15th August 2006, was it a public holiday?

[yolkman]

Was 15th August 2006 a public holiday? Because, my impressions was down by at least 25%.

[workingNOMAD]

I too had a poor day which is strange for a Tuesday (usually my best).

[Green_Grass]

You guys must be heavily dependent on India traffic. It was a holiday all over India on 15th Aug on account of National Independence Day.

Today 16th Aug. is also a holday in some parts of North India.

Enjoy.

[mat]

National Holiday in Italy.

[yolkman]

Also in Lithuania & France :)

[kevinpate]

holiday schmaladay, our lil blue marble was just spinning off kilter a bit, because it's a tad rare for a male in my family to see 75 (Go Pops!)

[Lexur]

In Spain too.

(When is not holiday in Spain?)

[OptiRex]

my impressions was down by at least 25%.

Strange, I was down about 15% compared to my logs and they usually tally reasonaby well.

All other metrics were "normal".

[Idris]

It was a holiday here in Germany too if that helps.

[frox]

The holiday-est holiday of them all in Italy!

[LifeinAsia]

National holiday in Korea as well.

[ken_b]

Geeze. it was just a normal work day in the USA. You guys in those other places had all the fun! It's not fair I tell ya, not fair! :)

[Khensu]

Man I feel left out!

We are going to have to make-up some kind of holiday in the US.

Don't want to have a holiday gap!

Lets see, mmmmm......

National Pet Day

I have a monkey...

[edited by: Khensu at 4:50 pm (utc) on Aug. 16, 2006]

[LifeinAsia]

National Other Nations Day?

[idolw]

poland and austria had a day off too

[Khensu]

National Nations Day

I like that, we could honor all the wonderful culture we have inherited from other countries.

That is alright my monkey can wait, every chimp has his day.

Sorry Günter

[edited by: Khensu at 6:18 pm (utc) on Aug. 16, 2006]

[fredw]

I had a great day yesterday, various national holidays and user confusion due to quicktime download prompts notwithstanding.

[Hobbs]

culture we have inherited from other countries

I just returned from vacation, I haven't been following the news..
When did they all die? Was it Bush?

[Chapman]

Was it Bush?

But of course!

[Javier Mendez]

mothers day in Costa Rica...

25% to 30% drop in traffic...

[chrisv1963]

national holiday in Belgium

[alephh]

I think everyday is holiday somewhere ;-)

Or... more or less known "theme day" worldwide ("car free", "pet day", "save elks", "don't shop", "leave brains home", etc). :-D

It would be useful to have a list of major holidays in big countries/religions. Those dates that really make a difference for most adsense users.

[frox]

In Italy aug 15th (called ferragosto), the center of the month of august) is what is left from what were celebrations of the Roman Emperor Augustus (august was his month)

So, is aug 15th National Emperors's Day (?)

[gamiziuk]

Beware the Ides of August!

[mikeempuria]

A list of holidays by country can be found here:

[en.wikipedia.org ]

Or you can look at [en.wikipedia.org ]

[Nadir]

Yep, National Holiday in France too, and a lot of people took their monday (14th) off.

[tahiti]

hmmm, seems like my birthday is lots of other countries's holiday? too bad this doesn't include the one i am staying now...

[gpilling]

It was also Tax Extension Deadline Day in the US. August 15 is the day that everyone who put off filing on time, finally has to finish their taxes in a hurry and file. Unless they extended to October 15th of course..

[gamiziuk]

Was 15th August 2006 a public holiday? Because, my impressions was down by at least 25%.

What sort of impressions?