October was another record month on opensource.com with our highest
traffic ever to the site: 245,766 page views.
The traffic for our "what is open source page?" is top notch. We
improved to the #1 position in search results for "What is open source?"
beating out wikipedia. We had over 11,000 page views and it was the #3
most visited page on the site--behind the homepage and the top post this
month, an interview with Google's Chris Dibona.
Our media partnership with All Things Open and LinuxCon Europe really
helped to create some quality content this month. We also have over
10,000 Facebook likes.
We launched three new eBooks:
* Open always wins: A Michael Tiemann collection
* How open source is shaping the future of business and our lives
* Open source video editing for beginners: Kdenlive series
Available at: http://opensource.com/resources/ebooks
Finally, we tested using promotional widgets on the site to highlight
popular content (Reader favorites) that generated an additional 1,000
page views for the site and reduced the site bounce rate by at least 1%.
We will continue to iterate and pivot on this idea.
== Monthly stats ==
* page views: 245,766 (September: 192,540 August: 222,197; July: 185,193)
* unique visitors: 136,391
* new twitter followers: +679 (14,581)
* new Facebook likes: +497 (10,033)
* new Google +1's: +159 (1,763)
* # of comments: 141 (last month: 119)
* # of new registered users: 123 (last month: 139)
* # of articles published: 54 (28 by Red Hatters, 9 by community
moderators)
* Google page rank for "open source" - #4
* Google page rank for "What is open source?" #1
*Top 10 articles for October*
1) Open source is brutal: an interview with Google's Chris DiBona (24,050)
http://opensource.com/business/13/10/interview-chris-dibona
2) University course trades textbook for Raspberry Pi (7,171)
http://opensource.com/education/13/10/raspberry-pi-trade-textbook
3) How to create an eBook the open source way (3,471)
http://opensource.com/life/13/8/how-create-ebook-open-source-way
4) Open source programs to get more kids to code (3,284)
http://opensource.com/education/13/9/how-get-more-kids-code
5) Three open source school management software programs for teachers
and student (2,819)
http://opensource.com/life/13/1/three-open-source-school-management-software-programs-teachers-and-student
6) How non-programmers can contribute to open source projects (2,793)
http://opensource.com/life/13/10/contribute-open-source-project-no-code
7) How the Linux Foundation is helping the auto industry shift to open
source infotainment systems (2,735)
https://opensource.com/life/13/10/interview-rudolf-streif-linux-cars
8) The disruptive business model for higher education is open source (2,425)
http://opensource.com/education/13/10/open-business-model-free-education
9) Why children should learn to code, even if they don't have a future
in IT (2,055)
https://opensource.com/education/13/10/burr-sutter-interview
10) Create custom Linux-based systems regardless of the hardware (1,915)
http://opensource.com/business/13/10/interview-jeff-osier-mixon
What is open source: 11,041
http://opensource.com/resources/what-open-source
Homepage: 22,323
http://opensource.com/
--
Jason Hibbets, RHCSA :: Twitter: @jhibbets
Project Manager, Red Hat :: Raleigh, NC
Open source is changing the world -- http://opensource.com
_______________________________________________
Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-newsletter
Osdc-list mailing list
[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list
