Calling it a trimester sounds like someone is having a baby. No, my wife and I are not announcing anything 🙂
At the beginning of May, I shared my stats from the first 4 months of the year (1/3 of the year, or the first trimester). I figured I’d do the same for the May-August period (the second trimester).
First, here are the stats as of the end of August 2008 (you can view the first trimester stats here):
Traffic
- May 2007 -4,256
- May 2008 – 13,173 (up 210%)
- Jun 2007 -4,329
- Jun 2008 – 14,044 (up 224%)
- Jul 2007 -6,413
- Jul 2008 – 14,619 (up 128%)
- Aug 2007 -6,009
- Aug 2008 – 11,460 (up 91%)
- Total traffic (unique visitors) for May – Aug 2007 – 21,007
- Total traffic (unique visitors) for May – Aug 2008 – 53,296 (up 154%)
Total Posts
- May-07 – 66
- May-08 —84
- Jun-07 – 80
- Jun-08 —82
- Jul-07 – 78
- Jul-08 —117
- Aug-07 – 87
- Aug-08 —114
- Total posts for May – Aug 2007 – 311
- Total posts for May – Aug 2008 – 397
- Month with most postings ever – 117 in July 2008
Comments (including pings & trackbacks)
- Total comments for May – Aug 2007 – 526 Comments
- Total comments for May – Aug 2008 – 619 Comments
- Total number of comments — 4,416
Top 5 commented posts
- No longer “Marvel”-ous? – 74 comments
- Fight at casino club – 46 comments
- 20 floors and counting at the Hilton – 43 comments
- The New Border Rules – 36 comments
- Niagara Falls Question: What is the biggest eyesore next to the Falls? – 32 comments
Top 5 categories
- Niagara Falls News (1,071 posts)
- Niagara Falls Attractions (576 posts)
- Niagara Falls Hotels (405 posts)
- Niagara Falls Developments (322 posts)
- Niagara Falls Events (198 posts)
Niagara Falls Image Gallery
- Total number of pictures in Niagara Falls Image Gallery – 2,588
Link Tracking (link visiting)
- Total number of tracked links (all time) — 1,797
- Total number of click-throughs (all time) — 131,092
Top 5 clicked links
(I changed my tracking those you can’t really compare this with the previous stats)
- Another Fight On Clifton Hill Niagara Falls — 2,302 clicks
- YouTube – Bronto’s Adventure Playland with VeggieTales – 1,330 clicks
- YouTube – Brick City in Summer 2007 – 1,159 clicks
- Clifton Hill official web site – 1,068 clicks
- Great Wolf Lodge – 1,056 clicks
YouTube Videos
- Total number of YouTube video views – 28 videos, 87,512 views
Top 5 YouTube Videos
- Marineland Canada Topple Tower — 32,637
- Marineland’s Sky Screamer in Summer 2007 — 11,421
- Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls Bear Track Landing Waterpark — 11,332
- Orca Whale Splash Show at Marineland Canada — 8,490
- Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls Bear Track Landing Wave Pool — 4,699
Now, what does all this mean? What do the trends indicate? Traffic keeps increasing. People are leaving comments. People are viewing the videos. Overall, things are going extremely well.
I don’t have any radical plans for the blog over the winter. I am almost caught up on some old posts I need to get up. I have a few more galleries and videos to post. Having Lonny on board will help. And of course, having each of you returning regularly to see what’s going on in Niagara Falls is just as important.
Thank you once again all for your help. I’m sure the stats will drop some going into the Fall, but I’m also sure we’ll be up over last year. I look forward to seeing what the final year-end stats are!