's your actual share of the 119,367 votes which Splashy Pants got...
B3ta: If Greenpeace were previously unaware of why Mr Splashy Pants proved to be such a popular choice, they will now understand that the glorious blame lies firmly at the door of B3TA." (1,243 votes)
geenstijl.nl: Greenpeace PWNED! (12,760 votes)
Fark: "Behold the power of Fark" (660 votes)
Sorry, boys. We know you all want to do that chest pounding thing on top of the Empire State Building, but you weren't the top apes.
A few of our colleagues here in the Greenpeace Secret Mountain Laboratory thought there was a single source as well. They'd poke around in the back alleys of Technorati, then drop by the Webby Café to say "Hey! I found the reason Mister Splashy Pants won! This site, see, they were telling people to vote for him!"
But this is the information superhighway, kids. Everything is measureable.
If we open up our Google Analytics stats package, let's have a look at the top 500 referrers to the Mister Splashy Pants vote page. Why lookee there! No one site sent anything close to a majority of the 119,000+ votes that Mister Splash Pants got.
Treehugger gets a big Splashy Thanks as top of the heap, but Reddit actually drove the most votes.
[Dweeby Stat clarification that you should only read if you sport a pen-protector in your shirt pocket: Reddit linked to the vote page via a URL with a malformed parameter on it, which means you need to combine their stats in the report above with a a report dedicated to that URL variant. That report also gives you an interesting insight into who grabbed their url from Reddit, too. (Ahem, that would be youse gloriously blameworthy guys over at B3ta.com, by the way -- but don't worry, we still love you.) ]
The fact is, a pretty odd community of internet denizens owns this win, from the pranksters who think they pulled a fast one on Greenpeace, to fun-loving supporters of the name who think they trounced ecosnobs, to gen-u-ine whale lovers who saw Mister Splashy as the goofy poster child that draws big traffic to a worthy cause, to the Facebook Group of the name's original nominator, Omar Zayed.
And for those of you who want to know precisely how much of the Splashy Pants Pie belongs to your site, below is a table of the top 500 referrers to the vote page. We expect every one of you who has driven a vote for the name to now take the next three steps in this ongoing Splash Dance: You named him, now: Save him, send him, wear him.
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Source |
Unique Pageviews |
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(direct) |
36896 |
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reddit.com |
20322 |
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Greenpeace-whale-mail |
17623 |
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treehugger.com |
14821 |
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geenstijl.nl |
12760 |
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weblog.greenpeace.org |
10432 |
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3922 |
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hotmail.com |
1989 |
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vote.greenpeace.org |
1564 |
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genmay.com |
1290 |
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gawker.com |
1244 |
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b3ta.com |
1243 |
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facebook.com |
1186 |
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metafilter.com |
1101 |
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bulletins.myspace.com |
946 |
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blogs.news.com.au |
927 |
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mail.yahoo.com |
889 |
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gpforums.co.nz |
864 |
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forums.fark.com |
660 |
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mail.google.com |
619 |
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enemydown.co.uk |
600 |
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kissmesuzy.blogspot.com |
600 |
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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com |
598 |
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theagitator.com |
520 |
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popurls.com |
498 |
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whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com |
469 |
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gamedev.net |
455 |
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trapperman.com |
447 |
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sensibleerection.com |
438 |
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mentalfloss.com |
399 |
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ehrensenf.de |
353 |
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nerve.com |
324 |
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xoverboard.com |
314 |
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retecool.com |
305 |
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blog.myspace.com |
292 |
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episteme.arstechnica.com |
292 |
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ar15.com |
285 |
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sargasso.nl |
280 |
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bojack.org |
273 |
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shacknews.com |
270 |
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transbuddha.com |
259 |
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hippyshopper.com |
258 |
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4chan.org |
245 |
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focusjunior.it |
244 |
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board.crewcial.org |
232 |
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forums.somethingawful.com |
232 |
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jimmyr.com |
215 |
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buzzfeed.com |
210 |
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webmail.aol.com |
210 |
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forums.overclockers.com.au |
200 |
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datalounge.com |
196 |
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mistersplashypants.com |
191 |
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digg.com |
169 |
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mfrost.typepad.com |
167 |
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forums.offtopic.com |
164 |
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hs.facebook.com |
164 |
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sigforum.com |
164 |
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yakyak.org |
164 |
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netvibes.com |
163 |
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myeve.eve-online.com |
159 |
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ukmb.net |
156 |
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fazed.net |
154 |
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bycommonconsent.com |
150 |
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refugeforums.com |
150 |
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bloggerheads.com |
145 |
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growabrain.typepad.com |
138 |
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forums.facepunchstudios.com |
133 |
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cardhouse.com |
130 |
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ohiohondas.com |
128 |
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bloglines.com |
125 |
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dhadm.com |
123 |
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mothering.com |
