WW Stats

[UrbanWaterloo]

A thread to track the growth of Wonderful Waterloo.

Wanted to let everyone know this week has been awesome for growth. We're averaging over 100 visitors/day, double last week!

[Spokes]

Great news!!

Again to guests, we'd love to hear from you. Register please! It only takes a few minutes and it's free.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Yes, this is a very friendly forum with intelligent debate & and no hostility (there's no wrong things to ask about what's going on in the region). So join as a member and share your thoughts!

For those around UW today, take a look at the bus shelters.

[Spokes]

Is there a way of tracking posts per day or number of posters per day?

[UrbanWaterloo]

Number of Posts

Week 1: December 20, 2009 - December 26, 2009: 90
Week 2: December 27, 2009 - January 2, 2010: 187
Week 3: January 3, 2010 - January 9, 2010: 217

Partial Week 4 (First 4 Days): January 10, 2010 - January 13, 2010: 167 (= 292 if projected over a full week)


Other Stats - January 14, 2010 10:53 PM

Top poster [Spokes - 363]
Most replied to thread [City Centre Condominiums (Centre Block) | 59 , 52 m | 16 , 14 fl | Proposed]
Most viewed thread [Wish List for Waterloo Region - 2010 Edition]
Most popular forum [Downtowns]

[Spokes]

Great numbers! Looking forward to seeing continued growth!

Can't wait to see that number of users on at once: 22, be broken soon too

[UrbanWaterloo]

WW had a record number of visitors (183) on Tuesday January 19, 2010 (last full day available). Now some of that might be double counted (ie. I'm counted twice when I'm on at home and then go on my phone later), but still some good growth. I think what really caused the latest upswing on Tuesday was the new facebook group: I want a Wonderful Waterloo Region (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=285559282353&ref=ts) :cool:
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Misc/Reportforwonderfulwaterloocom-Jan20.jpg

Number of Posts
Week 1: December 20, 2009 - December 26, 2009: 90
Week 2: December 27, 2009 - January 2, 2010: 187
Week 3: January 3, 2010 - January 9, 2010: 217
Week 4: January 10, 2010 - January 16, 2010: 242

[RangersFan]

Looks like the community is growing rapidly

[Spokes]

13 people posted today!! Keep it up WW!

[UrbanWaterloo]

WW membership sign-up started on December 21, 2009. Yesterday; January 21, 2010; we ended up with a record 14 posters, a pretty nice 1-month anniversary! We're also up to over 50 members. :cool:

Now we just need a kick-off party, hopefully next month.

[Spokes]

1000 Posts!!! Way to go WW members!!

[UrbanWaterloo]

A new record high of 193 visitors yesterday (January 24, 2010). :cool:
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Misc/Reportforwonderfulwaterloocom-Ja-1.jpg

Number of Posts
Week 1: December 20, 2009 - December 26, 2009: 90
Week 2: December 27, 2009 - January 2, 2010: 187
Week 3: January 3, 2010 - January 9, 2010: 217
Week 4: January 10, 2010 - January 16, 2010: 242
Week 5: January 17, 2010 - January 23, 2010: 262

[Spokes]

New high number of people on at once yesterday - 25!!

[UrbanWaterloo]

Yeah that's pretty cool, especially when you consider that stat is in 'real-time', ie. not how some sites use 'online in the last hour'. To be honest I didn't think it would break so quickly, I thought we'd have to wait for a grand opening at a condo development (people coming online to check the price list) or a big local festival (like Jazz, Blues or Oktoberfest).

There were another 193 visitors yesterday too. :cool:

[Spokes]

Are we still getting a steady number of posters per day?

[UrbanWaterloo]

I'd say so, we had a surge in visitors yesterday: 230! :D

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Misc/Reportforwonderfulwaterloocom-Ja-2.jpg

[RangersFan]

Thats pretty awesome, but I logged on a bunch of times yesturday, so does it count me as a new visitor each time?

