Traffic to RichmondWiki.org slowed dramatically in January after the holiday season ended and the Tacky Lights Tours article was no longer timely. That article alone was the single biggest traffic driver to date, according to the December 2008 site analytics.
January 2009 Site Statistics
Most Popular Articles
Many of the Categories pages are rising in popularity. My suspicion is that as the amount of content in the wiki grows, the Category pages become more useful as aggregators of useful information. Chances are that if somebody stumbles into an article about a bar or restaurant, they might want to see similar articles. The Bars and Restaurants Category Page is the most logical place to find that info.
| Pageviews | Time on Page (s) | Bounce Rate (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| /wiki/Main_Page | 1254 | 51.9 | 27.7 |
| /wiki/Category:Bars_and_Restaurants | 292 | 16.3 | 51.2 |
| /wiki/Category:Neighborhoods | 169 | 14.1 | 0 |
| /wiki/Special:RecentChanges | 150 | 52.6 | 57.1 |
| /wiki/List_of_Twitter_Users | 109 | 74.2 | 42.9 |
| /wiki/Category:People | 94 | 11 | 25 |
| /wiki/Category:Things_to_Do | 84 | 12.7 | 0 |
| /blog/ | 82 | 43.6 | 19 |
| /wiki/Category:Blogs | 81 | 25.9 | 0 |
| /wiki/Tacky_Lights_Tours | 80 | 127.9 | 61.7 |
| /wiki/WWBT | 79 | 30.1 | 39.1 |
| /wiki/Dwight_Jones | 74 | 97.6 | 67.5 |
| /wiki/Category:Arts_and_Culture | 73 | 18 | 0 |
| /wiki/Special:Categories | 61 | 24.6 | 0 |
| /wiki/West_End | 58 | 36.5 | 33.3 |
| /wiki/Lewis_Ginter_Botanical_Garden | 45 | 113.8 | 66.7 |
| /wiki/Da_Capo_Institute | 43 | 51.6 | 50 |
| /blog/2008/10/how-to-add-rel-nofollow-to-mediawiki-edit-links/ | 41 | 145.2 | 71 |
| /wiki/Bryan_Norwood | 40 | 102.4 | 72.7 |
| /wiki/Kanpai_Japanese_Steakhouse | 39 | 147.5 | 80.6 |
| /wiki/Image:FeaturedThingsToDo.gif | 37 | 14.4 | 50 |
| /wiki/Form:Restaurants | 34 | 27.4 | 38.9 |
| /wiki/Maymont | 34 | 30.5 | 72.7 |
| /wiki/Category:Community_Organizations | 32 | 9.6 | 0 |
Referring Sources
Even though there was less traffic overall in January, the traffic came from a wider variety of sources. The working assumption is that this is the result of more links pointing to RichmondWiki.org from local blogs and news sites.
| Source/Medium | Visits | Pages/Visit | Avg. Time on Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| (direct) / (none) | 958 | 4.5 | 145 |
| google.com / referral | 108 | 3.1 | 240 |
| google / organic | 100 | 3.9 | 76 |
| nearwestendnews.net / referral | 49 | 4.7 | 113 |
| floricane.typepad.com / referral | 15 | 5.9 | 141 |
| richmondgoodlife.com / referral | 15 | 5.5 | 190 |
| en.wikipedia.org / referral | 14 | 4 | 78 |
| aol / organic | 7 | 1.9 | 51 |
| mwusers.com / referral | 6 | 5.5 | 85 |
| richmond.com / referral | 6 | 1.7 | 6 |
Google AdSense Earnings
AdSense ads on RichmondWiki.org generated $0.39 from 2 clicks out of 4,336 impressions. For those keeping score at home, that translates to a 0.05% Click Through Rate and $0.09 eCPM. The ads are so unproductive that I replaced them altogether in late January.
Other Data
Anything else you want to see? In the spirit of transparency and community, I’ll be happy to share other site statistics where possible. Just leave a comment with a request and I’ll update the post.
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