Articles - Miscellaneous

Christmas on the Website

For some time I have been monitoring the use of the St Edmund's website (www.stedmunds.roundhay.org.uk). December was a most interesting month and I thought some magazine readers might like to know more.

In December the site attracted nearly 200 unique visitors who viewed 247 pages on the site. By far the most popular page was the one listing the month's services (177 views). Astonishingly 37 people were looking for church services on Christmas Eve. The other popular pages were the page listing all the articles selected from the printed magazine (70 hits), the list of forthcoming events (20 hits) and the Vicar's December letter (14 hits). No other page registered more than 10 hits during the month.

Most visitors (68%) found the site via Google or one of the other search engines which could imply that most visitors to the site are not regular members of the congregation.

Details of our services are also available from another site: A Church Near You (www.achurchnearyou.com) which provides details of all Anglican churches in the country. In December the St Edmund's page received 48 visits and although the highest visitor numbers were on Christmas Eve the usage was more evenly spread throughout the month.

Suggestions on how to give our presence on the web an even greater impact would be most welcome.

Brian Livesey

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