[UrbanWaterloo]

If you're on the same computer no. If you went on at home, work, school, cellphone; then yes. I know I'm always counted twice (home & mobile); but that would have remained constant the entire month.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Our first full month was awesome; we started out around 50 visitors/day and are now closer to the 200 mark. :cool:

I'm hoping I'll be able to announce a new way to get our voices heard on Wednesday. Also, it seemed like people enjoyed the Uptown 2025 and TriTAG reports last week, so I'll try to cover more meetings (http://www.wonderfulwaterloo.com/calendar.php)going forward.

January 2010
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Misc/Reportforwonderfulwaterloocom-Ja-3.jpg

Number of Posts
- note this is the last time (for now that) I'll do a complete recap of all weeks
Week 1: December 20, 2009 - December 26, 2009: 90
Week 2: December 27, 2009 - January 2, 2010: 187
Week 3: January 3, 2010 - January 9, 2010: 217
Week 4: January 10, 2010 - January 16, 2010: 242
Week 5: January 17, 2010 - January 23, 2010: 262
Week 6: January 24, 2010 - January 30, 2010: 387

[Spokes]

Uptown 2025[/thread] and TriTAG reports last week, so I'll try to cover more meetings (http://www.wonderfulwaterloo.com/calendar.php)going forward.

Great growth!!

I liked the reports a lot. I, along with others, was not able to attend, and the reports made me feel like i was, and could still participate in the discussion. I like the ideas. So I plan on providing them whenever I can, and I encourage others to do the same.

[RangersFan]

I am also hoping to make more of the meetings going forward. I think it's important that the voices of WW are heard.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Thanks and your report on the Heritage Kitchener Committee meeting and leaffan's photos were good too!

5 new members today, 16 posters today, and a record 332 visitors yesterday. :cool:

Graph showing visitor traffic January 1, 2010 - February 2, 2010
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Misc/Reportforwonderfulwaterloocom-Jan1-.jpg

Now that we're starting to get increasing traffic, we might be able to start a Causes Thread; although it's something we can discuss at our meet on Saturday.

[UrbanWaterloo]

There was a temporary spike around February 14th when we were added to the BerryBlab Network. WW continues to attract more visitors, which for myself means we inch closer to a personal goal of starting-up a broad-based (100 member) urban economic development fund for the region. Although since not everyone will participate (maybe only 10% initially), we'll need to grow further still - though perhaps by next year it will be possible. :)

Graph showing visitor traffic January 1, 2010 - February 23, 2010
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Misc/Reportforwonderfulwaterloocom-Ja-4.jpg

[RangersFan]

Impressive growth so far, hopefully we can keep this steady pace.

[Spokes]

Is there still an issue with the stats? Particularly the number of members. Last week we were up over 100 on the main page, now down to 92. And it's been 92 over the past day or so, but it shows a different new user.

[Duke-of-Waterloo]

Is there still an issue with the stats? Particularly the number of members. Last week we were up over 100 on the main page, now down to 92. And it's been 92 over the past day or so, but it shows a different new user.

There have been issues with bots creating bogus accounts, so a few fake users had to be deleted by senior mods I believe.

[Spokes]

There have been issues with bots creating bogus accounts, so a few fake users had to be deleted by senior mods I believe.

Ya I did notice that, especially a week or so ago I think.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Yes it was just cleaning up the user list. There might be two or three more bots on here, so it would help if all new members posted at least a 'hello', come to a meet or say hi at some other event.

[Spokes]

Looks like a ton of action lately. Great to see! I bet the stats are growing steadily upwards as well.

[UrbanWaterloo]

2nd busiest day yesterday: great to see more people are getting interested in Waterloo Region's urban issues. Fingers crossed this turns into more pedestrian traffic in our core areas (people wanting to check out a new development themselves), an increase in people wanting to live there and in shops/services provided. Hopefully we'll get another pop in April or May by helping to host an Urban Unconference. :cool:

Graph showing visitor traffic January 1, 2010 - March 15, 2010
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Misc/Reportforwonderfulwaterloocom-Ja-5.jpg

[Spokes]

I was going to do it for my 1000th post, but I lost track hah. Im really impressed how quickly we've gotten over 3000 posts. We arent even at 3 months yet since WW got started. Our community is really starting to grow, we've got a fantastic base and its growing.

Really happy to see lots of new members joining, AND posting. For those that are lurking, come on and join the conversation!

