A possibly interesting "futurework" data point... About 6 years ago now I set up and continue to run an academic Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net ... The Journal basically runs for no cash expenditure. There are (somewhat significant) costs associated... but they are absorbed by other parties... the software is freeware supported by a university and developed with government grants. the system runs on donated server space. I do the editing/management funcitions gratis as do the tech support people and the layout people (both with university bases that allow for some flexibility in doing this kind of thing... and of course reviewing and editing is donated as per most academic journals... (This approach is getting a wee bit difficult to maintain so I'm going for funding through Canada's academic research funder and as part of that I've put together some stats on the journal which might be of interest here... (I have only the barest sense of what this means in a larger context but that there is some larger significance particularly concerning the amplification capacity of the Internet and the fluidity (who pays who for what) of the economic relationships and structures in a technology mediated knowledge economy I think this below makes evidently clear. (Thinking about it now it occurs to me that looking at the numbers below we should probably be looking at advertising as our base for economic support.
The Journal of Community Informatics June 28, 2011 Journal Totals (since 2006-08-27) Abstract Views: 211633 Article Views: 418476 (We have only just now installed Google Analytics for JoCI. Here are some extracts after the first week of operation. * 544 Visits <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/visits?id=47365246&pdr=20110528- 20110627&cmp=average> , 3,104 Pageviews <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/pageviews?id=47365246&pdr=201105 28-20110627&cmp=average> , 5.71 Pages/Vi <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/average_pageviews?id=47365246&pd r=20110528-20110627&cmp=average> sit But here are the most interesting ones (indicating that we seem to be getting more visitors in a week than what most understand to be the total annual readership for an average academic journal) and our readers are very widely distributed. 544 visits came from 67 countries/territories Visits 544 <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> Pages/Visit 5.71 <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> Avg. Time on Site 00:04:50 <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> % New Visits 81.80% <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> Bounce Rate 58.46% Visits Pages/Visit Avg. Time on Site % New Visits Bounce Rate 1. United <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> States 118 4.62 00:03:58 86.44% 41.53% 2. Canada <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> 52 16.23 00:10:37 55.77% 51.92% 3. Australia <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> 43 4.86 00:04:19 72.09% 55.81% 4. India <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> 33 1.64 00:00:54 87.88% 69.70% 5. United <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> Kingdom 33 3.09 00:03:17 81.82% 69.70% 6. Malaysia <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> 22 36.64 00:38:37 68.18% 40.91% 7. (not set) 19 1.42 00:02:53 100.00% 63.16% 8. Nigeria <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> 14 1.07 00:00:01 100.00% 92.86% 9. South <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> Africa 14 5.50 00:05:19 85.71% 50.00% 10. Peru <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> 11 1.27 00:00:05 90.91% 72.73% 11. New <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> Zealand 8 4.88 00:01:25 75.00% 50.00% 12. Kenya <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> 8 1.50 00:01:25 87.50% 87.50% 13. Germany <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> 8 2.00 00:02:03 100.00% 50.00% 14. Brazil <https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/maps?id=47365246&pdr=20110528-20 110627&cmp=average&trows=10&gdfmt=nth_day&rpt=GeoMapReport&tab=0&tchcol=0&ts t=0&tscol=v0&tsdir=0&mdet=WORLD&midx=0&gidx=0&glcnt=1#> 8 1.88 00:00:23 100.00% 62.50%
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