Cicada Mania 2004: Site statistics and logistical insanity

January

Emails: 19 total, 2 questions about weddings.

Visitors: 27 thousand

Pageviews: 50 thousand

Major site updates: 1

February

Emails: 22 total, 3 questions about weddings.

Visitors: 29 thousand

Pageviews: 61 thousand

Major site updates: 1

March

Highlights:

1. March 18: Started RSS Feed (Really Simple Syndication).

Emails: 86 total, 4 questions about weddings.

Visitors: 60 thousand

Pageviews: 180 thousand

Bytes served: 4 Gig

Major site updates: 9

April

Highlights:

1. April 24: Gene Kritsky interviewed by Cicada Mania.
2. April 28: Launched cicadamania.org to handle extra traffic to web site.

Emails: 197 total, 7 questions about weddings.

Visits: 134 thousand

Pageviews: 417 thousand

Bytes served: 7.82 Gig

Major site updates: 16

May

Highlights:

1. May 1: First cicada chimneys reported.
2. May 4: Started moderating the message board.
3. May 5: First emergence report to Cicada Mania by Marcia in Knoxville, TN.
4. May 8: Cicada Mania was interviewed on Public Radio Weekend: Wedding Day Woes - A Bug's Life.
5. May 11: Huge traffic spike.
6. May 14: Interview live on Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees.
7. May 14: Interview live on Ira Flatow's Science Friday.
8. May 15: Launched cicadamania.net to handle extra traffic to web site.
9. May 15: Interview with Patrick Jenkins of the Newark Star Ledger goes to press.
10. May 19: Cicada Mania was interviewed for this New York Times article. (registration required)
11. May 23: Started the Find the Blue-eyed Cicada Contest.
12. May 29: Went to Princeton and video taped and photographed cicadas.

Emails: 1257 total, 16 questions about weddings.

Message Board Posts: 1456, 6 questions about weddings.

Visits: 811 thousand

Pageviews: 2.31 million

Bytes served: 41.72 Gig

Major site updates: 22

Number of people who use the address www.cicadamania.com to access the site:

June

Highlights:

1. June 6: New Roy Troutman Brood X Gallery
2. June 6: New Dan Cicada Mania Brood X Gallery
3. June 26: 6 New Galleries Added:
   1. Dan Cicada Mania, first Tibicen of the year 2004.
   2. Fred Berry, 2004 Adult Magicicada.
   3. Phil Smith 2004 Two Magicicada photos from Indiana.
   4. Frank Mefford 2004 Kentucky Magicicada Photo.
   5. Walter Hanig 2004 Washington DC Magicicada.
   6. Steve Groh 2004 Cincinnati Ohio Magicicadas.
4. June 28: New Jim Occi 2004 Princeton University Magicicada Gallery.

Emails: 390 total, 2 question about weddings (too late at this point).

Message Board Posts: 408, 6 questions about weddings.

Visitors: 216 thousand

Pageviews: 437 thousand

Bytes served: 9.25 Gig

Major site updates: 10

July (as of 7/24)

Highlights:

1. July 2: Winners (70) declared in the Find the Blue-eyed cicada contest.
2. July 2: 5 New Galleries Added:
   1. Mark Goldberg Maryland Magicicada Gallery.
   2. Michael Malsam Magicicada Gallery.
   3. Anonymous Magicicada Gallery.
   4. Big pictures of the cicada keychain.
   5. The McShane Family in Towson, Md Magicicada Gallery.
3. July 5: Launch of the cicada Video & Sound page.
4. July 13: Roy Troutman 2004 Tibicen Gallery.
5. July 16: Gaye Williams' Cicada Lamps.
6. July 17: John McDonald's Japanese Cicadas.

Emails: 74 total.

Message Board Posts: 54

Visits: 48 thousand

Pageviews: 108 thousand

Bytes served: 9.48 Gig

Major site updates: 7

Totals

Cicada Mania was interviewed more times than I can remember, and was featured in over 50 papers nation wide.

RSS Feed hits: 28,733

Top 5 pages:

1. Home
2. FAQs
3. Postcards
4. Links
5. Weddings

Dan gains 30 pounds of belly flab.