WEBSITE USAGE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2018

The 59,343 visitors, who came either as "Direct Visits" or as a result of "Organic Search", represent over 96% of all visitors to the site. They represent 19 out of every 20 visitors. The almost 20% of all visitors who type in the website address directly represent people who visit the site fairly regularly. And three-quarters of all visitors are searching for some specific information when they come to this website, as indicated by the "Organic Search" data.

15) TOP 10 MOST VIEWED ARTICLES

Of the 97,970 Pageviews during this period, the following were the top 10 most viewed articles.

#1 = The Name Lucifer Has Never belonged To Satan

Viewed = 7,267 times

#2 = 80 Mistranslations of the Bible & Their Significance

Viewed = 4,148 times

#3 = The Timing of the Barley Harvest in Israel

Viewed = 3,948 times

#4 = Significance of the Feeding of the 5000 & the 4000

Viewed = 3,468 times

#5 = The Real Story Behind the Translation of 2 Timothy 3:16

Viewed = 2,459 times

#6 = What Are The Names of Blasphemy?

Viewed = 2,240 times

#7 = The Meaning of "Woe" in the New Testament

Viewed = 1,990 times

#8 = What Does "The Foundation of the World" Really Mean?

Viewed = 1,832 times

#9 = Isaiah 14:12 (in Mistranslated Scriptures)

Viewed = 1,436 times

#10 = The Meaning of "Clean & Unclean" and "Holy & Unholy"

Viewed = 1,300 times

These top 10 articles were viewed 30,088 times, and this represents 30.7% of the 97,970 pages that were viewed during this year. Most of them are the same articles as the top 10 last year, though their positions within the list have changed.

16) 7-DAY PERIOD WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF VISITORS

While my desire is to provide biblical understanding to all people who are searching for such understanding, my target audience are people who have some background in the churches of God. I write my articles with a Church of God perspective, meaning that mostly I don’t explain certain things that are commonly understood by people in the various churches of God.

Visitor numbers to my website were higher during and immediately after the Feast of Unleavened Bread in April, and again during and immediately after the Feast of Tabernacles in October. This increased interest level around the two 7-day Feast periods indicates that a large proportion of all visitors to my website have some Church of God association, people who are searching for more understanding during those Feast periods. This assessment is further reinforced by the fact that for most weeks during the year the highest daily visitor numbers are almost always on Saturdays. I conclude therefore that for the year 2018 my website was being accessed overwhelmingly by my target audience.

The 7-day period (not a literal week) with the highest number of visitors for the year 2018 was March 28 - April 3 inclusive. During those 7 days there were:

- 1,732 website visitors (4.3% of the year’s total)

- who viewed 2,727 articles (3.3% of the year’s total)

- these 1,732 visits came from 1,427 different users

- 305 visits came from repeat visitors during those 7 days

- visitors came from 743 cities and towns

- located in 68 different countries

Let’s also consider another statistic, one which websites generally prefer not to divulge, because it is a bit of a negative statistic. In fact, many websites prefer to not even be aware of this statistic. However, it is helpful to be aware of this statistic if we seek to establish a realistic picture for website visitors, rather than an unrealistic and artificially inflated picture.

17) NUMBER OF VISITORS WHO CAME BY MISTAKE

Every website has visitors who didn’t really want to visit that website. They clicked on something without really knowing where that click would lead them. Or they had a totally different expectation when they clicked that link. Or they were inquisitive, but had no real interest in the website on which they landed. In some cases we were tricked, deceived or enticed into going to a website. You know the feeling.

At one time or another we’ve all clicked on something, only to find ourselves at a page where somebody wanted to sell us something, or get information about us and from us, or lecture us on something, when we had no intention of getting involved. So when we get to such a website, as soon as we realize our mistake, we exist that page by clicking the "Back to Previous Page" arrow in our browser bar, or we may even abruptly close the browser itself. We can’t leave fast enough.

In those cases we are counted as having visited those sites, when in fact we wanted nothing to do with those websites. So our "visit" artificially inflates the visitor numbers for that site, something most websites actually desire (i.e. they desire inflated visitor numbers). But for us personally our "visit" to that site was meaningless. For us it was a mistake.

This happens to all websites, that visitors come "by mistake". And that is also true for my website, that some people, who were not looking for anything that is available on my website, ended up coming as visitors. And typically such "visitors by mistake" exit as quickly as possible.

Now it is a bit tricky to quantify such "mistaken visits". So here is how I have arrived at the number of visits in this category.

For every visit there is a "Landing Page", and there is also an "Exit Page". The "Landing Page" is where a website visitor arrives at a website, and the "Exit Page" is where the visitor leaves that website.

On my website there are well over 300 different "Landing Pages", where visitors can and do arrive at my website. All of those "Landing Pages" provide the visitor with meaningful information (i.e. articles, reference material, etc.), except for one page.

The one page on my site that does not provide information itself is my Home Page. All that the Home Page offers is access to specific information (like articles, research information, a calendar tutorial, etc.). The Home Page is simply the gateway to all the information available on my site. To get any information from my website, visitors must click to another page, away from the Home Page. And the great majority of the visitors who land on my Home Page, do click through to other pages on the site. But some visitors don’t.

So when visitors have my Home Page as their Landing Page, and if they then also have my Home Page as their Exit Page, without having clicked to any other page, then I believe that such people were "visitors by mistake". They didn’t look for any information on my website, other than the text on the Home Page, and they left after seeing nothing more than the Home Page. They did not access any meaningful information. So here is this statistic:

Total visits for the year = 61,453.

Visits where the Home Page was both Landing Page + Exit Page = 2,835.

2,835 = 4.6% of the total number of visits.

So we can say:

4.6% of all visitors in 2018 were "visitors by mistake". They came and then left without looking for any information. They were not looking for anything on my website. Thus such people have inflated my visitor numbers by close to 5%. This is in line with last year’s 5.0% for this category.

The upside of this picture is that the other 95% of all visitors are very likely "real visitors" who are looking for information and understanding, as evidenced by the large number of articles that were printed out and downloaded. And 95% still amounts to a significant number of visitors.

The following conclusions for the year 2018 emerge from these reports:

1) The 61,453 visitors came from 189 different countries, representing 7,397 different cities or towns around the world. This includes visitors from every continent and from some of the most remote human settlements and some of the most remote islands on earth, representing a vast range of local languages. On average, there is 1 new town represented for every 8.3 visitors. This shows a very wide geographic spread amongst visitors to my website.

2) While 67% of all visitors live in the U.S.A. (i.e. 41,661), those visitors were spread around in 5,443 different towns and cities in the U.S.A., spread across all 50 states. On average, there is 1 new town in the U.S.A. represented for every 7.6 visitors from the U.S.A. This shows that people from every part of this country are accessing this website.

3) 340 out of the 350 articles on the website at the end of the year were viewed at least twice during the year by visitors to the website.

4) The 61,453 visitors to the website either printed out or downloaded 6,191 articles. That represents 1 article printed out or downloaded for every 10 visitors.

5) About 77% of all visitors used either Chrome or Safari as their browser of choice to come to the website.

6) During the year 88% of all visitors were new visitors, and 12% were return visits by previous visitors. The ratio of return visits to new visitors is 1:7.3.

The above statistics are restricted to website activities, and they do not take into account all the articles I send out via my personal email mailing list, which list also includes people from many different countries around the world. During the year 2018 I sent out to my mailing list 22 new articles.

This is a small 1-man website, and I do not seek a following. And I certainly don’t seek any financial contributions. If website visitors are able to find information they find helpful, then my goal has been achieved.

Frank W Nelte