Topic: Web site traffic

[Marketing]

Today I was reviewing our web traffic stats.

Our server stats show 28Gig of bandwidth usage for November. Last year, the bandwidth was right around 3Gig.

95% of viewers are using Microsoft Windows. 85% are using Internet Explorer.


We now have double the web traffic our nearest competitor:

Alexa Web traffic ratings:
www.MarlinCrawler.com 138,050 place
www.allprooffroad.com 277,911place

[Ferg]

Take that Jon!

[BigMike]

Awesome. Maybe All-poo should add a bbs to help out a bit

Oh speaking about bbs, did anyone else notice that last month was a record month?
Check it out at the bottom of the Stats page.

[Marketing [OP]]

Wow the BBS stats are way up and growing steady!

 

[MidgetMike]

I think that rocks, it's realy cool that your customers can talk to you guy's on the bbs I know that it realy helped me out and you guy's are always ready to help us out congrats I know the success will continue    

[rockhound]

Absolutely.To be able to communicate with the tech guys, see pics of Marlin at work, and receive and share tips for building rock crawling Toys with like minded people, is one of the reasons this site takes up so much of my time.
  I just discovered the picture wars thread, and I'm determined to see the whole thing. I have never laughed so hard at some of the sick stuff.

[UNBREAKABLE]

We kick ass...   To Jon

[BigMike]

Here are some other sites that I was courious about...

Traffic Rank for pirate4x4.com: 16,984
Traffic Rank for off-road.com: 17,816
Traffic Rank for 4x4wire.com: 65,515
Traffic Rank for yotatech.com: 84,835
Traffic Rank for marlincrawler.com: 138,050
Traffic Rank for warn.com: 175,909
Traffic Rank for allprooffroad.com: 277,911
Traffic Rank for currieenterprises.com: 420,477
Traffic Rank for ih8mud.com: 442,097
Traffic Rank for advanceadapters.com:  448,833
Traffic Rank for downeyoff-road.com: 462,281
Traffic Rank for sky-manufacturing.com: 608,879
Traffic Rank for tacomaterritory.com: 661,279
Traffic Rank for tlca.org: 694,129
Traffic Rank for lcengineering.com: 700,125
Traffic Rank for northwestoffroad.com: 742,093
Traffic Rank for aor4x4.com: 838,389
Traffic Rank for frontrangeoffroadfab.com: 845,830
Traffic Rank for wildyoats.com: 1,002,878
Traffic Rank for swayaway.com: 1,026,181
Traffic Rank for doaracingengines.com: 2,248,225
Traffic Rank for rockstomper.com: 2,401,497
Traffic Rank for outdoorwire.com: 2,492,462
Traffic Rank for rockbuggysupply.com: 3,086,508
Traffic Rank for budbuilt.com: 3,892,201
Traffic Rank for inchwormgear.com: No Data

And not related, heres the top 3:
Traffic Rank for yahoo.com: 1
Traffic Rank for msn.com: 2
Traffic Rank for google.com: 3

[SWAMPER]

All-Poo has a BBS

[BigMike]

No.

[UNBREAKABLE]

Traffic Rank for inchwormgear.com: No Data

That's funny....

i have something to say about Yotatech, I registered on there last night and started scrolling through their "tech" section and I saw more posts about headlights than anything else...how bizarre...our tech has actual tech articles in it!

[robinhood4x4]

 Traffic Rank for yotatech.com: 84,835  Wow, cool.   

We have a different demographic than you guys, that's all.  A lot of people are beginners there and and after a while graduate to pirate and the more hardcore places.  Otherwise, if it weren't for yotatech, pirate and marlin would be getting all the headlight questions.  Plus, I've noticed a LOT of incorrect advice here about IFS...just a different demographic.

There are hardcore guys on there who like to help out the newbies.  Our real tech articles (not just the posts) range from how to change oil to a SAS and also one of the first installs of a marlin crawler into a 3rd gen 4runner.

[brainlessfool]

Traffic Rank for yotatech.com: 84,835  Wow, cool.   

 I've noticed a LOT of incorrect advice here about IFS

that would be me!

[BigMike]

and also one of the first installs of a marlin crawler into a 3rd gen 4runner.

Are you talking about Steve Schaefer from Tempe Arizona with a 1999 Toyota 2.7l 4Runner? If so tell him I said

[robinhood4x4]

Yup, that's it. 

But dang it now that I'm looking for it I can't find it, I thought we had an official writeup for it or a link to his page.  I guess not.  http://www.fastq.com/~sschaefer/MC09/index.htm

Anyway, here's all the tech writeups submitted by random people. http://www.yotatech.com/~corey/tech/techpage.htm

[UNBREAKABLE]

I guess that I didn't spend enough time scrolling 'round

[Willy Mammoth]

With all the sales this creates it should pay for it's self. I know web space can be pricey. Thanks guys for giving us this little place to hang out.

[FATB0Y]

Thanks guys for giving us this little place to hang out.

AMEN brother   

[Marketing [OP]]

With all the sales this creates it should pay for it's self. I know web space can be pricey. Thanks guys for giving us this little place to hang out.

We were paying $9 per month around the first of the year, but with the increase we have had on both the web site and bbs, we upgraded to a larger hosting package. We are now paying about $20 per month and are using just under 1/2 of our available 60G bandwidth. Considering our other monthly bills like electricity, rent, insurance, trash, phones, and so many others the hosting costs are insignifigent.