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> I've been analyzing site stats, trying to figure out why TLC isn't getting
> any orders through its banners on the WebRing Next Five pages. I was
> surprised to find that traffic of about 600-800 visitors per day is
> consistent throughout the week, *weekends included.* Surfing patterns are
> consistent also. Since many surfers spend quite a lot of time on the photos
> of gorgeous women, do you think it's a safe assumption that most surfers
> are unemployed males?
Sadly, steadiness is not an indication of human activity...
What is the hourly breakdown?
Does this shift between weekday and weekend?
What is the ISP breakdown?
What is the referer breakdown?
It is very easy to create a script under Unix that just keeps rolling
around through pages to give the impression of people browsing... Doing it
convincingly when scrutinized, is another matter.
> When you analyze your site stats, how do weekends normally compare with
> weekdays?
On my main site, it drops significantly during weekends during the
summer, as it does for the vacation times. As someone at AOL once
suggested, my greatest competitor is good weather.
> Also, I've noticed that of the three links across the bottom frame, the
> first gets 4 times the number of visits as the other two. I'm guessing that
> since this link leads to the seductive photos, visitors deplete their
> energy there and lose interest. Do you find that arrangement of buttons
> typically has a high impact on the number of visits to a page?
I have not noticed that, but then, I have motivated browsers who are
after information, often because they, or their loved ones, are in pain.
Can you commission a study? I'll write the scripts to do it... I am
already working on similar things. See http://www.mall-net.com/webcons/
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