Yes, this is several months overdue - obviously because to our trip overseas.  Some of the growth is credited to our wedding RSVP site being attached to the blog (especially in July when the page views drops off dramatically from June).  We have seen steady growth in subscriptions, however, especially in August. Briefly, below are the stats for June, July, and August, respectively:

June 2009’s statistics summary for www.thestarbuckreport.com is as follows:

Reported period: Month June 2009

First visit: 01 June 2009 - 00:12

Last visit: 30 June 2009 - 23:30

Unique visitors: 365

Number of visits: 1959 (5.36 visits/visitor)

Pages: 8685 (4.43 pages/visit)

July’s statistics for www.thestarbuckreport.com:

Reported period: Month July 2009

First visit: 01 July 2009 - 00:22

Last visit: 31 July 2009 - 23:56

Unique visitors: 377

Number of visits: 2258 (6.09 visits/visitor)

Pages: 3816 (1.66 pages/visit)

August’s statistics for www.thestarbuckreport.com:

Reported period: Month August 2009

First visit: 01 August 2009 - 00:20

Last visit: 31 August 2009 - 23:58

Unique visitors: 387

Number of visits: 2174 (5.61 visits/visitor)

Pages: 3521 (1.61 pages/visit)

Since the wedding is over, we should be able to track progress more accurately moving forward!  I will also be posting more frequently

As usual, thanks to all of our faithful readers, and a big “Kia Ora” (”Welcome!”) to our new readers!  I encourage you to join our RSS and leave your comments in each article’s comment section.  Cheers!

Our humble blog has continued to post impressive numbers!  Once again, I feel a bit behind the eight ball with heavy-duty wedding planning taking up a lot of time.  May was often cold and rather miserable - not exactly the inspirational environment for creative writing!

At any rate, May 2009’s statistics summary for www.thestarbuckreport.com is as follows:

Reported period: Month May 2009

First visit: 01 May 2009 - 00:10

Last visit: 31 May 2009 - 23:56

Unique visitors: 339

Number of visits: 1276 (3.76 visits/visitor)

Pages: 5433 (4.25 pages/visit)

Overall, it was a good month in terms of numbers!

As usual, thanks to all of our faithful readers, and a big Kia Ora (welcome) to our new readers!  I encourage you to join our RSS and leave your comments in each article’s comment section.

A few things to look forward to in June:

- More Tasty Tuesdays

- Trip to Blenheim re-cap

- First USA visitor in New Zealand, including a day trip to Hanmer Springs

Stay tuned!

I can’t believe May is already here!  This past month has been a whirlwind of activity with Rus and I getting engaged, wedding planning, etc. Plus, I have started playing soccer competitively again, so this takes up a couple of days of my week.  I will write more in depth about these in May.

Without further ado, here is the April 2009 statistics summary for www.thestarbuckreport.com:

Reported period: Month April 2009

First visit: 01 April 2009 - 00:01

Last visit: 30 Apr 2009 - 23:46

Unique visitors: 302

Number of visits: 1114 (3.68 visits/visitor)

Pages: 5931 (5.32 pages/visit)

Unique visitors were down about 10%; however, number of visits and the number of pages each visitor visited (that’s a mouthful!) were both up.  Visitors came from 31 different countries this month (again, pretending that these visitors are not spam bots).

Overall, it was a good month in terms of numbers!

As usual, thanks to all of our faithful readers, and a big Kia Ora (welcome) to our new readers!  I encourage you to leave your comments in each article’s comment section.

A few things to look forward to in May:

- More Tasty Tuesdays!

- Planning a wedding from abroad

- Updates from 20 Derby

Stay tuned!

We continue to post growing numbers on The Starbuck Report, thanks to faithful readers and all people new to this blog!

Here is the March 2009 statistics summary for www.thestarbuckreport.com:

Reported period: Month March 2009
First visit: 01 March 2009 - 00:16

Last visit: 31 March 2009 - 23:59

Unique visitors: 330

Number of visits: 1016 (3.08 visits/visitor)

Pages: 5040 (4.94 pages/visit)

The unique visitors came from 28 different countries!  (I am pretending that most of these are not just spam bots).

In addition, the blog has been picked up by the feed readers at Technorati and Super Eco, which means these sites scan The Starbuck Report for newsworthy articles to link to on their sites - exciting!

March was a bit haphazard, and my goal for April is to be more consistent with posts.  Here are some upcoming blog topics:

- Banks Peninsula tramp

- Mobile phone use in New Zealand

- Christchurch City Council’s new rubbish scheme: a model for universities, corporations, cities everywhere?

Stay tuned!

Moving forward, I will be including a monthly “Blog Stats” report.  While I enjoy joking around with new readers (”Great!  Now I have five people reading this blog!”), you might enjoy learning about how many and from where in world people are reading.  Plus, it kind of indulges my odd fascination with statistics.

At any rate, here is the February 2009 statistics summary for www.thestarbuckreport.com:

Reported period: Month Feb 2009
First visit: 01 Feb 2009 - 00:01
Last visit: 28 Feb 2009 - 23:52

Unique visitors: 260

Number of visits: 966(3.71 visits/visitor)

Pages: 4163 (4.3 pages/visit)

The unique visitors came from 27 different countries!

So, first of all, I would like to thank everyone for your readership.  My time and effort is worth little if I have no audience, right?  That being said, there are a few things you can do to help me do my job better:

1. Keep reading! If you have not done so already, I encourage you add my feed to your reader so you know exactly when I’ve posted a new article

2. Tell a friend and/or add www.thestarbuckreport.com to your Blogroll

3. Comment!  You can agree or disagree or tell me you would like more (or less) in a certain category - your feedback helps me decide the direction of the articles, especially the ones in between our travels.  You do need to register (it’s free) in order to comment, but only once

4. Check out some of the links on my Blogroll - under “Friend and Links” on the lower right hand side.  If I have not yet posted a new article, this can be a great way to catch up on current events (Reddit, Of Two Minds, LATOC) or just get some good laughs (Cake Wrecks and “Unnecessary” Quotes).  It also might help put some of the information I post into context.

Overall, I think it has been a productive February.  Let’s see if we can March even better!

Cheers,

Courtney