123 |
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invisionfree.com |
122 |
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mangoat.net |
120 |
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c-plusplus.de |
118 |
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tivocommunity.com |
118 |
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mailcenter.comcast.net |
111 |
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spiegel.de |
111 |
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cracked.com |
108 |
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forum.paradoxplaza.com |
101 |
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forums.nasioc.com |
101 |
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plinkomedia.com |
101 |
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twitter.com |
101 |
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live.com |
100 |
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forums.about.com |
99 |
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wired.com |
99 |
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newgrounds.com |
96 |
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evanschiller.blogspot.com |
94 |
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meebo.com |
93 |
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inthemix.com.au |
89 |
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michigan-sportsman.com |
89 |
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newsgroper.com |
87 |
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postpunkkitchen.com |
87 |
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bbs.stardestroyer.net |
86 |
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alaska4x4network.com |
84 |
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eurogamer.net |
84 |
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manxforums.com |
84 |
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rantsnraves.org |
84 |
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woxy.lala.com |
84 |
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filepile.org |
79 |
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mbd.scout.com |
79 |
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yahoo.com |
79 |
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purerave.com |
77 |
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forums.evolutionm.net |
75 |
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ndnation.com |
75 |
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newcougar.org |
75 |
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someguywithawebsite.com |
75 |
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avalanchers.co.uk |
72 |
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boingboing.net |
72 |
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nissansilvia.com |
72 |
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blondie.cl |
70 |
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b9board.com |
67 |
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drama.acidpit.org |
67 |
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readytogo.net |
67 |
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tes.co.uk |
65 |
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thedancingemu.deviantart.com |
65 |
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behindthebuzz.com |
62 |
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forums.civfanatics.com |
62 |
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forums.f13.net |
62 |
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forums.gameon.co.uk |
62 |
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p068.ezboard.com |
62 |
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coys.sportsmaestros.com |
60 |
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grinnellplans.com |
60 |
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hlccl.com |
60 |
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medio-core.com |
60 |
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subvertcentral.com |
60 |
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ukclimbing.com |
60 |
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forums.wow-europe.com |
59 |
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goatlocker.zeroforum.com |
58 |
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mymonte.com |
58 |
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pagels.teamexpansion.org |
58 |
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community.livejournal.com |
57 |
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farofftopic.com |
57 |
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adamsmith.org |
55 |
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aeronerd.wordpress.com |
55 |
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b04rd.com |
55 |
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cronvek.livejournal.com |
55 |
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forum.metalhammer.co.uk |
55 |
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grayfoxonline.mywowbb.com |
55 |
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petsugar.com |
55 |
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s2ki.com |
55 |
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williamsboard.com |
55 |
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chuckpalahniuk.net |
53 |
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getoutofpunx.com |
53 |
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kia-clan.info |
53 |
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mydes-ael.deviantart.com |
53 |
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arbroath.blogspot.com |
50 |
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cleolinda.livejournal.com |
50 |
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games.internode.on.net |
50 |
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ilxor.com |
50 |
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nirvana2.com |
50 |
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anorak.co.uk |
48 |
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board.flashkit.com |
48 |
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board.vivalavinyl.org |
48 |
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chalicechick.blogspot.com |
48 |
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createforum.com |
48 |
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florida4x4.com |
48 |
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gallifreyone.com |
48 |
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nzrave.com |
48 |
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ratclub.org |
48 |
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wrx.com.au |
48 |
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annemccaffreyfans.org |
46 |
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ashleybristowe.com |
46 |
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mopedarmy.com |
46 |
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svextra.com |
46 |
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villatalk.com |
46 |
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goldismoney.info |
45 |
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stumbleupon.com |
45 |
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bonerhole.deviantart.com |
43 |
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forums.lawnpirates.net |
43 |
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friendster.com |
43 |
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militaryissuedgirlfriends.com |
43 |
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mitchclem.com |
43 |
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timworstall.com |
43 |
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uselessjunk.net |
43 |
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vask.org.nz |
43 |
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vo-bb.com |
43 |
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contour.org |
