{"id":4217,"date":"2008-09-30T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/?p=4217"},"modified":"2008-09-30T09:48:46","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T13:48:46","slug":"niagara-falls-blog-second-trimester-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/30\/niagara-falls-blog-second-trimester-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"Niagara Falls Blog second trimester stats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4276\" title=\"accessniagara_square_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/accessniagara_square_logo.png?resize=200%2C123\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Calling it a trimester sounds like someone is having a baby. No, my wife and I are not announcing anything \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of May, <a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/02\/state-of-the-blog-address-or-a-bunch-of-stats\/\">I shared my stats<\/a> from the first 4 months of the year (1\/3 of the year, or the first trimester). I figured I&#8217;d do the same for the May-August period (the second trimester).<\/p>\n<p>First, here are the stats as of the end of August 2008 (you can <a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/02\/state-of-the-blog-address-or-a-bunch-of-stats\/\">view the first trimester stats here<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Traffic <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 2007 -4,256<\/li>\n<li>May 2008 &#8211; 13,173 (up 210%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jun 2007 -4,329<\/li>\n<li>Jun 2008 &#8211; 14,044 (up 224%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jul 2007 -6,413<\/li>\n<li>Jul 2008 &#8211; 14,619 (up 128%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Aug 2007 -6,009<\/li>\n<li>Aug 2008 &#8211; 11,460 (up 91%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Total traffic (unique visitors) for May &#8211; Aug 2007 &#8211; 21,007<\/li>\n<li>Total traffic (unique visitors) for May &#8211; Aug 2008 &#8211; 53,296 (up 154%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Total Posts <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May-07 &#8211; 66<\/li>\n<li>May-08 \u00e2\u20ac&#8221;84<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jun-07 &#8211; 80<\/li>\n<li>Jun-08 \u00e2\u20ac&#8221;82<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jul-07 &#8211; 78<\/li>\n<li>Jul-08 \u00e2\u20ac&#8221;117<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Aug-07 &#8211; 87<\/li>\n<li>Aug-08 \u00e2\u20ac&#8221;114<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Total posts for May &#8211; Aug 2007 &#8211; 311<\/li>\n<li>Total posts for May &#8211; Aug 2008 &#8211; 397<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Month with most postings ever &#8211; 117 in July 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Comments (including pings &amp; trackbacks) <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total comments for May &#8211; Aug 2007 &#8211; 526 Comments<\/li>\n<li>Total comments for May &#8211; Aug 2008 &#8211; 619 Comments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Total number of comments \u00e2\u20ac&#8221; 4,416<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Top 5 commented posts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/21\/no-longer-marvel-ous\/\">No longer &#8220;Marvel&#8221;-ous?<\/a><\/em> &#8211; 74 comments<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accessniagara.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/13\/fight-at-casino-club\/\">Fight at casino club<\/a> &#8211; 46 comments<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/10\/20-floors-and-counting-at-the-hilton\/\">20 floors and counting at the Hilton<\/a> &#8211; 43 comments<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/01\/the-new-border-rules\/\">The New Border Rules<\/a> &#8211; 36 comments<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/19\/niagara-falls-question-what-is-the-biggest-eyesore-next-to-the-falls\/\">Niagara Falls Question: What is the biggest eyesore next to the Falls?<\/a> &#8211; 32 comments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Top 5 categories <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/category\/niagara-falls-news\/\">Niagara Falls News<\/a> (1,071 posts)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/category\/niagara-falls-attractions\/\">Niagara Falls Attractions<\/a> (576 posts)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/category\/niagara-falls-hotels\/\">Niagara Falls Hotels<\/a> (405 posts)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/category\/niagara-falls-developments\/\">Niagara Falls Developments<\/a> (322 posts)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/category\/niagara-falls-events\/\">Niagara Falls Events<\/a> (198 posts)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Niagara Falls Image Gallery <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total number of pictures in Niagara Falls Image Gallery &#8211; 2,588<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Link Tracking (link visiting) <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total number of tracked links (all time) \u00e2\u20ac&#8221; 1,797<\/li>\n<li>Total number of click-throughs (all time) \u00e2\u20ac&#8221; 131,092<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Top 5 clicked links<br \/>\n<\/em> (<\/strong>I changed my tracking those you can&#8217;t really compare this with the previous stats)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/c\/?1150\">Another Fight On Clifton Hill Niagara Falls<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac&#8221; 2,302 clicks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/c\/?1099\">YouTube &#8211; Bronto&#8217;s Adventure Playland with VeggieTales<\/a> &#8211; 1,330 clicks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/c\/?1051\">YouTube &#8211; Brick City in Summer 2007<\/a> &#8211; 1,159 clicks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/c\/?4\">Clifton Hill official web site<\/a> &#8211; 1,068 clicks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/c\/?36\">Great Wolf Lodge<\/a> &#8211; 1,056 clicks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>YouTube Videos <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total number of YouTube video views &#8211; 28 videos, 87,512 views<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Top 5 YouTube Videos <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3eA1krIgHjk\">Marineland Canada Topple Tower<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac&#8221; 32,637<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=twcmnltGRsY\">Marineland&#8217;s Sky Screamer in Summer 2007<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac&#8221; 11,421<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7G51bYc9xCg\">Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls Bear Track Landing Waterpark<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac&#8221; 11,332<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Evub1PzyjM\">Orca Whale Splash Show at Marineland Canada<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac&#8221; 8,490<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7XF0ypvCnps\">Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls Bear Track Landing Wave Pool<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac&#8221; 4,699<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;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&#8217;s going on in Niagara Falls is just as important.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you once again all for your help. I&#8217;m sure the stats will drop some going into the Fall, but I&#8217;m also sure we&#8217;ll be up over last year. I look forward to seeing what the final year-end stats are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling it a trimester sounds like someone is having a baby. 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