Those interested in statistics may like to see details for the web site. We can only provide figures for the period the hit count has been in operation (ie since the evening of 10 July 2000).

 

Total Hits and Daily Average

The stats below show the position at 11.30 am on 15/3/05 : 

Total Hits: 141,674
Daily Average since July 2000: 83
Highest Daily Hit Count (on Thursday 17 May 2004 and 16 June 2004): 246
Lowest Daily Hit Count: 10
 

The overall daily average has moved from 73 to 83 since we last updated the stats page on 11/7/04. 

However, this does not give an accurate picture of current hit counts. During 2004, the site received 50,464 hits at 138 per day. This compares favourably with 2003 during which there were 29,189 hits at an average of 80 per day. 

The improvement has continued during 2005 with 10,290 hits recorded up to and including 14/3/05 at an average of 140.

 

 
Weekly, Monthly, Yearly
 

The weekly, monthly a yearly hit count records were all set during 2004....
  

Highest Weekly Hit Count (w/c: 26/7/04): 1,457
Highest Monthly Hit Count (July 2004): 5,509
Highest Yearly Hit Count (2004): 50,464


July 2004 provided the biggest monthly hit count ever - with 5,509 hits. This overhauled the previous best of 5,190 achieved in June 2004. July 2004 also produced the highest weekly hit count of 5,509.

During 2004, we achieved our highest annual hit count (50,464) beating the previous best of 29,189 hits in 2003. 

The site has started 2005 in good shape with increased monthly counts compared with 2004...

 

  Year 2004 Year 2005
January 3,417 3,984
February 3,335 4,139

 

 
Countries

The number of visiting countries has moved up from 66 to 70 since June 2004 with the addition of Estonia, Pakistan, Slovakia and the South Pacific islands of Tuvalu. 

If you are into anoraks, you might be interested to know that only 3 letters of the alphabet are not represented in the initial letters of our visiting countries. Those are Q, V and X. So, we need someone from Qatar, Venezuela and X????. Mind you, we have had a visit from Christmas Island..... but can we call it Xmas Island?

The full list is given below:

Argentina Australia
Austria Belgium
Bahamas Bermuda
Brazil Bulgaria
Canada Cayman Islands
Chile  
Christmas Island Croatia
Cyprus Czech Republic
Denmark England
Estonia  
Finland France
Germany Gibraltar
Greece Hong Kong 
Hungary Iceland
India Indonesia
Ireland Israel
Italy Ivory Coast
Japan Korea (Rep of)
Latvia Lithuania
Luxemburg Malta
Malaysia Mexico
Netherlands New Zealand
Niue (Polynesia) Norway
Oman Pakistan
Peru  
Poland Portugal
Romania Russia
Saudi Arabia Scotland
Singapore Slovakia
Slovenia  
South Africa Spain
Sweden Switzerland
Taiwan Thailand
Turkey Tuvalu
Ukraine  
United Arab Emirates United States
Wales Yugoslavia
Zambia  
 
The Top Ten


The top ten locations appear to be as follows:

Australia
Canada
United States
New Zealand
France
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Poland
Ireland

 
Poland has replaced Austria in the list. The top European locations include our closest geographical neighbours (France, Belgium, Netherlands) and Germany (with whom we have "Twin Town" links). Surprisingly, Spain and Portugal do not appear despite the fact that these are popular destinations for British emigrants.  

In the Far East, Japan continues to lead the way.... ahead of Malaysia and Singapore. Not surprisingly, most visits from the African continent originate from South Africa.

In the Middle East, the majority of hits have come from United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. 

We have had very few visits from South America. These have come primarily from Brazil but we have also been visited from Argentina, Chile and Peru.

Among the more exotic locations, we include The Bahamas, The Cayman Islands, Hawaii, Niue, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Bermuda, Mexico and Hong Kong .

 

 
Visitors from the United States


It is impossible to assess the locaall tion of visitors. However, from email received and entries in the visitors book, we know that we have had contact from the following....
 

Arkansas
California
Florida
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
North Carolina
New Jersey
New York, Brooklyn
New York, Long Island 
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington State

We suspect that there have been hits from many other states.

 

 
Visits from Australia


We have received hits from the five main cities:

Adelaide, South Australia
Melbourne, Victoria
Perth, Western Australia
Brisbane, Queensland
Sydney, New South Wales


Most hits appear to come from Victoria and Western Australia with New South Wales in third place.

 
Visits from Canada

 

Confirmed visits from Canada have come from six regions:

British Columbia
Ontario 
Nova Scotia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba


Most hits come from Ontario with British Columbia in second place.

 
 
Visits from the Academic and Other World's


One very pleasing aspect has been the interest shown from colleges and universities. This has included some of the most famous academic institutions in world.... such as Cambridge, Oxford, Stanford and Harvard. As yet no Yale! We also get many hits from local schools, colleges and, of course, the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Other hits have come from the US Military (.mil), US Government (.gov), the European Commission, the Houses of Parliament, UK government, local authorities and many international companies including top IT, aircraft and chemical firms. 

We also seem to get regular visits from firms of barristers, solicitors and consultants... and we charge them £70 an hour plus expenses! 

 


From: The
 "Simply Whitstable" Web Site