End-of-month report for January, 2001

On the first day of every month, I post a report on the growth and activity of Dave's Garden. January, 2001 was an exceptional month, and I've been looking forward to writing this report since almost the beginning of the month.

In comparing January to December, you'll find that we quadrupeled our pageviews, tripled our visitor-count, and doubled our membership count.

Also, on January 1st, we had 5 forums. Today we have 13, and all are successful venues of discussion. The number of posts to DG has quadrupeled in January.

Here's the report:

Historical Pageviews:

August: 1,554 total pageviews
September: 12,112 total pageviews
October: 44,922 total pageviews
November: 61,594 total pageviews
December: 56,978 total pageviews
January: 216,030 total pageviews

Historical Visitor Count:

In August, we had 421 unique visitors.
In September, we had 628 unique visitors.
In October, we had 2,372 unique visitors.
In Nobember, we had 3,511 unique visitors.
In December, we had 3,515 unique visitors.
In January, we had 9,220 unique visitors.

Membership growth:

We have a total of 626 members
306 signed up in January.
This is up from 103 last month.

Forum activity:

There were 4,585 total messages posted last month to the forums.

The General forum received 980 posts last month
The Farm Life forum received 766 posts last month.
The Garden Talk forum received 686 posts last month.
The Trading forum received 681 posts last month.
The Photos forum received 360 posts last month.
The Heirloom forum received 301 posts last month.
The Dave's Garden forum received 290 posts last month.
The Hands-On Home forum received 163 posts last month.
The Market forum received 104 posts last month.
The Trees & Shrubs forum received 86 posts last month.
The Roses forum received 51 posts last month.
The Mail Call forum received 47 posts last month.
The Handyman forum received 46 posts last month.
The International forum received 23 posts last month.

Seedlist additions:

Of 5285 total seed entries, 1860 of them were added in January.

What a month, 'eh!?

Dave

Wow, Dave! Those are some very impressive stats! When you get a bunch of friendly gardeners together, the word gets around.

Pete2

Wow!!
What a man!!

Awesome figures Dave! Congratulations for making DG the "Friendliest Garden site on the web"!!!! We really do appreciate what you've provided for us!

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You know why there's been such a great increase in all those figures, dontcha, Dave? Cuz Dave's Garden is the bestest, most friendliest, informationalized garden spot with the cutest & most helpful garden-webmaster on the whole wide web!!!
And We Love Ya For It, Dave!!! ;-)

Hey, AuntyB,

Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel. :>)

Yeah, seriously. Your ambiguity has me wondering where you stand on this issue.

Dave

I think the most amazing thing about Dave's Garden is that it's not just "the business of gardening". Dave and Trish have created a environment where our own individual personalities contribute to this place.
I feel like I'm at a "garden party" just chatting with everyone and having a wonderful time at the party. And you don't want the party to end.

Sharon

You have a lot of defectors from Garden Web, too. I'm sure there are more to come.

We do appreciate all you do for us Dave. I know it takes a lot of work, not to mention all your electronic gadgets to make this site what it is, and keep up with something that is growing like Jack's magic beanstalk. We are having fun here, and it looks like you and Trish are too. Thanks Trish for sharing Dave with all of us, we hope we don't take up too much of his time.