[Shawn]

I've been watching the growth daily and I want to congratulate everyone!! It's exciting to be a part of a new grass roots website like this! :cool:

[RangersFan]

Yeah I agree very cool to see things coming together

[Spokes]

Whoa, 47 online on saturday afternoon! Awesome!

[IEFBR14]

Whoa, 47 online on saturday afternoon!
How many of those were search engine bots? ;)

[Spokes]

How many of those were search engine bots? ;)

Shhh dont ruin it for me ;) haha

[Trogdor]

Hey WW,

This is my first post and I would like to use it to congratulate you on this site. I used to check Skyscraper Forum once in a while, but this absolutely blows that out of the water. I look forward to reading about urban issues in the Region as well as seeing WW grow in the coming months (and years). If I could recommend anything, I would say that you should post links on Skyscraper Forum to drag any last people from there over to this site. Other than that, amazing job!

[Spokes]

Welcome to the forum Trogdor!! Looking forward to you contributing and hearing what you've got to say.

I think the majority of people on there have switched, if they're going to that is. There's a thread that has a link to it. I have a feeling if there was a post formally telling people to "jump ship" it'd be deleted right away.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Welcome Trogdor to the Wonderful World of Waterloo. :p

I'm the first to admit the site isn't perfect, but as a heavy user myself I'm always on the look-out for improvements. If you happen to stumble upon any neat add-ons let me know. Some "bugs" still exist here as evidenced by the Forum Issues section, but hopefully vBulletin will release another patch which fixes all outstanding problems (they aren't as bad as Microsoft, but there's still a joke in there somewhere).

New Record: 22 Posters yesterday. :cool:

[Spokes]

New Record: 22 Posters yesterday. :cool:

Might surpass it today. The numbers of posters is steadily increasing.

And....

4000 posts WW!! Good job everyone! (and in just a bit more than 3 months)

[Shawn]

Another record breaking day Wednesday April 7th!! I predicted it early in the day and thank you Duke for being the poster that put us over the top!!

With all this great warm weather we're having it's great to see things "snow balling" for WW!!

Keep up the momentum!

[Spokes]

Another record breaking day Wednesday April 7th!! I predicted it early in the day and thank you Duke for being the poster that put us over the top!!


Ya I was thinking the same thing. When I went to bed we were still at 21 I think, but I realized Duke hadn't posted yet. I had faith.

Today's starting out a lot like the past two days. Good signs.

UrbanWaterloo, are there charts of posters per day? (Im a total chart/stat geek, I learn better using them I think)

[UrbanWaterloo]

UrbanWaterloo, are there charts of posters per day? (Im a total chart/stat geek, I learn better using them I think)

Unfortunately I don't see one. If I come across an add-on which does I'll let you know though.

[Duke-of-Waterloo]

Another record breaking day Wednesday April 7th!! I predicted it early in the day and thank you Duke for being the poster that put us over the top!!

I logged into the site at 11:45 last night and saw that we were at 22 posters for the day and I hadn't posted yet, so I quickly responded to a post!

[DKsan]

I finally joined and started posting here.

I've been lurking about SSC and this forum quite a bit.

[Spokes]

I finally joined and started posting here.

I've been lurking about SSC and this forum quite a bit.

It's great to have you on board!

[Duke-of-Waterloo]

Welcome to the forum DKsan!

Speaking of users, I noticed a Google Spider combing through the forum tonight. That's a good sign!

[Spokes]

Welcome to the forum DKsan!

Speaking of users, I noticed a Google Spider combing through the forum tonight. That's a good sign!

Whats a Google Spider? And how did you know?

[DHLawrence]

It's a bot that scans the website for search terms. The more search terms it finds, the more results WW gets in a Google search on that specific term. They usually show up in the section that lists which users are online.

[Spokes]

And a "Yahoo! Slurp Spider" tonight!

[Spokes]

And a "Yahoo! Slurp Spider" tonight!

And an AskJeeves Spider today!

Should these help us improve the number of new visitors we get substantially?

[taylortbb]

I wouldn't get too excited about seeing spiders. Any new website will be crawled within 1-2 weeks. The visits we're seeing now are just re-crawls. Google's spider will crawl a few times and based on how much has changed between crawls will set a crawl frequency. A forum like this will probably be crawled multiple times a week by Google.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Second highest number of visitors yesterday...

