Hundreds checking out Pyongyangtrafficgirls website

I notice this in the statistics box for this site -
Most users ever online was 849 on Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:04 pm

where is everyone coming from all of a sudden?

Lurkers are welcome to respond

There's a comment in his blog post on the Traffic Girls listing your URL.

OK, thanks. (BTW, I don't think Forumotion lets people post hyperlinks unless they are are registered members, that's why the URL didn't show.)

I found it - Roger Ebert twittered http://twitter.com/EbertChicago

Quote :

North Korean traffic girls are chosen for their beauty, and have fan clubs. http://j.mp/bymtyH

that link to his blog about the traffic girls http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/pages-for-twitter/north-korean-traffic-girls-and.html
and a comment that linked to here

Quote :

By David on February 27, 2010 5:45 AM
I'm surprised that your reconnaissance on the Internet hasn't led you to PyongyangTrafficGirls.com. Yes, there's an entire website devoted to them. I suppose that Rule Thirty Six applies. ("If it exists, there is a fetish for it - no exceptions.")

Ebert: Considering that the Traffic Ladies have to be beautiful, it may be Kim Song II's fetish.

LOL I really didn't consider this a fetish, but whatever.....

Ebert made another twitter:
Must have started something. The sexy North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 3 hours ago via web
http://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/9785814664

I checked around, there's all kinds of posts suddenly popping up on the internet about the PTGs
http://topsy.com/s?q=north+korean+traffic

Still 50+ visiors online - This has blown up all over the internet -- it all started with some Roger Ebert tweets.

Search of recent tweets:

