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Old 21-10-2009, 11:38 AM   #1
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We're delighted to announce that, for the first time, we have had over 4 million absolute unique visitors in a 1 month period.
The attached screen capture from our Google Analytics report tells the whole story.
We didn't even top 3.5 million over the Xmas period last year, which is always our busiest time. So this amount of traffic, this far ahead of Xmas is a very nice sign.
Our servers are coping well with the traffic, though we have just had to add another 5Mb bandwidth capacity to meet the demand.
It's going to be a busy Xmas 2009, folks!
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Old 21-10-2009, 12:00 PM   #2
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Re: Record number of monthly visitors

Hello,

You mean Gb right?

Well done

Are you also going to change the number near the search bar ?

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Old 21-10-2009, 1:34 PM   #3
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You mean Gb right?

Well done

Are you also going to change the number near the search bar ?

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No, 5 megabits.
When we've been at that level for a while, I will update it. Can't say we get that much *ever* month until we've had it for a couple at least.
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Re: Record number of monthly visitors

Seems a bit low, how many visitors can you get with 5mb?

I'm guessing sites as big as these are very heavily optimised so each page is tiny?

Sorry for cluttering up your thread

EDIT: I just realised, do you mean the connection speed and not the bandwidth as in files / database?

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Old 21-10-2009, 2:22 PM   #5
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Bandwidth is how fat the pipe is. My internet connection is supposed to be 20Meg. Meaning I can have 20 Megabits transfer rate maximum.
AVForums needed another 5 megabits allowance.
We have unlimited data transfer allowance.
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Sorry I just got a bit confused as most hosting companies determine bandwidth as data transfer.

Or is that because I only use shared hosting and have never had a server to myself

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Thats good to hear

Has that meant an increase in new members signing up as well?
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Thats good to hear

Has that meant an increase in new members signing up as well?
Yes, a steady increase.
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Old 21-10-2009, 5:21 PM   #9
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Thats alot.
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well done chaps, you know for sure your doing something right .
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A perfect indication of the great informative service you offer, long may it (with your bandwith) increase

Thanks
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Old 22-10-2009, 7:50 AM   #12
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That's good news.

I like to think I've helped in my own small way.

All friends, family and colleagues are directed your way when considering what to buy ( along with a pile of HCC magazines ).

I'm sure many others on the forums do the same.
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Old 22-10-2009, 9:26 AM   #13
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Re: Record number of monthly visitors

Congratulations, that's impressive! - Now show us your Google Adsense page :P

Is avforums a single server setup or have you moved to a separate web/db setup now?

Would be interested to hear how you're scaling the setup, I've hosted some high-traffic sites in the past. We had close to five million hits on a university website on a single day once (the day they released their results).

Let me know if you'd like some help doing some basic optimization on the site. Happy to help reducing load times etc.
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Old 22-10-2009, 2:09 PM   #14
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Its due to the fact that this site has lots to offer every one!

keep it up
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Old 22-10-2009, 3:00 PM   #15
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Is it possible to see which areas of AVF attract the most traffic with regards to regular members and new members.
i.e. what attracts them & what keeps them posting?

I'm surprised there's not more AVF discounts and deals looking at the amount of recomendations that come directly from AVF.
+ surprised that more retailers and suppliers don't take advantage of the gold mine that is AVF and surprised that AVF don't use this buying power to their members advantage. Surely this would further increase membership?

However I also understand that maybe commercialising AVf could also spoil it.
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Congrats

Is it Windows 7 that is causing the additional traffic?
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Excellent - keep up the good work!
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Fantastic news!
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Re: Record number of monthly visitors

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You mean Gb right?

Well done

Are you also going to change the number near the search bar ?

Best Regards

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Hey Chris,

Good to see you're on here. I bought a couple of 2.5mm to 3.5mm headphone adaptors plus an RCA audio splitter from you guys a few months ago via amazon. Great products!
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Old 24-10-2009, 11:55 AM   #20
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Afternoon Stuart,

Congratulations on the "Unique Visitors" figures! Hope you'll continue to keep up the fab work you do.


Pooch
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Old 25-10-2009, 12:37 PM   #21
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Re: Record number of monthly visitors

Noticed AvForums has had a few mentions on The Gadget Show as of late
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Old 25-10-2009, 3:51 PM   #22
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It's interesting to look at how the number of visitors fluctuates over the month.

Always the end of the month sees a rise in visitors. I assume this is people asking for advice on how to spend their upcoming wage packets?
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Old 26-10-2009, 8:50 AM   #23
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You can also see that each week it peaks on Monday and then decreases every day until Saturday when it starts increasing to a peak on the Monday! Happens in every weeks of Stuarts screen shot!

Anyway, keep up the good work.
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It's such a brilliant forum that although this is simply amazing, its not that surprising. Well done to all.
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well done guys. Great work - keep it up
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CONGRATULATIONS US!!!!

IMHO AV Forums is one of the most valuable resources on the internet - for a media geek like me. Post a question and you are almost garanteed a response within an hour or two - fantastic! :D
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We're delighted to announce that, for the first time, we have had over 4 million absolute unique visitors in a 1 month period.
The attached screen capture from our Google Analytics report tells the whole story.
We didn't even top 3.5 million over the Xmas period last year, which is always our busiest time. So this amount of traffic, this far ahead of Xmas is a very nice sign.
Our servers are coping well with the traffic, though we have just had to add another 5Mb bandwidth capacity to meet the demand.
It's going to be a busy Xmas 2009, folks!
Fantastic!

Well done to all involved!
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That's an extraordinary achievement - well done to all concerned.

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In that case could all the mods be nice to current members please? Even if we do go horribly off topic sometimes

Hello new members!
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