Graph showing visitor traffic January 1, 2010 - April 12, 2010
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Reportforwonderfulwaterloocom-Janua.jpg

[Spokes]

380 is a pretty good daily average given the relatively slow start that was the first month.

[Urbanomicon]

That's terrific. Are these unique visitors or are multiple daily visits from the same user counted?

[Spokes]

That's terrific. Are these unique visitors or are multiple daily visits from the same user counted?

I think UrbanWaterloo said once that they're unique visitors. Unless one browses on their computer, then on their phone, then it counts as two.

[Shawn]

Second highest number of visitors yesterday...

Monday "Bumps" don't disappoint! Great to see those kind of numbers!

[Spokes]

Speaking of numbers, 65 online today?!? Wow.

[RangersFan]

65 thats pretty awesome to say the least.

[IEFBR14]

Have the site owners given thought to adding references and links on relevant Wikipedia pages? e.g.
Regional Municipality of Waterloo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Waterloo)
Media in Waterloo Region (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_in_Waterloo_Region)
List of oldest buildings and structures in Kitchener Waterloo area (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_buildings_and_structures_in_Kitchen er_Waterloo_area)

[Spokes]

90 people online this morning. Wow! Over 60 looking at the General Discussion folder....hmmm I wonder what thread they were looking at. WW seems to be the place to be for breaking news.

[Urbanomicon]

90 people online this morning. Wow! Over 60 looking at the General Discussion folder....hmmm I wonder what thread they were looking at. WW seems to be the place to be for breaking news.

That's awesome. I wonder if any of the veiwers were from news organizations looking for info/pictures.

[Spokes]

As of right now, 777 page views of the Plaza fire in a little over 3 hours.

UrbanWaterloo, can we post the number of visitors tomorrow? We should see a ridiculous jump for today.

[Urbanomicon]

My guess is that since we had information posted about it before most news outlets, Google searches about the fire showed WW near the top of the search results. We are still in the top 10 for "Mel's diner fire".

[Shawn]

It's definitely the Fire that's attracting all the traffic. If you click the number of users and look, the vast majority of the guests are looking at the thread " Part of UW Plaza (including Mel's Diner) burned down..." The fire is a tragedy but it really illustrates the power of this site! They come to see the thread on the fire and come back again for the other content!

[Duke-of-Waterloo]

We are still in the top 10 for "Mel's diner fire".

We are #1 on Google For "Mel's Diner Burned Down". Still getting crazy amounts of traffic to that thread.

[Spokes]

It's definitely the Fire that's attracting all the traffic. If you click the number of users and look, the vast majority of the guests are looking at the thread " Part of UW Plaza (including Mel's Diner) burned down..." The fire is a tragedy but it really illustrates the power of this site! They come to see the thread on the fire and come back again for the other content!

Hopefully ;)

[Spokes]

We are #1 on Google For "Mel's Diner Burned Down". Still getting crazy amounts of traffic to that thread.

Are we? The number of views hasn't increased from 777, so does that mean its just the same people still reading?

[Osiris]

Are we? The number of views hasn't increased from 777, so does that mean its just the same people still reading?

I was wondering how that worked - whether it was unique views (based on IP) or individual page views (every refresh)

*Tries through proxy*

...no change.

Hmm.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Not at home right now, but iirc thread views are current only every hour because it causes less strain on the server. Yes, we can show visitor numbers tomorrow.

[Spokes]

Ya that makes sense, its up over 1100 now.

[UrbanWaterloo]

vBulletin Setting: Update Thread Views Immediately
Option to update thread views immediately, or once an hour. If you have a large forum, you will probably want to disable immediate updates, since they are quite server intensive. Yes No (Currently Our Setting Is: No)

Btw, if you click on a thread 3 times, it does count as 3 views though.


Have the site owners given thought to adding references and links on relevant Wikipedia pages? e.g.

Good idea by the way, I'll make sure to add them.


As of right now, 777 page views of the Plaza fire in a little over 3 hours.
UrbanWaterloo, can we post the number of visitors tomorrow? We should see a ridiculous jump for today.