fnordprefect: @bluegnu I refute your assertion: https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
about 21 hours ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
tangentbot: ahh, North Korea. https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
1 day ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
achampag: "If it exists, there is a fetish for it - no exceptions." https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/ N. Korean lady traffic cops
1 day ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
sindeeSF: Trippy Ass Fourm devoted to North Korean Traffic Girls: https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
1 day ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
r2g2: kim jong il watch: https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com "Dedicated to the world-renowned trafficwomen of the DPRK"
1 day ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
TheRealJoeBeef: Weirdly cool! PyongyangTrafficGirls http://shar.es/m0Sxo
2 days ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
rambambam: New favorite bizarrely specific/unwholesomely obsessive site: https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
2 days ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
jameswales: Suddenly it makes sense: http://twitpic.com/162uzf - Kim John-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls, designed uniforms. (via @ebertchicago)
2 minutes ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet
fwagers: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162uzf - Kim John-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. He designed the uniforms.
36 minutes ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
sme_nyc: #fun The Life of a North Korean "Traffic Girl" http://bit.ly/cUf4CZ (expand)
about 1 hour ago from twitterfeed · Reply · View Tweet
andrewsunkim: North Korean traffic girls - kinda freaks me out. http://bit.ly/9SnbDK (expand) http://twitpic.com/162uzf (via @ebertchicag)
about 2 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
trimtabpictures: http://twitpic.com/162uzf - Kim John-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. He designed the uniforms. (via @ebertchicago)
about 2 hours ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet
bhavna_says: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162vdu - Kim Jong-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. This has gone viral: http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 2 hours ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
liprap: @NOLAnotes You can follow him thru @ebertchicago, but I warn you, there's a lot of N. Korean traffic girl tweets right now.
about 2 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
JeffreyATW: "Kim John-2", that's a good one RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162uzf - Kim John-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls.
about 2 hours ago from Adium · Reply · View Tweet
CornoDiBassetto: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162vdu - Kim Jong-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. This has gone viral: http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 2 hours ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
jennaow: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162vdu - Kim Jong-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. This has gone viral: http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 2 hours ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
liprap: Damn, @ebertchicago is really exhibiting a thing for North Korean traffic girls. Dude, find a Korean-English phrasebook & a private chatroom
about 2 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
jrpalomar: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162vdu - Kim Jong-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. This has gone viral: http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 2 hours ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
ryantannerread: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162vdu - Kim Jong-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. This has gone viral: http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 2 hours ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
LucasZenHannon: Really quite glad "North Korean Traffic Girls" wasn't what I thought it was.
about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
quotidianlight: *head shake & chuckle* RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162uzf - Kim John-II inspects N. Korean Traffic Girls. He designed the uniforms.
about 2 hours ago from UberTwitter · Reply · View Tweet
andothers_tweet: Pyongyang Traffic Girls http://mltp.ly/8fknQq4
about 1 hour ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
aballcar: Pyongyang : Video: Traffic control in Pyongyang - Autoblog (blog) - http://www.askbiography.com/bio/Pyongyang.html
about 2 hours ago from API · Reply · View Tweet
GIKorea: New blog post: Picture of the Day: The Pyongyang Traffic Girls http://bit.ly/aN9y5K (expand)
about 2 hours ago from Twitter Tools · Reply · View Tweet
fairlycool: Video: Traffic control in Pyongyang via Autoblog: http://bit.ly/awCcxw (expand)
about 3 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
cartrendz: Video: Traffic control in Pyongyang ;O http://cars.allyouneedishotness.com/?p=2156
about 5 hours ago from API · Reply · View Tweet
evildespots: Traffic light/people in Pyongyang. http://yfrog.us/317440z
about 7 hours ago from Yfrog · Reply · View Tweet
Grizzluza: Wow. Pyongyang (North Korea) Traffic Girls flickr set http://bit.ly/amnqni (expand)
about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
raykm00: I don't know what to say about this: N. Korean "traffic ladies" who perform "robotically" http://bit.ly/9Xse0p (expand)
7 minutes ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
ulhasv: @ebertchicago There's a Flickr page dedicated to the North Korean traffic girls http://bit.ly/amnqni (expand)
10 minutes ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
fotofah: North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH (via Roger Ebert). See esp. last video of Philly traffic cop dancing :-)
17 minutes ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
Tomas_ScionLife: RT @steamykitchen: Hottie North Korean traffic cops...err....robots http://ow.ly/1c3bB (via @ebertchicago)
42 minutes ago from HootSuite · Reply · View Tweet
Kvistgaard: North Korean Traffic Ladies. "Their uniforms rotate only counter-clockwise." http://snipurl.com/ukk4q (expand)
about 1 hour ago from Hyperwords · Reply · View Tweet
Googe: Traffic girls: http://superpunch.blogspot.com/2010/02/north-korean-traffic-girls.html (via @isaacwilliams) Wow.. why???
about 2 hours ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet
jameswales: Must have started something. The sexy North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH (via @ebertchicago)
about 2 hours ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet
genericfu: RT @natech: RT @ebertchicago: Must have started something. The sexy North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter · Reply · View Tweet
schwaggy: That's sweet. But why not just get traffic lights?? RT @RizzoTees North Korean traffic police ladies rule! http://bit.ly/9pMFhA (expand)
about 4 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
arniek: RT @RizzoTees: North Korean traffic police ladies rule! http://bit.ly/9pMFhA (expand)
about 4 hours ago from HootSuite · Reply · View Tweet
RizzoTees: North Korean traffic police ladies rule! http://bit.ly/9pMFhA (expand)
about 4 hours ago from HootSuite · Reply · View Tweet
flarb: Current obsession: North Korean traffic cop videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGbQ7QRndcA Yeah--I'm scared of these guys.
about 4 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
krberger: RT @ebertchicago: Must have started something. The sexy North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 4 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
Mindeulae1903: RT @zKorean: Videos of North Korean traffic police: http://bit.ly/btJF7D (expand)
about 4 hours ago from Seesmic · Reply · View Tweet
natech: RT @ebertchicago: Must have started something. The sexy North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 5 hours ago from UberTwitter · Reply · View Tweet



Welcome lurkers

Well, it's slacked off a bit today.

I have found some amusing "tweets" from recently about our little website.

It did start with Roger Eberts twitter a few days ago.

Ebertchicago: North Korean traffic girls and Officer Johnson. My new TwitterPage. http://j.mp/bymtyH
11:03 PM Feb 26th via web

Ebertchicago: Where would you rather drive, Pyongyang or Philadelphia? My new TwitterPage. http://j.mp/bymtyH
10:19 AM Feb 27th via web

Ebertchicago: P.S. Yes, there is a North Korean Traffic Ladies web site. Only the beautiful need apply. : http://j.mp/dqWhnU
10:34 AM Feb 27th via web

Ebertchicago: North Korean traffic girls are chosen for their beauty, and have fan clubs. http://j.mp/bymtyH

achampag:"If it exists, there is a fetish for it - no exceptions." https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/ N. Korean lady traffic cops

tangentbot: ahh, North Korea. https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/

sindeeSF: Trippy Ass Fourm devoted to North Korean Traffic Girls: https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/

bodhipaksaHighly: Gosh! An entire website devoted to the young ladies who direct traffic in Pyongyang, North Korea: http://bit.ly/9O2XiR

aubnonymous: I wish they all could be Pyongyang Traffic Girls - (http://bit.ly/aKhBpu) Or rather, I sorta wish I was one.

r2g2: kim jong il watch: https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com "Dedicated to the world-renowned trafficwomen of the DPRK"

