This is my March report.
In March, DaytonOS averaged 407 visits each day and 1243 hits on specific articles each day. For the month, this amounts to 11,902 visits and 36,247 hits. In my February Report, I showed that we averaged 394 visitors each day and 1130 hits each day on various articles.
We earned $20.37 this month, about 65 cents on average each day, from Google ads. In January, we averaged 68 cents of ad revenue each day, and in February we earned 52 cents of ad revenue each day.
DaytonOS syndicates three web-sites: Esrati, Daytonology , and Kurt’s NIghtmare. I’m wondering if there are other Dayton area web-sites, particularly, similar to these, that would like to be syndicated on DaytonOS? Let me know: mbock@att.net. You are also welcome to simply register as an author and make individual posts. It was great to see Greg Hunter making posts this month.
Sometimes I’m asked what the OS in DaytonOS means. David Esrati named the site and I think he came up with a very provocative name. Every Mac user recognizes the OS as meaning Operating System.
What the Operating System for Dayton should be is an educated, informed and engaged public empowered by a vigorous democracy. The mission of DaytonOS is to help bring such an operating system into reality. Yes, big goals. We have a long way to go. To become a credible alternative media, we need to be moving toward a size about 100 times where we are now — say, 40,000 visitors each day. If ad revenue remained proportional to what it is now, such a size would generate over $2000 each month in ad revenue, and with such revenue, we could pay writers and video producers.
It is always interesting to note which posts have the most activity. Posts on the Dayton Tea Party got the most attention this month.
- Dayton Tea Party Coming 478
- Dan Lipsky involved in consumer fraud? 234
- Dayton Tea Party receives more than 1,00 173
- Ohio\’s Overcrowded Prisons Have Record Record Number Of Inmates, Yet Face Budget Cuts 139
- Grassroots Group, CODEPINK, Scolded For AIG Disruption, “Pink Ladies” Seek Peace and Social Justice 116
- Governor Strickland Offers Five Point Plan To “Build Ohio’s Education System Anew” 110
- Montgomery County Jail Computer SNAFU stops visits 106
- Executive Committee of Montgomery County Democratic Party To Recommend Replacement for Tom Roberts 95
- Dayton Tea Party Rally sets venue at Courthouse Square on Tax Day 91
- Paul Krugman: “Boehner’s Idea of Economics Is Completely Insane” 76
- Why Ohio’s Senate Democratic Caucus Might Surprise Everyone And Choose Vic Harris — Not Fred Strahorn 73
- PACKED Nutter Center Cheers on Sarah Palin; Obama’s True Believers Mirror Hitler Rally 71
- Does Qbase Require Employees To Make Campaign Contributions? 70 More stats
- Organized Opposition Contributed to Centerville’s School Levy Defeat 66
- What Dayton Leadership is All About – Groupthink 66
- Governor Strickland In “Education Foruum” Discusses Six Principles To Guide Ohio’s Education Reform 62
- Rick Steves, Travel Expert, Says Americans Should Learn From Europe’s Socialism And Outlook 62
- Does your kid need braces? For FREE!? 60
- Why we’ll lose the Dayton Daily News, and what we’ll really be missing 49
- Joseph Stiglitz Says Anti-Regulation Ideology Caused Financial Meltdown48
- Obama’s Theory That Education Is Key To “Lasting Shared Prosperity” Is Contradicted By Statistics 45
- Open letter to Clay Mathile 44
- Fannie And Freddie Not Responsible For Housing Bust; Affordable Housing Goals Not At Fault 44
- Gov. Strickland’s Education Plan Disappoints — Fails To Deal With The Central Issue Of System Structure 43
- The World According To Rush Limbaugh 43
- Our Democracy Is Failing And It’s All Your Fault — So, Buy My Book 42
- Kucinich Urges Congress Investigate Whether Dick Cheney Used Illegal Death Squads For Assassinations 41
- The Third & Main Problem 39
Whats funny is that I provide a lot of “content” via the blog syndication thingy y’all got here, but minimal attention. Urban geography, history, and morpholgy must not be big interest items at DaytonOS!
Jeffery I do hit your stuff from this site, if I see that it is yours I go direct, so I can comment. :)
Jeff — It would be great for any given day to see who comes to this site and to understand what brought them to the site. A lot of people seem to get here through Google searches. They cast their net into the great internet ocean and behold, DaytonOS is caught. I’ve noticed articles from you being caught in the net of those looking for specific content — outlined or highlighted in your articles. I think these random Google searchers make up the biggest part of our visitors. I think it interesting that a relatively small number of visitors each day can add up to a small revenue.
Those who visit here regularly is a much smaller part. A core part of those who visit regularly add a lot to this blog by making comments. But I imagine there is another group who visit regularly, but never comment. I imagine that “Urban geography, history, and morpholgy” does interest a lot of those who regularly visit — It interests me — But the number of people in the DaytonOS regular group is probably small. According to my counter, for example, after four days, 17 people have read this March Report article so far. I’m glad that there are 17 people who are interested.
Very interesting.
You mentioned:
But I imagine there is another group who visit regularly, but never comment.
This was brought up at Dayton Most Metro in their discussions about the ‘net, that they get readers who never comment. This must be a common feature for online “audience participation” places like forums and the blogosphere.