Tomorrow is the fourth of July!  Also known as eat, drink and set fire to flying objects day! :D  But, we should all have a little fun knowledge to share while waiting for the fireworks so remember some of these:
-31 places nationwide have “Liberty” in their name.  Iowa has the most with 4.
-74+ million americans said [...]

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Well, 2007 is over so I thought I’d start things off on a comparison of December ‘06 vs. December ‘07.  I’ve tried to separate things as much as possible, so December ‘07 is in bold while December ‘06 is in italics.  The percentage increase comes after that.

Visits: 33,547   12,809  162%
Absolute Unique Visitors: 12,777 3,295   [...]

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Over the next few days, I plan on making a series of posts looking back at YWS over the past year.  The YWS Blog has been an off & on venture that first began in 2006, but withered away.  We began it again in April of 2007 with 12 different authors.  Over time, those authors [...]

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Like I expected, the number of new registered members dropped in November from ~235 in October to ~199 in November.  Those numbers may change as people activate their accounts (the real number is 287 in October and 286 in November, but large numbers of people have not activated their accounts).  Even at 199, though, November’s [...]

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In the realm of internet statistics, owners of Web sites will typically cite one of two numbers: hits or page views.  If they cite the former, then it’s usually a slow Web site and the owner is trying to make it look like they get more traffic than they actually do.  If they cite the [...]

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I really am not sure if anyone is interested in these besides myself, but every so often I get a message asking what the latest stats are. So in case you’re like me and enjoy perusing the numbers, hit the jump for all the latest statistical info for the month of September 2007.

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The community forums are dropping in popularity, and remarkably so!  Activity is still increasing on them, but other areas of the site are increasing even faster.  So what are the top 5 areas of YWS?:

The home page
Literary Forums
Blog News
Private Messages
Community Forums

That’s right, the community forums are now only the fifth most popular place.  So if [...]

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Over this last weekend, I added a lot of stuff to everyone’s profile, such as “Featured Works,” “More Info.,” and “Friends.”  The “Featured Works” section is there to further the literary element of YWS, while the latter two are there to further the Community element of YWS.  Seeing as how very, very few of the [...]

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Here are some more random YWS stats for ya if you’re interested:

Active Members (Nate’s definition*): 528, 15% of total
Active Members (regular definition*): 712, 20.5% of total
Average Posts Per Day Since Opening**: 225
Average Topics Per Day Since Opening**: 17
Average Replies Per Topic: 13

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On Monday, the Young Writers Society had over 1,000 (1,032 to be exact) visits for the first time. A year ago from that day, the number was 337. In fact, that number only got above 400 six times last September.
Also, the YWS Blog is now attracting over 100 unique visitors each and every [...]

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Same deal as with the world map.  The larger the dot, the more active that city is on YWS.

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I swear, this is my last post on this type of thing for a while!  Tomorrow I’ll post a ton of writing related news, and perhaps even pen something on coming up with ideas.
 
ANYHOW, the Young Writers Society is now the number nine result of google.com when you search for “young writers”!  What does this [...]

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Canada used to be the third most active country on YWS, but it’s been falling and pretty rapidly too.  The country is now behind New Zealand, and by a pretty significant amount too.  If this were to keep up, India, which is rapidly gaining representation on the site, will surpass Canada within a year!
Anyways, below [...]

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The data comes from August 3, 2007 to September 2, 2007. The larger the dot, the more active that city is on YWS. Click the map to see it in a larger size.

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The month of August is over, so for those interested, here are the stats!:

New Users: 190
New Posts: 11,157 (an exact tie with May 2007 for second busiest month)
New Topics: 914
Private Messages: 10,555
Most Points: kitty15

And some other random statistics:

Average Age: 17.62 (rising)
Most Downloaded Attachment: YWS Invadez Russka
Most Popular Poll: Which printing format do you prefer?
Most Popular [...]

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As the server for the Young Writers Society goes by Pacific Time, there’s still actually three hours left of July as I write this.  However, not much isn’t going to change between now and then.  So here are some stats for the month of July:

Posts: 10,151
New Users: 138
New Topics: 796
Page Views: 320,000
Visits: 20,550
Average Time on [...]

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I started collecting detailed statistics for the Young Writers Society back in August 2006 by using Google analytics. It’s a great tool, and it’s given me a great idea of how people use the site.
Anyhow, here is a chart showing the number of visits to YWS from August 19 to April 14:

In August and [...]

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