(http://donauschwaben-usa.org/ ) .  

The present site continues to receive "hundreds of thousands" of hits. There has been an increase of over 60% more usage than in the last evaluated time period.  While there are several sections of the website that continue to draw a lot of visitor interest, some sections continue to experience a drop in visitation.  The most likely cause, again, is lack of current content and support from the membership.  The sections of little interest/visitation have either been removed or moved to a lower tier on the website.  The website remains an overwhelming instrument of promoting the Donauschwaben interests.  However, its potential usage still remains unrealized.

WEBSITE GENERAL STATISTICS APRIL- 2010

(For 2009)

Over 5,000 Printable Pages

(Was 2,427 one year ago; an increase of over 2,500 pages/over  100% increase! )

Total of over 800 separate pages in website.

(Was 440 one year ago; an increase of over 400 pages/over 96% increase! )

Newsletter, Author Archives, and History sections with the most hits and printable pages for 2009!

Newsletter has grown from 25 printable pages in 2007 (as a single web page) to over 180 printable pages in the 2009 Fall Newsletter

(This is an increase of 155 pages/over 700% increase in one year! )

Newsletter went from one web page in 2007 to 13 separate pages in 2008/2009.

(Intro Page, Magazine Life_Leisure, Magazine Literature_Music_Poetry, News_Donauschwaben Events, News Donauschwaben Overseas, News Donauschwaben Obituaries, News DS Stiftung, News History_Politics, News Sport, News Travel, News Webmaster, A World of Meaning, Eddy Palffy's World)

Verbandszeitung was eliminated due to lack of contributors.

Approximately 778,085 total website hits for all of 2009.

(Was 484,070 one year ago; represents over 60 % increase)

One year ago the average # hits for the entire site per month was >>40,000.

In 2009 the average # hits for the entire site per month was 64,840 !!

(This represents a 62% increase per month in one year alone)

(There were over 105,000 hits in 2009 December!! )

With a continuation of this growth pattern we may expect over One Million hits in 2010 !!

Find a full copy of this report in Webmaster Archive Section of Website at:

http://www.donauschwaben-usa.org/2009_april_webmaster_report.htm

TOP COUNTRIES VISITING WEBSITE - 2009

DURATION OF WEB SITE VISITS-2009

WEB SITE HITS PER MONTH-2009

(This does not include hits by robots, spiders, etc.)

TOP WEB SITE PAGES VISITED-2009

TOP TEN WEB SITE PAGES

1st QUARTER 2010

WEB SITE STRUCTURE SUMMARY 2009

List of Services Available from MyHosting for Website Analysis

(These are unchanged from 2008)

Number of Unique Visitors

Number of Visits to Site

Number of Pages Visited

Number of Hits per Month

Hits By Days of Month

Hits By Days of Week

Hits By Hour of Day

Number of Visitors By Countries

Hits By Hosts

By Robots (with names of robots), Spiders, etc.

Duration of Visits

Hits by File Type (pages, images, etc)

Hits for each page

Operating Systems Used by visitors

Browsers Used by Visitors

Visitor Connections from (Bookmarks, Newsgroups, Search Engines, etc.)

Visitor Searches by Key Phrases or Keywords

IP addresses of Visitors

More...

Suggestions for Article/Information/Pix Submissions to LUSA Website

(These are essentially unchanged since April 2007)

1. MS Word  for word processed documents.

2. Sender to do viral check before sending material/files to (LWM).

3. Send pix in Jpeg format.  Keep resolution low (but good enough) to minimize memory usage. They need to be kept within monitor field size for best and easiest presentation.  Try to keep the file size below 500K per picture.  The server will not accept large pix files.

4. Send information, pix, etc. as attachments and not in body of email message, if possible.

5. Be as current and early as possible (timely manner) to allow for (LUSA WM) time to place on website. Don’t wait until the last minute?!

6. Do spell check, etc. before submission to (LUSA WM).

7. Title information or article as it needs to be displayed before submission.

8. Notify (LUSA WM) if any information already submitted needs to be modified for correctness, currentness, clarifications, etc.

9. If possible, try to submit all articles in English and in German!

LUSA = Landesverband der Donauschwaben USA

LUSA WM = Landesverband Webmaster

Webmaster (Landesverband Website) Recommendations

1. Always give information as it is to be displayed.

2. Notify Landesverband webmaster (LUSA WM) ASAP of website changes (URL, calendar, etc.)

3. Specifically notify (LUSA WM) of who, at each club, is responsible for each club’s activities, corrections, and participation, etc.

4. All Donauschwaben Club links on each site needs to be kept current (report to LUSA WM monthly? to keep easily current)

5. Notify (LUSA WM) of all club officer changes ASAP.

6. Submit current photos of all LUSA officers for placement on national website. Can be emailed or mailed for scanning; submit similar to passport type of image 2x2 .

7. All LUSA officer emails or telephone numbers need be kept current to (LUSA WM).  (This is presently being done by Generalsekretärin, Elisabeth Miehle.

8. LUSA club secretaries need to keep (LUSA WM) updated.

9. Hosting Vereins need to keep (LUSA WM) updated for LUSA events and related information, etc.

10. All LUSA member clubs need to keep LUSA WM updated on current individual club webmasters and their email addresses..

11. Each club webmaster should notify (LUSA webmaster) and other LUSA clubs if links need to be updated.

12. Always address each item in correspondence, so as not to keep them "up in air".  If responses are to be deferred to later date, indicate this as so with expected time frame.

13. Recommend each LUSA member club webmaster place webmaster contact information in a readily accessible area on its own website. (Preferably on each page and "clickable")

14. Recommend LUSA presidents establish a consensus as to how "all" of the Landesverband der Donauschwaben, USA member clubs should structure their Donauschwaben Clubs Internet links page.

15. Other?

Webmasters Meeting Agenda April 2010

          Suggestions for Future LUSA Features ??

          Need suggestions for other items, pages, sections, etc on LUSA website (pix, profiles, etc.)

          Still getting requests for LUSA officer photos and email addresses on the LUSA web site.   After 5 years of requesting pix and info, finally down to only 9 people who have not submitted their pix and information!!

http://www.donauschwaben-usa.org/2010_Landestreffen_der_donauschwaben.htm 

Other?

If there are any additional items that need to be addressed at the Webmaster meeting, please let me know ASAP.

Respectively submitted,

Thomas C. Thornton, M.D.

Webmaster, Landesverband der Donauschwaben, USA