41 |
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fnzas.org.nz |
41 |
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forums.babblers.co.uk |
41 |
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reddit.blogspot.com |
41 |
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septemberrave.com |
41 |
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unicyclist.com |
41 |
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wykop.pl |
41 |
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cockrockdisco.com |
38 |
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com2.runboard.com |
38 |
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epostservice.com |
38 |
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forum.rpg.net |
38 |
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forums.outdoorsdirectory.com |
38 |
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forums.southernlord.com |
38 |
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freonlab.com |
38 |
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geekculture.com |
38 |
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goner-records.com |
38 |
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lefthandvoodoo.org |
38 |
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lonestarfurs.org |
38 |
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louisvillemojo.com |
38 |
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manchester.facebook.com |
38 |
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pod6.ca |
38 |
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retropassion.co.uk |
38 |
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sffixed.com |
38 |
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theweblist.net |
38 |
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tom-watson.co.uk |
38 |
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bbs.311.com |
36 |
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coastals.org |
36 |
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facethejury.com |
36 |
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fioritojhms.wordpress.com |
36 |
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side-line.com |
36 |
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thepittsburghchannel.com |
36 |
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webmail.earthlink.net |
35 |
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blogs.usatoday.com |
33 |
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elgranviajedelasballenas.org |
33 |
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forum.sfx.co.uk |
33 |
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forums.dragonmount.com |
33 |
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hitched.co.uk |
33 |
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ithaca.facebook.com |
33 |
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nwbombers.com |
33 |
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r6messagenet.com |
33 |
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solejam.com |
33 |
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subtutious.com |
33 |
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talk.theshining.org |
33 |
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3d-palace.com |
31 |
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blackboard.wcpss.net |
31 |
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clanm.com |
31 |
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descentbb.net |
31 |
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eurosport.org.nz |
31 |
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focusfanatics.com |
31 |
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forums.synergyoferedar.com |
31 |
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fotolog.com |
31 |
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goodmagazine.com |
31 |
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groundscore.net |
31 |
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hiluxsurf.co.uk |
31 |
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hockeyzombie.com |
31 |
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lopforums.com |
31 |
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mustangboards.com |
31 |
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newpolarorder.net |
31 |
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nuskoolbreaks.co.uk |
31 |
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orkut.com |
31 |
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starsidergalaxy.com |
31 |
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syndicated.livejournal.com |
31 |
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tcmas.org |
31 |
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thebackpacker.com |
31 |
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the-blue-pages.net |
31 |
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wku.facebook.com |
31 |
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ashabot.blogspot.com |
29 |
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clumsymonkey.net |
29 |
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faakyou.com |
29 |
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forum.cafeen.org |
29 |
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forum.moola.com |
29 |
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forums.xgenstudios.com |
29 |
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hacksandwonks.blogspot.com |
29 |
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nabble.com |
29 |
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pitt.facebook.com |
29 |
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pressstarttoplay.net |
29 |
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skynews.typepad.com |
29 |
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svilleficrecs.livejournal.com |
29 |
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theshizz.org |
29 |
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twickenhamrugby.com |
29 |
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wcreplays.com |
29 |
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webmail.att.net |
28 |
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answerbag.com |
26 |
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bebo.com |
26 |
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bitsontheside.co.nz |
26 |
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cgempire.com |
26 |
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f0x27.proboards98.com |
26 |
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forum.myspace.com |
26 |
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gen7accord.net |
26 |
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halflife2.net |
26 |
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26 |
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26 |
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koptalk.co.uk |
26 |
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metachat.org |
26 |
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26 |
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26 |
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thescrabbled.com |
26 |
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weblog.sinteur.com |
26 |
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bf2combat.net |
24 |
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dvdf-forums.co.uk |
24 |
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fishgut.proboards25.com |
24 |
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forum.planet-rugby.com |
24 |
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forumukdetectornet.co.uk |
24 |
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georgiapacking.org |
24 |
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24 |
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24 |
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23 |
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