Up to 2,042 views now on the UW Plaza Fire Thread. I predict we'll have well over 1000 visitors on the site today. It will be interesting to see how many stick around.

[Spokes]

Up to 2,042 views now on the UW Plaza Fire Thread. I predict we'll have well over 1000 visitors on the site today. It will be interesting to see how many stick around.

Looks like as of now only one new user, but I have a feeling we won't see the total effect of todays outburst in viewers for a little while. People will stick around and then decide to register. Makes the "how did you find WW" poll a good idea.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Visitors spiked substantially yesterday: 2071! This was all because of the fire, as that topic took 49 of the top 50 keywords. It seems a bit quieter today, but we'll have to see over the next week how many of these people stick around. Shouldn't it be everyone though: come on who doesn't find construction and urban issues interesting??? :p

Report for wonderfulwaterloo.com - April 1 - April 30, 2010 - Daily Graph Visitors - Last Full Day is April 22, 2010
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Misc/Reportforwonderfulwaterloocom-April.jpg

Top 50 Keywords
1. uw plaza fire 67 5.8%
2. uw plaza 47 4%
3. mels diner burnt down 39 3.4%
4. mels diner fire 30 2.6%
5. mels diner burned down 27 2.3%
6. wonderful waterloo 21 1.8%
7. mels diner burned 18 1.5%
8. mels diner waterloo news 14 1.2%
9. waterloo plaza fire 13 1.1%
10. mels diner waterloo burnt down 13 1.1%
11. fire at uw plaza 12 1%
12. tabu burned down 12 1%
13. mels diner waterloo burns down 12 1%
14. mels diner burns down 11 0.9%
15. uw plaza on fire 10 0.9%
16. mels diner burnt 10 0.9%
17. mels diner waterloo burned down 10 0.9%
18. waterloo plaza burned down 10 0.9%
19. waterloo plaza burns down 10 0.9%
20. fire at mels diner 8 0.7%
21. university plaza burnt down 8 0.7%
22. waterloo plaza burnt down 7 0.6%
23. waterloo plaza burned 7 0.6%
24. mels diner waterloo burn down 7 0.6%
25. 140 west burnt down 7 0.6%
26. mels diner waterloo burnt 6 0.5%
27. fire uw plaza 5 0.4%
28. waterloo plaza burn down 5 0.4%
29. 140 west burned down 5 0.4%
30. mels diner waterloo burned 5 0.4%
31. kitchener fire mels diner 5 0.4%
32. mels diner waterloo 5 0.4%
33. uw plaza waterloo 5 0.4%
34. waterloo burned down 4 0.3%
35. fire in waterloo plaza 4 0.3%
36. uw plaza burned 4 0.3%
37. mels diner plaza 4 0.3%
38. mels burnt down 4 0.3%
39. tabu burns down 4 0.3%
40. mels diner waterloo fire 4 0.3%
41. waterloo mels diner fire 4 0.3%
42. tabu kitchener burnt down 3 0.3%
43. university plaza burned down 3 0.3%
44. kitchener mels diner fire 3 0.3%
45. mels diner burn 3 0.3%
46. uw plaza burnt down 3 0.3%
47. uwplazafire 3 0.3%
48. mel_s diner burnt down 3 0.3%
49. waterloo mels diner burnt down 3 0.3%
50. mel_s diner fire 3 0.3%

[Urbanomicon]

1.8% actually searched for "Wonderful Waterloo". I guess the advertisements are working.

[Spokes]

30 posters yesterday!!! Great job everyone! Really happy to see all the new members posting already, welcome to all!

[UrbanWaterloo]

Visitors April 1 - May 25, 2010
The huge spike being the day of the UW Plaza Fire.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa262/AndrewEH/DailyGraphofVisitorsApril1-May25201.png

[Urbanomicon]

Wow. We're now regularly topping 1000 users per day. I wish the stock market was growing as fast and as steadily as Wonderful Waterloo! :)

[Shawn]

I now see the AskJeeves Spider crawling around the Who's Online page, with it's 2 buddies... Google Spider and Yahoo! Slurp Spider. This is the first time I've seen the AskJeeves Spider. I wonder if there's a Bing or a Live Search spider?

[Urbanomicon]

200 Members!