4 October 2011

State of the Riot, Q3 2012

| johnboy
Join the conversation
5
dashboard screenshot

Every three months we let you into where our reader numbers are at, what people are looking at and what they’re searching for.

So, comparing Quarter Three of 2011 to that of 2010 in Google Analytics the numbers are looking good!

Visits: 897,610, up 38% from 649,361 a year ago.
Pageviews: 2,929,962, up 69% from last year’s 1,731,434.
Absolute Unique Visitors: 311,125, up 25% from 248,998 in 2011.

While we’ve got you here, we’ll try and constrain our begging for your affirmation via other social media to a minimum, but if you do want to enjoy Riot content on Twitter or Facebook here’s how.

So much for vacuous buzzword laden flim flam. Nothing says love like cold hard cash. So if you’re liking what you get from RiotACT then upgrade your membership and put your money where your mouth is (as well as become eligible for awesome giveaways).

And now the bit you’ve all been waiting for.

The top 20 stories this quarter were:

    1. Truck convoy into Canberra –Monday 22 August-FYI
    2. I came, I saw, I Costco’d
    3. Nasty roll on the parkway caused by jerk.
    4. Rumours from the death in Braddon
    5. Mitchell factory fire. ESA Reports of the major emergency.
    6. Convoy of unreal Australians. Express disagreement with “realAustralians”.
    7. Are You Ready? We want your convoy photos and video
    8. Do you know these vandals? Pictures of sculpture defacers.
    9. Mitchell fire. Your pictures and video
    10. Wedding etiquette in Canberra?
    11. Seditious bogans should swing for this
    12. The lies of the crazy gang. Things we can learn from the Convoy
    13. Land Cruiser road raging on a bus
    14. Australia Post Contractors Not Attempting Delivery
    15. Three ring circus camped on Northbourne Avenue
    16. Canberra Centre Carparking slugs the regulars in one go
    17. Is Civic Dying?
    18. Costco Opening This Month!
    19. Arrest made in Death in Braddon case.
    20. Top parking at Bunnings. Images of Canberra.

And now, the one the chattering classes are all waiting for (in the hope their names appear) here are the top 100 searches which which brought readers to RiotACT in the last quarter:

    1. RiotACT (and variations beyond number)
    2. john harrington canberra
    3.costco canberra
    4. mitchell fire
    5. erin molan
    6. brodburger
    7. jeremy paul
    8. encore pizza florey
    9. joel monaghan
    10. car detailing canberra
    11. red hill lookout cafe
    12. vietnamese erindale
    13. truck convoy canberra
    14. double glazing canberra
    15. months drive
    16. brand depot
    17. griffith vietnamese
    18. disposal stores canberra
    19. mt franklin chalet
    20. johnboy banned from wig and pen
    21. liang zhao
    22. majura parkway
    23. john phillip harrington
    24. anna napoli
    25. freestyle tattoo canberra
    26. 2cc
    27. kathryn grosvenor
    28. bulk billing doctors canberra
    29. englobo group canberra
    30. top 20 suburbs in australia
    31. truck blockade canberra
    32. central cafe gungahlin
    33. costco canberra opening date
    34. tralee
    35. pilates canberra
    36. the workers
    37. canberra streaky bacon
    38. honeysuckle creek camp grounds
    39. florey pizza
    40. hyatt high tea canberra
    41. woman smuggled drugs into jail canberra
    42. mildenhall
    43. cotter dam
    44. jennifer laidley
    45. cooking classes canberra
    46. syria protest canberra parliament house
    47. canberra news
    48. cougar computers canberra
    49. truck convoy
    50. ice skating in civic
    51. fish shack canberra
    52. rebecca massey
    53. galaxy casino canberra
    54. dylan moran canberra
    55. why do they close mt franklin road
    56. floury primary school
    57. red herring cafe canberra
    58. “act brakes” review
    59. sports alive
    60. corin forest snow 2011
    61. kuringa drive, fraser
    62. doherty canberra
    63. double glazed windows canberra
    64. wig and pen for sale canberra
    65. avenue q canberra
    66. phillip tu
    67. tidbinbilla winter driving
    68. black pepper manuka
    69. glenloch finished
    70. phillip medical centre
    71. u brew it
    72. corinbank 2011
    73. “real estate shop” rating
    74. bulk billing doctors act
    75. furniture canberra
    76. life x 3 canberra
    77. adina cirson
    78. canberra gechos
    79. dermatologist canberra
    80. westbourne woods
    81. smoking in cars with children
    82. turkish grocery store canberra
    83. just rite fire
    84. cotter beast
    85. tuggeranong wood heaters ban
    86. fish and chips canberra
    87. kambah pool
    88. i-filed
    89. avenue q canberra 2011
    90. slot car racing fyshwick
    91. taylor lewis schmidt
    92. rao murder
    93. financial advisor canberra
    94. amber jane westin
    95. digress restaurant canberra
    96. ainslie village
    97. best breakfast in canberra
    98. pete and biggzy
    99. fig and olive
    100. zoo bakh do

Enjoy.

Join the conversation

5
All Comments
  • All Comments
  • Website Comments
LatestOldest
screaming banshee11:01 pm 04 Oct 11

5. erin molan

Can somebody please show Mr Gillespie how to bookmark the home page.

aidan said :

“56. floury primary school”

Why is this a common search? I am genuinely mystified. Is google rewarding poor spelling by redirecting people to what they really wanted but were unable to spell?

The teachers want more bread (insert hysterical laughter…now).
I actually like no. 84; ‘cotter beast’. Sounds very Tim the Yowie Man.

aidan said :

“56. floury primary school”

Why is this a common search? I am genuinely mystified. Is google rewarding poor spelling by redirecting people to what they really wanted but were unable to spell?

I guess people are getting doughy.

aidan said :

“56. floury primary school”

Why is this a common search? I am genuinely mystified. Is google rewarding poor spelling by redirecting people to what they really wanted but were unable to spell?

My guess is that it’s a combination of iPhone autocorrect and the Google “did you mean to search for…” feature.

“56. floury primary school”

Why is this a common search? I am genuinely mystified. Is google rewarding poor spelling by redirecting people to what they really wanted but were unable to spell?

Daily Digest

Want the best Canberra news delivered daily? Every day we package the most popular Riotact stories and send them straight to your inbox. Sign-up now for trusted local news that will never be behind a paywall.

By submitting your email address you are agreeing to Region Group's terms and conditions and privacy policy.