Web usage statistics 2005

Spelthorne used web trends reports to monitor the usage of our website in 2005. Included, are the number of pages viewed by visitors and the top pages viewed. Please find below summary data for the website during 2005.

Month and Year	Pages Viewed	Monthly Unique Visitors	Total Visits	Number of Pages on the Site	Number of Documents and Files on the Site
Jan 05	138,130	29,206	35,748	2758	8477
Feb 05	116,542	20,385	26,435	2805	8717
Mar 05	135,440	23,698	30,645	2855	8856
Apr 05	138,361	24,643	31,775	2890	9024
May 05	142,932	23,152	25,879	2938	9173
Jun 05	135,859	25,173	31,162	2980	9372
Jul 05	134,960	23,816	30,791	3036	9477
Aug 05	135,742	23,537	30,565	3206	9675
Sept 05	151,467	22,881	30,320	3390	10,006
Oct 05	139,436	24,341	31,627	3413	10,228
Nov 05	157,895	28,440	35,558	3726	10,440
Dec-05	107,346	22,159	27,179	3,764	10,544

Explanation of statistics used
Web trends summary graph to December 2005

Top Ten Most Viewed Pages in December 2005

	Page Name	Page Views
1	Spelthorne Borough Council Homepage	13,158
2	Site Search	4,813
3	Council Service Categories	3,273
4	A to Z of services	3,210
5	Council services A to Z	2,306
6	Environment and Planning	1,988
7	Your Council	1,531
8	Site search results	1,478
9	Planning homepage	1,238
10	Planning public access	1,127

Explanation of Statistics used
Unique User (industry audit definition): According to IFABC Global Web Standards (www.ifabc.org) a Unique User is an "IP address plus a further identifier. Sites may use User Agent, Cookie and/or Registration ID." Note that where users are allocated IP addresses dynamically (for example by dial-up Internet Service Providers), this definition may overstate or understate the real number of individual Users concerned. A Unique User is at a minimum an IP address + the Browser ID with a unique address entering a website by any page and is counted once for the given period (the minimum audit period is one calendar month). The number of Unique Users is an indicator of a website’s audience or reach.
Page Impression (industry audit definition): According to IFABC Global Web Standards (www.ifabc.org) a Page Impression is a "file or a combination of files sent to a user as a result of that user's request being received by the server." In effect, one request by a valid User should result in one Page Impression being counted. In most cases, a single request from a User causes the server to send several files to satisfy the request. For example, the server may send a .html file followed by several associated graphic images and audio files. A single request from a user may also cause the server to send additional .html files to build a frameset. The site must ensure that all additional, non-requested files are filtered out and excluded when counting the claimed number of Page Impressions.