THIS WEB SITE'S STATISTICAL DATA
Year 2004

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Year 2004: Data by four week increments are:
Date |
Total Hits |
% Annual
Increase |
Page Views |
% Annual
Increase |
Distinct Hosts |
% Annual Increase |
Total number of essays |
JAN-31 |
17,868,201 |
38 |
2,400,905 |
69 |
636,328 |
72 |
2,438 |
FEB-28 |
23,636,017 |
32 |
3,067,122 |
36 |
787,133 |
42 |
2,460 |
MAR-27 |
26,195,733 |
26 |
3,331,579 |
63 |
** |
** |
2,477 |
APR-24 |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
2,499 |
MAY-24 |
19,887,127 |
12 |
2,705,397 |
38 |
666,013 |
35 |
2,520 |
JUN-19 |
17,573,279 |
27 |
2,511,077 |
32 |
648,581 |
36 |
2,536 |
JUL-17 |
15,978,192 |
40 |
2,331,122 |
46 |
604,581 |
52 |
2,554 |
AUG-14 |
16,260,576 |
36 |
2,418,314 |
39 |
616,278 |
49 |
2,592 |
SEP-11 |
18,352,355 |
36 |
2,486,451 |
34 |
678,315 |
47 |
2,617 |
OCT-09 |
27,545,252 |
42 |
3,301,359 |
34 |
932,036 |
37 |
2,643 |
NOV-06 |
31,894,121 |
26 |
3,813,448 |
20 |
1,057,892 |
23 |
2,671 |
DEC-04 |
35,063,710 |
42 |
4,261,595 |
31 |
1,141,156 |
47 |
2,700 |
Traffic to our web site fluctuates significantly through the year. As in past years, traffic data gradually increased during the first four
months of the year, reaching a peak in late April. It then started to decline.
We call this the "summer slump" and attribute it to students finishing their
academic year, and people generally leaving their computers and enjoying the
warm weather. As in past years, traffic started to rise again in early
September.
* Numbers in bold are the maximum values during 2004.
** On MAR-11, we switched our web site to a higher capacity dedicated server.
The Wusage statistical program was not initialized properly and thus did not
initially compute weekly data. 
Notes:
In the above table:
 | Total hits: The numbers of files downloaded from our site by
visitors during the 28 days ending on the date shown. These included text
files, background files, button files, etc. These data are not particularly
significant because they are influenced by the web design. They are
often emphasized by webmasters, because they are the largest common measurement
of web site traffic. |
 | % Increase: The percentage increase over the corresponding 28 day
period in the previous year, for the preceding column. |
 | Number of page views: The total number of times that pages were viewed
by visitors during the preceding 28 days. This includes our home page,
menus and essays. |
 | Number of distinct hosts: The number of unique computers from which
our visitors accessed our web site during the preceding 28 days. The number
of unique visitors would presumably be much greater than this. |
 | To estimate the monthly data, multiply the total hits, page views
or distinct hosts by 1.09. |

Latest update: 2005-JAN-27


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