TheRealJoeBeef: Weirdly cool! PyongyangTrafficGirls http://shar.es/m0Sxo

rambambam: New favorite bizarrely specific/unwholesomely obsessive site: http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.co

tumbler_p: Definitely, definitely check this out! The site's url speaks for itself. https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/

the_kim_jong_il: some world citizens know entirely too much about the women who route traffic in Pyongyang http://bit.ly/6xvgB - pyongyangtrafficgirls.com

RStOfle: This is the strangest site I've seen all day. Questionable English, and photos of PRK female traffic cops. http://j.mp/dqWhnU

Pyongyangtrafficgirls.com. Are they serious?
- from http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Traffic_Police_in_North_Korea_RULES_Video?t=31343727#c31343727

I present to you the best website ever: https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com I’ve spent an unsettlingly large amount of time on it.
- from http://sakuranbo.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/pstripple/

Okay, let’s face it, we’re all doomed. Not only that, but I’m forced to find other ways to entertain myself. https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com to the rescue!
- from http://sakuranbo.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/8001050f/

Every time I think I've seen everything, the internet dopeslaps me and says, "you ain't seen nothing yet."
And so, I give you--an extensive fanpage dedicated to the traffic ladies of Pyongyang, North Korea: www.PyongyangTrafficGirls.com
- from http://www.mania.com/aodvb/blog.php?b=2846

Weird Flickr Pool dedicated to Traffic Girls in North Korea. http://www.flickr.com/groups/pyongyangtrafficgirls/
- from http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2479

Some people just have too much time on their hands: https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
- from http://www.clublexus.com/forums/car-chat/484998-traffic-control-in-pyongyang-2.html

Blogpost: http://andothers.multiply.com/journal/item/585/Pyongyang_Traffic_Girls

Thats just a small sample of what was flying around the past few days

lmao! This is the most peculiar web site I've seen, ever!

Good lord - look at the views on this thread - 3000 and counting.

Thanks to Good Ol' Roger Ebert again - His tweet at 3:10 PM Mar 10th:

Quote :

ebertchicago: North Korean Traffic Girls site drawing record traffic. http://j.mp/drrlqP

The URL links to this thread - 3 hours later the stat box here says Most users ever online was 972 on Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:40 pm

Thanks Roger! Two thumbs up - We're always glad to have people spread the word about the charming Pyongyang Traffic Ladies.

And Roger - you're more than welcome to make a short post here (hint hint) .... no registering is necessary, although non-members need to make their usernames 8 letters or less.

Hey - how about getting Roger Ebert to write a movie review on the "Traffic Girls From The Sky" youtube video?

Jong-Il's Hair Apparent wrote:

Hey - how about getting Roger Ebert to write a movie review on the "Traffic Girls From The Sky" youtube video?

Well, that would be quite the coup - I'm just hoping to have him post a simple "hello" here.

I just searched again - here's another small sampling of fun stuff from Twitter the past day or so:
(Roger Ebert is ebertchicago - RT is a re-tweet)

ebertchicago: North Korean Traffic Girls site drawing record traffic. http://j.mp/drrlqP

mokpovia: Here it is a classic so random!! North Korean Traffic Girls site drawing record traffic. http://j.mp/drrlqP via @ebertchicago

latooles: How does one become a North Korean Traffic girl? DO you have a hook up?@ebertchicago

8bitjoystick: Robert Ebert also shares my crush on cute North Korean traffic lady officers http://bit.ly/b6lgTV

latooles: My new dream job: North Korean Traffic Girl > http://www.flickr.com/groups/pyongyangtrafficgirls/pool/

bbb1962: Wth is ths? R they prostituting women from thr? RT @ebertchicago: North Korean Traffic Girls site drawing record traffic. http://j.mp/drrlqP

TimKarr: Enjoying Pyongyang Traffic Cop meme thanks to recent tweet by @ebertchicago http://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/10310554933

NasriAtallah: Website dedicated to North Korean Traffic Cops. Odd. https://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/

ebertchicago: In case you somehow missed my Twitter Page on the beautiful Traffic Girls of Pyongyang:

andrewm138: Roger Ebert made a page dedicated to North Korean traffic girls and their pretty uniforms http://j.mp/bymtyH Hope his wife does't see it?

