T-Bucket Forums Blog

Yes, you’re quite right, the stats didn’t get posted last week.  It was one of those kinds of weeks.  But I still have the figures for last week, so we’ll look at those stats as well as the data from today.

Some of the biggest news for the T-Bucket Forums in April was that we finally edged up over one million hits for the month.  We went over 1,100,000 hits and our average daily pageviews were over 6,700.

The trend we’re now tracking for May is really attracting our daily attention.  At the current daily average, our hit count will be down a bit, but still over a million hits.  It’s the average daily pageview count that is a jaw-dropper.  We’re averaging over 7,400 pageviews per day, due in no small part to the numbers from 5 May, when we saw over 52,900 hits and over 17,900 pageviews in just that one 24-hour period.

Let’s look at the weekly numbers.

On 4 May, we had 807 threads (+34) -  8,007 posts (+436) - 413 members (+7) - 190 active members (-2)

On 11 May we had 837 threads (+30) - 8,409 posts (+402) - 430 members (+17) - 195 active members (+5)

On 4 May, Google showed 3,630 indexed pages (+970) and 1,435 inbound links (-225).  A search on the phrase T-Bucket brought the forums in at number 6 of 381,000 results.  A search on T-Bucket Forums brought the forums in at numbers 1 and 2, with links to the forums at numbers 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of 91,500 results.  A search on T-Bucket Forum brought the forums in at number 1 of 57,000 results.

On 11 May, Google showed 3,640 indexed pages (+10) and 1,406 inbound links (-29).  A search on T-Bucket brought the forums in at number 6 of 372,000 results.  A search on T-Bucket Forums brought the forums in at numbers 1 and 2, with links to the forums at numbers 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of 38,100 results.  A search on T-Bucket Forum brought the forums in at numbers 1 and 2 of 92,700 results.

On 4 May, Yahoo showed 1,998 indexed pages (-158) and 4,092 inbound links (-337).  A search on T-Bucket didn’t bring the forums into the first 70 results.  A search on T-Bucket Forums brought the forums in at number 1, with links to the forums at numbers 4, 7, 8 and 9 of 53,100 results.  I did not record the data for the search on T-Bucket Forum.

The drastic loss of indexed pages and inbound links on Yahoo has been somewhat concerning, but it seems the recent assault on the forum by the Yahoo Slurp spiders has paid off.

On 11 May, Yahoo showed 4,693 indexed pages (+2,695!!) and 6,121 inbound links (+4,686!!).  We’re baaaack.  A search on T-Bucket brought the forums in at number 64 of 238,000 results.  A search on T-Bucket Forums brought the forums in at number 1, this blog in at number 2 and links to the forums at numbers 4, 7, 8 and 10 of 63,200 results.  A search on T-Bucket Forum brought the forums in at number 1, this blog at number 3 and links to the forums at numbers 4, 7 and 9 of 73,200 results.

On 4 May, AltaVista showed 2,160 indexed pages (-200) and 4,200 inbound links (-310).  A search on T-Bucket failed to bring the forums into the first 70 results.  A search on T-Bucket Forums brought the forums in at number 1, this blog at number 3 and links to the forums at numbers 4, 7, 8 and 9 of 53,000 results.  Once again, I failed to record the data for the search on T-Bucket Forum.

On 11 May, AltaVista showed 5,050 indexed pages (+2,890!!) and 6,110 inbound links (+1,910!!).  A search on T-Bucket brought the forums in at number 64 of 239,000 results.  A search on T-Bucket Forums brought the forums in at number 1, this blog at number 2 and links to the forums at numbers 4, 7, 8 and 10 of 63,200 results.  A search on T-Bucket Forum brought the forums in at number 1, this blog at number 3 and links to the forums at numbers 4, 7 and 9 of 72,900 results.

Whew!  That was a lot of typing.  But I would be remiss in my duties if I failed to once again thank all of the forum sponsors and those that have made donations to the forum.  We’re examining a couple of add-on scripts that we think will add a lot of functionality to the forums, so there may be some changes in the near future.  And it is because of the confidence these companies and individuals have place in us.  We hope the efforts we’re putting into trying to improve traffic to the forum is an indication of our appreciation.  We look forward to our continued partnerships and shared successes.

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