March Web Site Report
PodCast Stats
The month of March brought in 776 PodCast downloads, up from 629 in February. We’ve had a total of 1,533 since we started in mid-January. Our most popular PodCast in March was “You Have to Be Part of the Story” with 173 downloads, and our most popular overall PodCast was “Life, the Universe and Everything” with 277 downloads.
Subscribing vs. Clicking - Our recordings can be downloaded and listened to via a PodCast aggregator client, or directly in your browser and media player. PodCast aggregators allow users to subscribe, and automatically receive the lastest PodCast when it comes out, without having to visit the web site. After reviewing the web server logs, I found that of the four PodCasts we produced in March:
- 102 subscribers per PodCast, or a total of 406 downloads via PodCast aggregators. The leading aggregator is iTunes, with 386. The next largest is Juice, with 9.
- 38 clicks per PodCast, or a total of 151 downloads from clicking with a browser on the web site. The largest browser (for PodCasts) is Firefox, with 35, followed closely by Internet Explorer at 34.
PodCast Feedback
Richard from the White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota writes:
Thank you for having a weekly podcast that I can listen to while I’m at the gym and working out. My goals are to get into shape and enter Seminary this fall. I’m also in the MN National Guard so I hope to be the only Unitarian Army Chaplain within a wide distance.
Thanks for all that you do and please let me know if I can do anything to help support your fellowship.
Site Stats
UCMH.org received 7,338 visits in March, with an average of 2.1 page views per visit. Our most popular pages based on hits were:
- Our Minister
- Our Church
- Listen / PodCasts
- Feedback
- Listen / PodCasts - Page 2
- Events
- Directions
- Religious Education Area
- Site Map
- Why I Never Preach on Nehemiah
- February Web Site Update
- About Our PodCast
- A Place to Stand in a Troubled World
Amazon Associate Stats
We earned $6.58 in referral fees in March, $12.95 since mid-January. It looks as though members are clicking through our site to get to Amazon to buy what they want, which is fantastic. It looks like Wheat Grass powder is currently the most popular item, and Jumpstart Advanced 1st Grade earned us the highest single referral fee.
Google Sitemap Stats
As a Google Sitemaps member, we provide Google with a map of our site, which helps them to index us and provide our pages in appropriate search results. So, here is how we are doing:
| Top search queries | Average top position |
|---|---|
| answer to life the universe and everything |
9 |
| the answer to life the universe and everything |
8 |
| "the answer to life the universe and everything" |
7 |
| "answer to life the universe and everything" |
8 |
| uu podcast | 5 |
| unitarian podcast | 2 |
| ucmh | 1 |
| "answer of life the universe and everything" |
5 |
| "the * question * of life the universe and everything" |
6 |
| the answer to life universe and everything |
8 |
| ultimate answer to life the universe and everything |
9 |
| clara barton district | 6 |
| the * question * of life the universe and everything |
7 |
| what is the answer to life the universe and everything |
7 |
| what is the answer to the life the universe and everything |
7 |
| podcast sermon | 17 |
| answer to life the universe and the rest | 4 |
| reverend sermon wav | 4 |
| "easter morning" william stafford |
7 |
| hudson on the web | 9 |
Comments and Suggestions
Help make our web site even better! Please send me any comments or suggestions that you have. Constructive criticism and commendations are completely welcome!