Classicus: Beautiful Asian women in uniforms. Must be the Pyongyang Traffic Girls: http://j.mp/bymtyH

ebertchicago: Judging by my stats, you can't get enough of the North Korean Traffic Girls. No, nothing new to tweet, just sayin'

fumblingthrough: N Korean traffic girls. So weird. RT @ebertchicago: North Korean Traffic Girls site drawing record traffic. http://j.mp/drrlqP

ebertchicago: A Pyongyang Traffic Girl writes an op-ed about Dear Leader's nice warm uniforms. http://j.mp/9WVU5R

aidanpbh: @ebertchicago What is it with the North Korean traffic girls already?!

ebertchicago: Startling new twist in the North Korean Traffic Girls story: http://j.mp/d1Mn1H

AndyJukes: What's with North Korean traffic girls these past couple of weeks?

missbanshee: ....and it was all sparked by @ebertchicago's beloved North Korean Traffic Girls. Thank you, sir, for recreating me as an internet hussy.

babesmcphee: this is terrifying and fascinating and...just watch. RT @ebertchicago Startling new North Korean Traffic Girls twist: http://j.mp/d1Mn1H

barteldarcy: When You Can Run over a Pyongyang Traffic Girl With a Classic Havana Antique Car, the Workers Have Won: http://tiny.cc/Z3gr1

harikunzru: Today I'm mostly surfing for pix of the traffic girls of Pyongyang http://bit.ly/bAtWTF

Thanks to Roger Ebert, I am now aware of and transfixed by North Korean traffic ladies. Videos are mesmerizing. http://tinyurl.com/y98vc6g

missbanshee: @ebertchicago my deepest apologies, how you and the N. Korean Traffic Girls got roped into this, I will never know. http://bit.ly/bXpfAu

mcassieP: *a MUST see!! wtf?? Kim Jong il is on ACID RT @ebertchicago Startling new twist in the North Korean Traffic Girls story: http://j.mp/d1Mn1H

Mooning_88: become strangely enthralled by the lives of Korean traffic controllers thanks 2 @ebertchicago. The things u find to interest u on the net...

harikunzru: The Pyongyang traffic girls turn out to be a new N. Korean WMD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-hyVzTVDLg

caseyvaughn: hilarious. i love the dear leader. RT @ebertchicago: Startling new twist in the North Korean Traffic Girls story: http://j.mp/d1Mn1H

asdfkim: Eberts tweet obsession w North Korean traffic women is disturbing. in unrelatd news, i got a great film premise thatll get 4 strs from him

I believe the term is lurkers.

woo hoo - we're # 296,551!

Just weeks ago we had no ranking - the most users ever online here was around 15, I think - and now thanks to Mr. Ebert and his tweets, the most users ever online is 972 and Pyongyangtrafficgirls.com is # 296,551 .com and #536,657 in the world. Traffic is up 1700%

Global traffic ranking: 536657 (Alexa, toplist global)
Traffic ranking within .COM: 296551 (Alexa, toplist .COM)
Pyongyangtrafficgirls.com is the 296551:th largest site within .COM and the 536657:th largest site in the world

Visitors by Country for Pyongyangtrafficgirls.com
Country -- Percent of Site Traffic
United States -- 52.6%
OTHER -- 47.1%

Pyongyangtrafficgirls finally registers on Alexa....

The spikes in the graph are from traffic after the tweets.

It sure slows down between tweets, though.

Ebert must have a lot of followers, judging by the response.

"Sexy North Korean Traffic Girls Go Viral on Net"
"In what's becoming our favorite budding Internet sensation"
"another Internet sensation. This time, in the form of the North Korean Traffic Girls "

I posted a list of some of the web pages that have recently popped up in the wake of this sudden internet interest in the PTGs -
http://dprktrafficgirls.forumotion.com/ptg-print-media-on-the-web-f6/list-web-pages-featuring-the-ptgs-t182.htm

The internet community finally gets on the trafficgirl bandwagon!

I missed out on all the action - if you can call it action. That daily reach chart only shows a max of .001%, about 10 per million. It didn't seem to result in a lot of new members signing up in here.

Many kudos to Roger Ebert, who has not let his situation keep him down. I happened to catch him on Oprah - what a lucky man to have such a great and supportive wife. And fortunately he still has his writing he can express himself with - I always liked his movie reviews. Twitter is the perfect way for him to interact with his fans.
Yeah, 2 thumbs up, Roger.

JIMBIALEK wrote:

I missed out on all the action - if you can call it action. That daily reach chart only shows a max of .001%, about 10 per million. It didn't seem to result in a lot of new members signing up in here.

You're out of the psych ward already?
Yes, not many sign up - most visitors obviously are clicking on links out of curiosity, not from a burning desire to rap about trafficgirls. Really, from a casual perspective, how much is there to say? A few have joined - a few have posted.
We'll keep on keepin' on.

JIMBIALEK wrote:

I missed out on all the action - if you can call it action. That daily reach chart only shows a max of .001%, about 10 per million. It didn't seem to result in a lot of new members signing up in here

Mr. Positive is back

Another traffic chart - through March 10