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Site passes 30,000 Hits

The third man — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:51:34 +0000

The Dumfries Sports Club website passed a total of 30,000 hits in its 20 months online last Monday. That makes 10,000 in the last 4 months (it was 6 months for the previous ten thousand) and an average of over 80 a day. This September was the latest busiest month thanks to a late surge due to the running club asking for the half marathon results to be published on the site.

On average, over the past year, information for new members has been viewed two to three times a day and the most frequent search for a sport was for Dumfries and squash.

So continued contributions from the various sections are very welcome to help promote the club.

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Site passes 20,000 Hits

The third man — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:56:40 +0000

The Sports Club website passed a total of 20,000 hits last week. That makes 10,000 in the last six months and last month was the busiest month averaging at just over 70 a day. So continued contributions from the various sections to the site content are welcomed.

The increase in use of the site can be seen from the statistics graph below. On average a prospective new member can be regarded as visiting the site each day and coincidentally the busiest day on the site was the day of this post with approaching 160 hits.

Hits since the site went online

Website classifieds

The third man — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:46:03 +0000

As a result of interest the website now has a classifieds section which can be viewed here. This benefits the Sports Club so please have a look and follow the links available, and if you do use the services shown remember to mention the club.

If you wish to advertise here on the Dumfries Sports Club website contact us using this address.

Contributions for 2009

The third man — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:49:21 +0000

As always contributions to the site with news about the Sports Club are welcomed.

So an item, or photo, destined for the club’s noticeboards can always be added here or the current site content brought up to date if necessary by contacting the address below.

In particular if one of the club sections are sending in a report and photo to a local paper then they can also be easily published here by copying the email to

10,000 Hits

The third man — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:46:48 +0000

Is this site used much? The new Dumfries Sports Club website has been online for some nine months so far and has just recorded the 10,000th hit on the site.

That is, on average, about 35 hits a day with the busiest day attracting nearly 130 page impressions and the number of visits each month have increased over time. For the stattos amongst you some more detail is provided below. However with these numbers hopefully the site is proving its worth in attracting interest and members to the club and increasing involvement within the existing club members.

The Home page (see the menu above) has been viewed about 2,500 times with just under 2,000 visits to the News page.

The introductory menu pages for tennis and squash have been viewed nearly five hundred times (averaging nearly twice a day) with the pages on cricket, running and hockey running at roughly half those totals (averaging once a day) and those for juniors and the gym well past one hundred and fifty each (once every two days).

The site pages regarding membership and new members have each been viewed over two hundred and fifty times and on average are each seen once a day with the page to contact or find us used every other day.

The most popular news articles have been those on the 2008 Dumfries Half Marathon and the arrival of Border TV to film the club’s old masters (squash players!).

The highest number of visitors have come via the Cricket Club site and the most popular search used to find the site is for ”Dumfries Sports Club” (perhaps not surprisingly) with the next set of searches essentially looking for Tennis or Squash in Dumfries.

The most popular link to follow has easily been that for the Running Club site which has been followed over one hundred and sixty times.

This is not including the link used for booking courts online which on average has only been used about twice a day and is actually not the main reason for the traffic levels on the site.

New website features

The third man — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:51:08 +0000

Welcome to the Sports Club website. In order to help you to find your way around here is what you really need to know (hopefully).

Online court booking
There is a quick link on the top right of the screen. Click on this to reach the usual booking screen.

Squash Leagues
These are also readily accessible using the quick links at the top right of the screen.

News
The “News” label at the top of the screen refers to the news and information about club activities which has been ‘posted’ to the site. These items can be navigated by using the “categories” list in the sidebar so that you can focus in on what most interests you e.g. the sports club or your main sport.

Website Address
Don’t be put off by http://dumfriessportsclub.co.uk appearing above in your browser’s address area. This is normal for this site. You will still find the site using www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk .

RSS
Amongst the site features on the bottom of the sidebar is one for “RSS feeds”. If you click on club posts and subscribe you can get club news automatically downloaded to your computer and browser, or newsreader, to keep you right up to date.

Tags
At the bottom of the side bar you will find a ‘cloud’ of tags. These are labels that have been attached to the news items. By clicking on one you will find the relevant news posted on that subject.