 
Lowell
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Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3900
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 1:35 pm: |    |
Traffic spiked on the DetroitYES forums on Saturday with almost 23K visitor sessions, almost triple a normal Saturday. The spike started on Friday which hit 16K and subsided on Sunday with 14K. The more trafficked weekday averages by comparison are 10-12K. SoulfulDetroit experienced a similarly proportioned spike.
Searching the stats reveal no answer, like a prominent incoming referral address, so I was wondering if anyone had a clue to this the origin of this interest, most likely a print, or TV type mention since there are no referral trails. |
Detroitnerd
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Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 1056
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 1:36 pm: | |
My guess is the site probably hit an untapped community of Detroit expats via a blog posting. |
Quozl
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Username: Quozl
Post Number: 786
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 1:46 pm: | |
I think the spike had to do with Jjaba's Yeminites post or the post about my old boss Vito Giacalone and his brother Tony Jack. Maybe Sporto's Blog is getting more hits due to the controversial content about Kentucky and they are coming from there? |
Lilpup
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Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 2329
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 2:06 pm: | |
maybe it's the two or so OCD freepers who frequent the non-D board
I looked in one evening and one of them had responded to a dozens threads in a row - I think he/she liked seeing his/her name dominate the board |
Dabirch
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Username: Dabirch
Post Number: 2328
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 2:09 pm: | |
Moderator --
Could you please move this to the appropriate forum? Because,
quote:...let me advise that topics like this, discussion about the forum, belong in the Connections forum...
Thank you. |
Yvette248
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Username: Yvette248
Post Number: 654
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 2:20 pm: | |
Maybe everyone at Channel 7 was reading Steve's comments!
:-) |
Johnlodge
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Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 647
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 2:21 pm: | |
It might have been the weather. It was REALLY unpleasant out this weekend with the heat and pressure. |
Cman710
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Username: Cman710
Post Number: 317
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 2:24 pm: | |
That's really interesting. A while back, I remember the Forum having a lull of activity for a few weeks, so I am really happy it's been going so strong for the past months! |
Pam
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Username: Pam
Post Number: 1888
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 2:50 pm: | |
quote:I looked in one evening and one of them had responded to a dozens threads in a row - I think he/she liked seeing his/her name dominate the board
That's the guy who keeps saying he is winning all the debates. |
Haydenth
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Username: Haydenth
Post Number: 226
Registered: 05-2005
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 3:37 pm: | |
I heard Soulful Detroit mentioned on one of the WDET radio shows last weekend in regards to a post about an old DJ who just passed. |
Raggedclaws
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Username: Raggedclaws
Post Number: 38
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 4:06 pm: | |
The riveting discourse over on Non-Detroit regarding lady crackhead who died in ER ? |
Jimaz
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Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 2333
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 4:17 pm: | |
Lowell, please let us know if you determine the reason. Also, what effect did the advent of your newsletter have on the stats? It seems to have worked well!
When I first saw the title of this thread I thought it was about road traffic. There was surprisingly little road traffic Sunday. Restaurants were packed for Fathers' Day though. I can't imagine how that might have influenced traffic here though. |
Kenp
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Username: Kenp
Post Number: 551
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 4:36 pm: | |
I got my emailed newsletter at 5:45pm Friday. I bet people were responding to it. Probably most of the people opened the email on Saturday. |
Dabirch
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Username: Dabirch
Post Number: 2329
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 8:16 pm: | |
I was only kidding about moving the thread... |