Today, April 2nd 2010, is this blog’s second birthday, and it’s certainly been an interesting two years: my thanks to everyone who has contributed, commented or otherwise helped make it worthwhile.
Some stats for those who enjoy such things:
- Total pageviews: 189,156
- Busiest day: Monday, December 21, 2009, 4,285 pageviews
- Busiest month: December 2009, 31,178 pageviews
- Total posts: 310
- Total comments: 1,930
Average pageviews per day:
- 2008: 95
- 2009: 285
- 2010: 662
Top Ten Posts and Pages:
| 1. | A Modest Proposal to Save STL UK | 7,420 |
| 2. | Wesley Owen: 26 Branches Enter Administration | 4,801 |
| 3. | Wesley Owen | 4,091 |
| 4. | And so it ends: STL UK puts up ‘For Sale’ Sign | 3,697 |
| 5. | STL UK Crisis: Reports roundup and further reflections | 2,064 |
| 6. | Wesley Owen: 27 Christian Bookshops Wiped Off the Map | 1,904 |
| 7. | The Six Ways of Atheism | 1,730 |
| 8. | SAP and IBS-STL UK: A Timeline and Some Reflections | 1,625 |
| 9 | Wesley Owen: Expressions of Interest in Remaining Stores Welcomed | 1,547 |
| 10. | Day of Prayer | 1,484 |
Finally, during the last month (March 2010) UKCBD, the directory itself, received 34,099 pageviews, of which 23,616 were unique visits. The top 5 directory pages were:
- Homepage: 3,861
- Town & City Index: 2,177
- London: 2,067
- Shop Name Index: 1,770
- Town & City ‘B’: 794
All sorts of other stats are available: if you want to know more or would like to sponsor a page, please get in touch.
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April 2, 2010 at 10:58 am
Congratulations Phil, your blog is a significant service to the trade judging by the stats as well as the content. Thanks for persevering with it.
April 2, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Well done Phil – quite a milestone and an excellent help to all in the trade and outside of it. Yours has been a difficult balance to achieve but I believe that you have broadly got it just right – so thanks.
April 2, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Yes, thanks, Phil for keeping so up to date with all the latest news – invaluable. How come suddenly all these people have latched on to older posts?
April 2, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Spammers, Carole
— have just cleared them out. They’re usually intercepted by the spam filter, akismet — looks like it had a hiccup. Annoying!
April 2, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Thanks all: appreciate your kind remarks
April 2, 2010 at 8:28 pm
From across the pond, congratulations Phil on two years of dedicated service and encouragement to Christian book shops in the UK. I’m thankful we recently discovered you online and I hope we can continue to share mutual concerns and interests.
April 2, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Wow- only 2 years! thanks so much for setting it up – long may it keep going :0)