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So that's just about it for 2019.

I'm always a bit of a nerd for numbers and have been looking through the data. So here, on the very last day of the year, is the last 12 months in facts and figures.

WEBSITE TOP LINE

• 1.9M page views
• 626,000 unique visitors
• 6,200 events posted

MOST VISITED EVENT PAGES

MOST VISITED NEWS PAGES

By publication:

• Croydon Advertiser
• Croydon Guardian
• Croydonist
• East London Lines
• Inside Croydon

MOST VISITED VIDEOS

• The Past And Present Of Croydons London Road
• South Norwood Community Kitchen
• South London Sinfonia
• Croydon Inspired Art    
• Croydon Natural History Scientific Society    

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

• New site version launched at start of 2019 with a much improved user experience and more ways to discover events.
• Overhauled site SEO to give us a prominent position on search results and a strong presence within Google's event listings.
• Revamped the site to provide adaptive web app style layout to better serve mobile users who make up majority of our audience.
• Launched banner ad service in December that generated over 30,000 impressions and 4,000 click thrus.

Thanks to everyone who has visited this website or followed us on social media this year. To everyone who has submitted events or just browsed our calendar, news, video or blog pages, thanks for dropping by. 

Best wishes for the new year and see you in 2020!
Tim Longhurst

Posted by Tim on Tuesday 31 December 2019