Showing posts with label Hits on the Blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hits on the Blog. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 June 2011

10,000th hit on the blog!

Well, who would have thought that when we set up the blog it would attract so much interest? In these days when information pores out of every screen, we are rather humble that so many people from all over the world would seek out our blog to find out what the TUC is doing in the Midlands.
Today we passed the 10,000 page views milestone, a feat we did not expect to see so quickly. Our hits peaked in March with over 2,000 in one month, mainly driven by the TUC's successful March for the Alternative. Since then though we have received over 1500 hits each month, showing how worthwhile the blog has become in getting the TUC message out as far as we can. 
We have many visitors from overseas, in fact 50% of visitors come from other shores. We are getting occasional hits from South America and Africa now, as well as from the USA, Russia, China, and our near neighbours in Europe. You are all welcome!

Monday, 20 December 2010

2,000 hits on the blog!

When we set up this blog in December 2008, we thought it might be a slow start to get people to visit - after all, there are a lot of ways to get information from the TUC and a new blog would take some time to gather impetus. And that is how it started, slowly!
It took 18 months to get the first 1,000 hits, which we recorded in June of this year. Six months later we have had our second thousand hits, so we seem to be getting a head of steam going.

We are really pleased with how the blog is progressing, not least as we have some idea of where visitors come from. As you might expect, the largest number of hits come from the UK. This closely follwed by the USA.
The list of countries from where we have had most viewings is fascinating!

United Kingdom 667
United States 600
Netherlands 157
Russia 132
Germany 57
Ukraine 33
China 23
South Korea 22
Italy 19
Latvia 18

So, who are you all and why do you visit our blog? It would be really interesting to know why you visit, and why you come back. And, is there anything in particular you would like to see us report? Let us know by commenting on this story, below.
And did you know we have other blogs?
http://midtuclgbtnetwork.blogspot.com/
http://midlandssrr.blogspot.com/