It occurred to me earlier that the new and improved version of this website went live on September 17, 2008 making today the one year anniversary. One of the changes with the new site was the inclusion of analytic tools which allow me to review stats about how the site is being accessed and from where. The information is fascinating and insightful. So let's do a quick year in review for the site.

The website had 5,982 unique visits and 21,796 page views. The average visitor viewed 3.64 pages and stayed on the site for 2:12. The visitors were from 81 different countries from each of the six inhabited continents. The site was accessed by its URL 24% of the time, via search engines 45% of the time, from my various social media outposts 18% of the time, from discussion forums 10% of the time, and from links on artist, media, and instrument manufacturer sites 3% of the time. The most frequently visited areas of the site are the homepage and the blog, followed by the gear pages.

So, what can I learn from this? Lots more, I'm sure, than I understand in the moment, but three strategies appear to have worked - search engine optimization, social network outposts, and discussion forums have contributed to the website traffic nicely.

Okay, enough of that stuff, back to making music.