IAALD blog metrics and use

We've now been circulating news and updates using the blog for just over a year. For anyone who might be interested, here are some basic metrics on usage.

We began recording statistics on 26 August 2005, since then 7,851 unique visitors (21/day) recorded 18,500 page loads. Since early 2006, we've seen a large increase in daily use, averaging some 70 visitors per day (a high of 581 on 17 July!).

In terms of geographic origin, 'top' countries are the USA (23%), Netherlands (6%), New Caledonia (5.6%), the UK (5%), Australia (4.7%), the Philippines (4%), India (3.8%), Canada (3.1%), and Kenya (3%). You can view a 'map' of the visitors.

The most popular individual stories have been:

• IAALD Africa launched in Nairobi
  
• Workshop: Ontology-based knowledge discovery
  
• World Congress on Communication for Development
  
• Defining 'e-agriculture'
  
• Conference: Managing Agricultural Information for Sustainable Food Security and Improved Livelihoods in Africa
  
• Time to reform agricultural extension
  
• Accessing, sharing and disseminating fisheries information
  
• Knowledge Sharing at IICA
  
• ICT and information impact assessment stories
  
• Delivering extension services to farmers in developing countries
  
• Conference: Delivering Information for the New Life Sciences
  
• Conference: World Congress on Computers in Agriculture
  
• ICTs and agricultural extension
  

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